Microsoft KB Archive/78846

= Incomplete DEVICE Line in CONFIG.SYS Causes Screen Garbage =

Article ID: 78846

Article Last Modified on 11/22/1999

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q78846



SUMMARY
If random characters, symbols, words, and half sentences are displayed and the machine beeps when booting MS-DOS 5.0, an incomplete DEVICE statement may exist in the CONFIG.SYS file.

This problem can be solved by removing this line from the CONFIG.SYS.



MORE INFORMATION
For example, the following CONFIG.SYS file would exhibit the problem described above:   Files=30 Buffers=20 Device= Device=c:\dos\himem.sys Shell=c:\dos\command.com c:\dos /p /e:512 (Note that the third line, Device=, is incomplete.) Incomplete sentences and other partially readable output may be displayed. The expected error message for this line would be:

ERROR IN CONFIG.SYS LINE #X

The above message may or may not be part of the erratic output.

Additional query words: 5.00 noupd

Keywords: KB78846

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