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by adriano.herberth

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when i?m installing windows 98SE in a compaq presario 1090ES i get two error messages: 1)STANDARD MODE:FAULT OUTSIDE OF MS-DOS EXTENDED;3)AN ERROR OCURRED WITH W98SETUP STANDARD MODE:INVALID DPMI RETURN FROM 037F:5F92.
WHY?

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by m.a.s. matrix

this is one that i have never seen before...nor can i find it anywhere. have you tried installing a different copy. you might have a bad copy. or try to install a differnt os. might be hardware.

by maz1980

First, remove all line on c:\config.sys and autoexec.bat, except CDROM driver unless you need CDROM for installation. Maybe there is loaded DOS driver that cause the problem.

If the problem persist, download newest BIOS firmware from Compaq for your Presario. If the two solution are not satisfied, remove some not important hardware first, especially addtional RAM module which is not the machine standard.

by curacao_dejavu

You have a memory manager installed.
See the MSKB 232681 and 232018.
Remove the references to the memory managers from the config.sys.

(from dos, edit config.sys and delete the entries)

Standard Mode Messages:
If you get any of the following error messages, remove any memory
managers (such as EMM386.exe, QEMM, or 386Max) from your Config.sys
file, and then run Setup again.

Standard Mode: Invalid DPMI return.
Standard Mode: Fault in MS-DOS Extender.
Standard Mode: Bad Fault in MS-DOS Extender.
Standard Mode: Unknown stack in fault dispatcher.
Standard Mode: Stack Overflow.

NOTE: If you still have problems, add EMM386.EXE back into your
Config.sys file and exclude all ranges. For example:

device=c:\windows\emm386.exe x=A000-FFFF

If you encounter these messages or if your computer stops
responding during Setup, turn on double-buffering in SmartDrive.
Several SCSI hard drives and some ESDI drives require double-
buffering.

To turn on double buffering, add the following line to the
beginning of your Config.sys file:

device=c:\windows\smartdrv.exe /double_buffer+

Leopold

by pc2fixitguys

Ihad the same hair pulling experience, my solution was to format and partition and install win98 on a another PC, worked like a charm.Re-installed the Hard drive in the Compaq it booted well into windows the system is up and runnning for the last 6 mnths. The old saying is there is always a 3 ways to skin a cat...same with Window...there is always three ways to access files and programs...
Pc2fixitguys@ij.net

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