Daniela Engert wrote:

>Hi Keith!
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>On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 07:46:04 -0700 (PDT), Keith Myers wrote:
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>>Is anyone running OS/2 on a AMD Athlon 64 processor?
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>I am.
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>>What is the consensus about compatibility?
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>My system works. So much about "consensus".
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>>Any definitive information about the problem of OS/2 not running in systems 
>>with over 512MB memory?
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>My system has got 1 GiB of memory.
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>>Is removal of APM.SYS and TESTCFG.SYS mandatory?
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>APM: yes.
>TESTCFG: must be replaced by a patched one during installation of OS/2.
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^^^^^^Where may/might I find a "patched" version   ???????????     
Thankyou in advance!

>May be left out afterwards until you run "Selective Install" again.
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>>What is the accepted workaround for this problem? Is a final fix in
the works at 
>>the kernal and loader level or at IBM with a FixPak?
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>I am not aware of any work on the "return from real-mode issue on
>AMD64".
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>>If anyone is running a Athlon 64, what motherboard, memory and HSF is being 
>>used? 
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>Mobo: GigaByte K8VNXP (VIA K8T800 & VT8237), northbridge fan removed
>due to too much noise
>CPU:  Athlon64 3200+
>Mem:  2x 512MiB INFINEON DDR400
>HSF:  Thermaltake Silent Boost K8, original fan ripped of due to too
>much noise, replaced by VERAX fan
>PSU:  QTechnology QT-02400A 400W with dual PAPST fan
>Disk: Hitachi HDS722516VLSA80 160GB SATA
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>This system is virtually noiseless even with an open case
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>Ciao,
>  Dani
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