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by jsat555

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I have an ECS motherboard with 423 socket type processor, the problem is, it hangs up every time it loads to windows. can somebody help me identify the parts that is causing it. I tried to change the video card,memory and motherboard with the same type. Pls. help.

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by fred07

What OS and how much ram. over 384 ram in ME or 98 or 95 causes the problems you are haveing.
Also When you format to install are you doing a complete format and removing all former boot records. That also will cause the problem.
Please add in your comment the following; OS,Ram, HDD, MB type and Version, Any beeps on startup??????

by fred07

I would go with the registry being corrupt. Your system should be stable without problems. If you can get in once just save everything you need to and then I do a full format and reinstall my 98SE.
Hope this helps. Sometimes you must start all overand I figure mine at about every 3 months and somtimes I get to 6 months. I have had this problem with every OS due to my massive downloading and surfing for tools on the web.

by rcom

Has the system ever worked and this is a new problem or are you installing the motherboard. What OS, how much ram and more info would help.

But in general, seems like a resource conflict or a device driver that's the cause.

Boot the system pay close attention to devices that have the same IRQ. The installed devices will be listed prior to the Windows boot screen. If needed use the puase/break button to stop the computer so you can see what's up.

Boot to safe modet by pressing the F8key just before the Windows logo screen appears. If it boots completely to safe mode then the above mentioned is more than likely true. Then its just about finding what's causing the problem.

Best to simplify things. Remove all cards but the video. In the BIOS settings disable the com, USB ports, sound and network adapter if intergrated. Set the BIOS to the use default features.

It may be an issue with USB so if you're using a USB keyboard or mouse get PS2 devices to troubleshoot.

Ifthis is a fresh install of the OS start again. Format and reinstall Windows. If everything works start adding devices in one at a time. Be sure to to follow the instructions when installing the device drivers.

I'm a bit curious about the answerthat talks about other partition information and that causing a problem?

by jsat555

the harddisk is 40G
128 SDRAM memory
32 video card
Win98 second ed OS
It has normal beep
....this is an addition info that might help me out with the problem i'm having.

by donmars

Could be a video driver problem, not the card but the driver. Is this an ATI AGP video board. These have been problematic for the situation you describe. Could be CMOS setup options are set incorrectly.Again if this is an AGP setup then check all the GRAPHICS settings pertaining to AGP in BIOS setup. If you've changed your motherboard, but not your hard drive, then I strongly recommend that you re-install Windows.
To preserve your existing applications and settings, you can choose to install Windows over itself.
Updated system BIOS may be needed.
Again if this is an AGP card, not only do you need display drivers for your AGP graphics card, you also need drivers for your motherboard, which enable AGP functionality for the motherboard chipset. These drivers are provided by your motherboard manufacturer, on their website and/or on CD. If you are using a PCI video card then let us know this.

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