Microsoft KB Archive/72735

= Loading SMARTDRV.SYS High with Adaptec Controller Hangs System =

Article ID: 72735

Article Last Modified on 9/30/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q72735



SUMMARY
If SMARTDRV.SYS is loaded high on a system with a Micropolis 330 MB hard disk model #1578-15 with Adaptec Controller model #1542-B, and it is partitioned into a single drive, the system will hang.

Loading SMARTDRV.SYS low before loading anything high solves the problem.



MORE INFORMATION
The disk transfers to the upper memory block (UMB) are not being put at the right addresses because the controller is not mapping addresses correctly. The only workaround available is to load SMARTDRV.SYS low (in conventional memory).

Additional query words: 5.00 noupd

Keywords: KB72735

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