PRB: Compiler Hangs On Some Systems With >16MB RAM

ID: Q97673

The information in this article applies to:

The Microsoft C/C++ Compiler (CL.EXE)
- Microsoft Visual C++ for Windows, 16-bit edition, versions 1.0, 1.5

SYMPTOMS

An attempt to use the compiler on a computer that has more than 16 MB of memory installed fails, and the compiler crashes.

CAUSE

The computer uses an bus-mastering SCSI controller on an ISA machine. The adapter cannot address above 16 MB of memory.

RESOLUTION

In some cases, installing SMARTDrive with double buffering corrects this problem. For more information on double buffering in SMARTDrive, please refer to the "Microsoft Windows User's Guide."

Adaptec has solved this problem in their latest SCSI driver. ASPIBUF.SYS is a double buffering driver which allows addressing above 16M. Please contact other vendors to see if they have solutions available.

It may be possible to use the compiler from MS-DOS (with EMM386 installed) to successfully build applications.

Additional query words: 1.00 1.50 8.00 8.00c


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Last Reviewed: July 22, 1999