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  1. lamott

    Can't boot up Windows 98 - display freezes

    ok - after replaced cmos battery, reformatted hard drive, changed BIOS settings on PNP put the (old) video board back in the first PCI slot where it originally was reloaded windows 98 - now seems to be okay [surprise] [smile]
  2. lamott

    Can't boot up Windows 98 - display freezes

    replaced cmos battery - same problem :-(
  3. lamott

    Can't boot up Windows 98 - display freezes

    CMOS battery just died - maybe that's it !!
  4. lamott

    Can't boot up Windows 98 - display freezes

    around 3 weeks ago: just windows 98 updates - 823559 & 819696 I believe. My son also updated AOL Instant Messenger; He also uninstalled it. I reloaded AIM; it connected & I signed on - the PC would freeze after about 2 minutes of being booted up - regardless of what you did. since then -...
  5. lamott

    Can't boot up Windows 98 - display freezes

    I've tried using another monitor; same result - fine in safe mode; freezes in windows 98 startup.
  6. lamott

    Can't boot up Windows 98 - display freezes

    also another observation - sometimes the PC won't boot pass this point: (about 1 in 5 times) ISA/PNP device listing card dev DMA IRQ 1 0 1,5 5 audio to this next (when it does boot): Verifying PMI pool ...
  7. lamott

    Can't boot up Windows 98 - display freezes

    yes, safe mode is fine. I have replaced the video card (previous one was a Matrox Millenium II) - with an ATI Rage Pro 8mb one.
  8. lamott

    Can't boot up Windows 98 - display freezes

    to rob2806: pc only works in safe mode; can't add hardware. no monitor or display adapter in hardware profiles
  9. lamott

    Can't boot up Windows 98 - display freezes

    the monitor (and display adapter) are currently not in the device list. (when tried replacing the video board; new hardware messge detected came up). will try another monitor; brought PC in to a repair shop; they also couldn't get win98 to start up. (They suggested reloading win98- which I'd...
  10. lamott

    Can't boot up Windows 98 - display freezes

    safe mode is fine. how could I check power settings through monitor (a samsung 75v ) PC repair shop could also not boot up (through their monitor I assume). note.. before reloaded windows - system would work for about 1 - 2 minutes, then freeze. thought we might have a virus - that's why I...
  11. lamott

    Can't boot up Windows 98 - display freezes

    WIndows 98 won't boot - screen freezes; light on the monitor flashes. ctrl-alt-delete won-t interrupt. THis started about 3 weeks ago - pc was working fine before that. AMD K6 200 mhz chip, 256mb memory, win 98 I've: reformatted the hard drive (twice) reloaded windows 98 from CD. (twice)...

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