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Problems about Toshiba T5100 with Windows
This document describes the method to solve issues on Toshiba T5100.
By Ryan on August 16, 2009
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If you run Toshiba DOS 5.0 and Microsoft Windows 3.1 on the Toshiba T5100 laptop, you may experience the following problems:
- The machine reboots when trying to run Windows.
- The machine stops responding (hangs) when entering Windows.
Cause of the problems
You are using the Windows versions of HIMEM.SYS and SMARTDRV.SYS.
Steps to solve these problems
- Use the HIMEM.SYS driver that ships with Toshiba DOS 5.0 (rather than the one that comes with Windows).
- Following steps 1 through 3 in the "T5100 and Windows 3.0" section below:
- Run the file TEST3.EXE from the MS-DOS command prompt. This program is on the Diagnostics disk included with the T5100.
- After running TEST3.EXE, choose zero for Setup. Select Expanded Memory, then use the down arrow keys to select All Extended No Expanded Memory.
- Choose Negative for the Fast ROM option.
Using the Windows Select Feature
To properly use the Select feature on the T5100 with Windows 3.0, you need to select a 101-key keyboard. The Select feature (SHIFT+ARROW, SHIFT+HOME, SHIFT+END, SHIFT+PGUP, SHIFT+PGDN) allows you to select large blocks of text in Windows-based applications.
To enable this feature on a T5100, do the following:
- Set up the machine for a 101-key keyboard by running TEST3.EXE on the Toshiba Diagnostics disk.
- Choose 0 for SETUP and change the keyboard from 84 to 101 keys.
- Exit and save the changes.
- Install Windows and choose "Enhanced 101- or 102-key US and Non-US keyboards" as the keyboard type.
NOTE: If you have already installed Windows, run the Windows Setup program and select "Enhanced 101- or 102-key US and Non-US keyboards" as the keyboard type.
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