Win 98 SE with SBlive 1024 (CT4670) cant restart. 1

[Drosophilla]

My WIN98 SE system wont RESTART after installing a soundblaster live card.
I can still shut down windows through the start/close comp button, but Not restart
I have tried moving the card to diff. PCI slots, with same results. I have tried diff. drivers, which BTW not are easy to come by! (nice place -->

http://www.driverguide.com)

Windows hangs at the "shuttting down winblows" screen and the only option is to hit the restart button manually.

Anyone have an idea??

 

[Enkrypted]

Make sure that you don't have any programs running in the background. That is a known cause for systems to hang at shutdown... Enkrypted
A+

 

[Drosophilla]

Thanx for you time Enkrypted!

Could you elaborate on your answer, which programs in the background??

However, my problem is NOT a SHUTDOWN problem, but a Restart Problem! My system only hangs using the "restart computer"
AND
If I remove the PCI SBlive card from my computer, without uninstalling drivers and so on, I can "restart" again... odd
It does'nt seem as if there are other problems with the sound card, everything works fine.... I just cant use the "resrart computer" option on my system, and thats kind of annoying.... don't ya think so...

 

[CitrixEngineer]

Could be the old SB 16 drivers installed for DOS compatibility.

Try booting in safe mode and disabling this driver. CitrixEngineer@yahoo.co.uk

 

[Drosophilla]

Wehaa! problem solved!

It was the old SB 16 dos drivers (SB16 emulation).
Removing them was another problem, but I found a usefull guide.

http://atlas.hemmet.chalmers.se/livecenter/showpage.php?id=5&page=2

Thx to CitrixEngineer, for pointing me in the right direction