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by tman12

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I have a Sony laptop bought in 99. When I boot into normal 98 mode, it powers off before completing the loading of all programs. I removed all programs from startup and MSCONFIG (Except for Systray and LoadPower Profile) and still get the same results. I just formatted the harddrive, FDISK it, formatted it again and loaded 98 only back on it. While completing the install, it booted up to find the devices and powered off again. It keeps shutting off before it can complete the installation of hardware. (Nothing is attached. Its just going through the process of locating the chipset etc...) A few moments after the poweroff, the fan starts to run again. Any suggestions?

P.S. It boots into Safe Mode fine.

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by pocono

Are there any modems, NIC's? Try removing those one at a time to see if any changes occur.
Also, you could try booting with the step by step confirmation option. The fact that it boots fine in safe mode is indicative of a driver problem. Go through and each time choose something different to not run and see what happens.
Good Luck....Peace...

by tman12

There is a modem. Its integrated into the motherboard. I have no devices attached. I did a rebuild because it was doing the same thing with the factory software. I rebuilt it with just Win 98. It boots up and starts the save setting process and after 5 seconds, it just shuts off. There are no devices I can remove. It will stay on in Safe mode with no problems.

by cbach1997

I'd take the battery out and run it on AC. I would also disable any power management in the BIOS temporarily. Answer #1's idea of removing excess cards is a good idea too... Strange. Good luck,

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by tman12

I have the battery out with it running on AC. I can not figure out what it is trying to load in normal mode that kills it. Safe mode runs fine, and the only software installed is the OS itself. This has really stumped me.

by ndewhall

The fact it is booting in safe mode points to a fatal driver conflict. And I would bet my bnottom dollar it is the display adapter
Try Ans 1. and do the step by step boot see what step it dies at. Alternativey go into device manager and disable the display adapter or uninstall it I should say. It should then boot normally up to the point it reloads the driver. This is where you need to do some resaerch. Go to the vendor site and find the 98 driver for the card edisplauy adapter you have.It is usually display adapter driver faults or DVD player faults which cause this. I would suggest putting XP pro on it. It but then again you may have a nightmare with drivers being a few years old. Good luck..

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