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by tmp2347

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I have a PC that I am trying to reload win98 se
on. It was necessary to replace to replace the
motherboard due to a power surge issue. I replaced
the m-board, power supply, ram and HDD. Now when I
try to load windows 98 se, the installation gets
to the point where its loading files to the HDD
and constantly locks up at 6 to 7% and gives me
a stack dump error. Need help!!

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by dmiles

The problem could be caused by the memory that may be bad,try using memory from another machine
Then you could try reformatting the drive and doing a clean install,whic would install the dos extender files which could be another problem

by mariusfourie

Firstly try re-seating the memory chips and then format the hard drive. If this does not work remove all unnecessary pci cards, i.e. network cards, sound and video cards and retry. If you still have no joy, you might want to have the motherboard checked out by your supplier - a faulty mb can cause this problem.

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