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4: NT Drivers and Limitations
Windows NT Driver Recommendations
Please use the recommended driver provided with your system for the following:
Display driver S3 Trio64 V2/DX (PCI slot #1)
Mylex driver Mylex DAC960PU
Symbios driver Symbios SYM8751SP
Multiprocessor system module
To avoid a STOP error from occurring in Windows NT when configuring multiprocessors, it is strongly
recommended to install Service pack 4 for Windows NT 4.0 Enterprise Edition®.
Cautions and Limitations
Installing Windows NT
•
Windows NT 4.0 Non-Enterprise Edition® only supports up to a 4 way multiprocessor system.
•
If your system has more than 3.0GB of memory, you must complete the following steps for a successful
Windows NT installation.
•
Windows NT 4.0 Enterprise Edition® only supports a 4 or 8 way multiprocessor system.
•
If your system has more than 3.5GB of memory, you must complete the following steps for a successful
Windows NT installation.
1.
Enter the
BIOS Setup
utility by pressing
F2
during the system boot.
2.
Select
Advanced Menu—Windows NT 4.0 Install Mode
.
3.
Change the parameter Disable to
Enable
before installing Windows NT.
4.
Install Windows NT.
5.
After installing Windows NT reboot the system and re-enter the
BIOS Setup
utility and reset the parameter from
Enable back to
Disable
. If this parameter is not reset Windows NT will only recognize 3.0/3.5GB of physical
memory even if more is installed.
6.
Set the
Virtual Memory
size as shown (physical memory size + a minimum of an additional 20MB)
-
Select
Control Panel
–
System
–
Performance
.
-
Setup the size of virtual memory using the above formula.