Re: DOS games don't run on ThinkPad R31 with Windows98
Posted on 2021-03-21, 11:46
Found some IBM VESA driver, and it says my system is already VESA compliant 😮
Re: DOS games don't run on ThinkPad R31 with Windows98
Posted on 2021-03-21, 08:55
I accidentally found out that some DOS games require VBE (VESA BIOS Extensions) and this is what R31 lacks. There's a UNIVESA thing (universal VESA BIOS extension), and when started it says "Supported video card not detected - installation aborted". And here comes another question, how comes that …
Re: DOS games don't run on ThinkPad R31 with Windows98
Posted on 2021-03-17, 20:56
Found out that recovery disks don't exist for R31, just recovery partition on the HDD =( IIRC, IBM laptops allow you to burn a set of recovery disks, if you have a valid recovery partition. There was a tool to do that. But I never owned an R31 so I don't know if this feature was available for that …
Re: DOS games don't run on ThinkPad R31 with Windows98
Posted on 2021-03-17, 12:54
Found out that recovery disks don't exist for R31, just recovery partition on the HDD =(
Re: DOS games don't run on ThinkPad R31 with Windows98
Posted on 2021-01-31, 13:45
The last thing I would like to try is restoring the original software with recovery disks, but they're gone and it's probably impossible to find R31 recovery CDs in the internet.
Re: DOS games don't run on ThinkPad R31 with Windows98
Posted on 2021-01-30, 18:37
Download CrystalDiskMark v2.2.0p_9x from this website: https://www.usbdev.ru/files/crystaldiskmark/ Run it, then you should get a clear report on the HDD's health. I'm nearly out of ideas at this point. Have you tried changing the 'driver memory footprint' or similar in the graphics control panel? …
Re: DOS games don't run on ThinkPad R31 with Windows98
Posted on 2021-01-29, 21:56
The aforementioned visual artefacts may imply that DOS application somehow writes or affects the memory segment that is reserved by the video system (or it's just a red herring). Sometimes (every time?) when system wakes up from hibernation there's BSOD with the same error code Copy code to …
Re: DOS games don't run on ThinkPad R31 with Windows98
Posted on 2021-01-29, 21:10
Thanks for asking! There is a single DIMM SDRAM 128 Mb module inserted into DIMM Slot 2 (tried inserting it into slot 1 as well). 8 Mb are reserved for the video memory, 120 is available. I've tried installing vanilla windows 98 SE and vanilla windows XP SP2. Windows 98 required installing the …
Re: DOS games don't run on ThinkPad R31 with Windows98
Posted on 2021-01-28, 21:45
Unfortunately none of these drivers resolved the issue: 4.13.01.3027 4.13.01.3069 4.13.01.3264
Re: DOS games don't run on ThinkPad R31 with Windows98
Posted on 2021-01-28, 20:15
Try these three drivers: https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1nI5EAdpEy6R0MX1A76UTBaNEy2bYY2kV Your driver version is 4.13.01.3205, assuming that you have downloaded it from Lenovo's EOL archive. It doesn't hurt to try the older or newer versions at this point, though. Driver version is …
Re: DOS games don't run on ThinkPad R31 with Windows98
Posted on 2021-01-28, 20:12
dr_st wrote on 2021-01-28, 18:07: I wonder if you have a corrupt HIMEM.SYS or something... or an MBR virus. I made a clean install of windows98 killing everything on the HDD with fdisk beforehand. I'm curious if there are other R31 users who have windows 98 and don't have issues with DOS games...
Re: DOS games don't run on ThinkPad R31 with Windows98
Posted on 2021-01-28, 17:09
The integrated GPU is Intel 830MG, couldn't google anything about DOS issues with this GPU... The 830MG is a chipset, not a GPU. Your 82830MG memory controller likely has an i754 or an Extreme Graphics 1 core. I suggest replacing DOS/4GW with DOS/32A, see if that helps with the crashes. With DOS/ …
Re: DOS games don't run on ThinkPad R31 with Windows98
Posted on 2021-01-27, 20:08
jmarsh wrote on 2021-01-27, 13:59: Make sure config.sys doesn't have STACKS=0,0. Just checked, no luck, it’s not there
Re: DOS games don't run on ThinkPad R31 with Windows98
Posted on 2021-01-27, 10:48
dr_st wrote on 2021-01-26, 12:44: I wonder whether the integrated GPU in this laptop is somehow faulty or not fully DOS-compatible... The integrated GPU is Intel 830MG, couldn't google anything about DOS issues with this GPU...
Re: DOS games don't run on ThinkPad R31 with Windows98
Posted on 2021-01-26, 09:25
Tried to run war2.exe under Windows XP - get the same issue. Oh, BTW, both in Windows 98 and in Windows XP when war2.exe is started from windows right after it crashes there is an area on the screen in the upper left corner that is filled with some random pixels.
Re: DOS games don't run on ThinkPad R31 with Windows98
Posted on 2021-01-25, 20:17
Sooo.. I've run setup and chose no music and no sound. If I boot to clean DOS starting war2.exe results in DOS/4GW exception (invalid opcode) DOS + XMS(HIMEM.SYS) - exception 0Dh general protection fault DOS + XMS( HIMEM.SYS) + EMS/UMB(Emm386.exe) - exception 0Eh page fault Running 2_01a war2.exe …
Re: DOS games don't run on ThinkPad R31 with Windows98
Posted on 2021-01-25, 18:15
keenmaster486 wrote on 2021-01-25, 18:12: Maybe try cold boot with no HIMEM at all I get then DOS/4GW exception - invalid error. Have no ideas what to do next.
Re: DOS games don't run on ThinkPad R31 with Windows98
Posted on 2021-01-25, 18:08
keenmaster486 wrote on 2021-01-25, 17:20: If all else fails, reseat and/or replace your RAM. No effect with the module in another slot. TBH memory issues would show up not only with DOS games, but in general with OS and other applications.
Re: DOS games don't run on ThinkPad R31 with Windows98
Posted on 2021-01-25, 17:58
keenmaster486 wrote on 2021-01-25, 17:20: If all else fails, reseat and/or replace your RAM. Oh, I will try to reseat it.
Re: DOS games don't run on ThinkPad R31 with Windows98
Posted on 2021-01-25, 17:58
Sooo.. I've run setup and chose no music and no sound. If I boot to clean DOS starting war2.exe results in DOS/4GW exception (invalid opcode) DOS + XMS(HIMEM.SYS) - exception 0Dh general protection fault DOS + XMS( HIMEM.SYS) + EMS/UMB(Emm386.exe) - exception 0Eh page fault Running 2_01a war2.exe in …
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