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| Thread ID: 35000 | 2003-06-30 00:09:00 | BSOD: the downright utter stupidity of it all | agent (30) | Press F1 |
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| 156268 | 2003-06-30 00:09:00 | I get a BSOD on Windows 98. It says to increase the value of "MinSPS" in system.ini Problem is, the MinSPS entry doesn't exist. Current setting is at "5", apparently, but I have no way of knowing. It only seems to happen when the computer has been running a while. Any suggestions? |
agent (30) | ||
| 156269 | 2003-06-30 00:38:00 | The MinSPS will have to be added as it is using the default. I must admit to not knowing what it is but try adding it to the 386 section. Try a search else where. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 156270 | 2003-06-30 00:40:00 | Okay, Agent. I am not convinced that this posting isn't a cheap attempt to win a prize, but it is the 35,000th topic, email me with your delivery details, along with what gaming platforms you have, preferred t-shirt colour, star sign, and whether or not you like Pina Coladas and getting caught in the rain. I thought the BSOD was an NT phenomonon, not Win98, but I shall watch this thread with interest. robo. |
robo (205) | ||
| 156271 | 2003-06-30 01:00:00 | yes robo you do get it in win98 :( agent.....To resolve this situation, add the following line to the [386Enh] section of the System.ini file and then restart your computer: MinSPs=4 If the problem persists, increase the number of spare stack pages in increments of 4 (for example, 8, 12, 16). NOTE: Each spare stack page requires 4 kilobytes of memory. |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 156272 | 2003-06-30 01:08:00 | Well, sorry :8}, but I was writing that post from memory, because I don't have access to the Win98 machine until this afternoon, at which point it will no doubt get another MinSPS error. I followed mike's advice, and searched for my key words: "minsps", "5", "98", "BSOD", and "system.ini". Found a lovely image (www.dansdata.com) at one site. According to the page at www.dansdata.com that I found, the message is most likely: "There are no spare stack pages. It may be necessary to increase the setting of 'MinSPs' in SYSTEM.INI to prevent possible stack faults. There are currently 5 SPs allocated. Press any key to continue." Apparently, this "indicates another of the irksome resource limits that lurk beneath the surface of Windows 95-series operating systems - including Windows ME - no matter how much RAM you give 'em. This particular problem is probably caused by a flaky device driver, and you can work around it by assigning a little more memory to be used for spare stack pages. You need to edit SYSTEM.INI to fix the problem..." Gave a link to Microsoft (support.microsoft.com), which had a link to Symantec (service1.symantec.com). In case it matters, I have Norton AntiVirus 2000 installed. The Symantec site says that the error occurs while running NAV. I'm not sure about that, because I've only been receiving the darned BSOD for about two months, whereas NAV has been installed for about two years. Still, apparently bad things build up over time and them come tumbling out when the bubble bursts. I'll be taking a look at the 98 machine this afternoon if I have time. Oh, and by the way, you were almost right, mike, the MinSPS entry has to go under the [386Enh] entry. Or something like that, anyway... |
agent (30) | ||
| 156273 | 2003-06-30 03:54:00 | Good to hear you found out more. I was just using the grey matter when I posted 386 as I don't dabble in Winxx much now. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
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