I can not get Win95 to run on my 486 DX 100.  It crashes everytime I try
to install it.  I even changed from my SCSI hard drives to IDE drive, and
changed video cards, and tried all sorts of CMOS changes. No matter what I
do, I install it, and it gets to the part where it actually begins to
run 95, and crash.....  I did get it to actually (sort of) install once.
I did so by disabling ALL cache, both internal, and external.  I still got
at least one GPF during the installation, but it did install.  However, it
ran so slow, it literally took about 3 minutes to load the box and icons
from MY COMPUTER icon.
 
Now, I know it wont run real fast on a 486, but i did manage to install
it, and it runs very well, on my 386 DX 33.  The only time i had problems
with it on the 386, is when I installed the Plus Pack (which warned me
that a 486 or higher is required).  I installed it anyhow, and later found
out that when I tried to run the plus pack, along with a bunch of heavy
graphics and stuff, it would overload, and freeze up.  However, when it
did run, without the Plus pack, it did OK for speed.
 
But, back to the 486.....  It simply will not run, no matter what I do.
It is a VESA local bus, AMD DX 100, with Award bios 4.50G.  24 megs of RAM
(20 megs on the 386), and I tried both a Number Nine Vesa video card, and
the old Diamond Speedstar ISA card that is normally in the 386.
No matter what I do, CRASH.......
 
Now, I recall reading something awhile back about the Award 4.50G bios
being the culpret.  Something about it not working with 95....
I know that although Win3.11 (for Workgroups) runs well on that computer,
it will not accept the 32 bit access settings in the 386 (Swap File)
setting box.  If i set that 32 bit thingie ON, I will also crash Win3.11
all the time too.  So, in the end, it appears that the computer simply can
not handle 32 bit stuff.
 
Does anyone know anything about a problem with the Award Bios 4.50G?
I did check the Award web site, and they do mention that some motherboards
with that version of the Award bios, can not disable the Virus checking,
and then, it will not allow 95 to install.  However, I DO have the option
to turn the virus checking to OFF, and have always had it turned OFF.  (I
got my own virus checkers).
 
Yes, I have tried 2 different copies of Win95, thinking one was bad.  Both
install fine on the 386.  The bios in the 386 is AMI, dated 1989.
That is about all I can say, ....
 
ANY IDEAS ??????
 
Thanks
George
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