I AM RUNNING OS/2 2.1 AND HAVE AN TRAP 0000d ERROR. WHAT DOES IT MEAN AND HOW CAN I FIX IT?

A trap 000d is a general protection fault. This is like when a program allocates an array with 10 elements, then references the 11th (goes after unallocated memory). To pinpoint the failing program, you can look at the registers. Usually when you get a trap you get a black screen with white text. The text are the contents of the registers at the time of the trap. Looking at the registers is a bit complex. Since you are running OS/2 2.1, I don't believe IBM will provide support. Here are some general guidelines that may help: - Did the trap always happen or did it just start? - If the trap just started, did you load anything recently? Have you tried removing it? - Does the trap happen at bootup? If so, at what point? If it happens during the loading of device drivers (when you see the OS/2 logo on the screen), it could mean that you are having hardware failure. A trap 000d is almost always caused by software any almost never hardware. But twice I've seen a failing SCSI drive cause a Trap D on boot. - Does the trap 000d happen only when you use a certain application? If so, have you contacted the vendor for that application for assistance? - Do you have a second PC installed with the same levels of code? If so, does the problem happen on both computers? Without more information, I really can't provide much help. Two very skilled IBM'ers wrote a RED book call the OS/2 Debugging Handbook, SG24-4640-00. (Red books are IBM technical references.) If you get ahold of the OS/2 Debugging Handbook and are used to diagnosing problems from hex dumps, you may find your answer. If you are stuck, you can email me the following information and I will take a look at it (no promises though): - The model and brand PC are you running OS/2 2.1 on. Plus what video chipset is in the PC (like Matrox, S3Trio V64+, etc) - The version of OS/2 (result of the ver /r command) It will be 6.222 or something like that. OS/2 WARP V3 with fixpack 10 applied is 8.234. - The CS:EIP and CSLIM register contents. (Like CS:EIP = 0053:000034a3 CSLIM = 00004fe1 ) - Description of when the trap occurs. Good Luck. KJS