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NIC causing W98 not to boot up

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by jeffryg

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Just re formatted the HD & re-installed 98. As I went through installing all of the drivers for the hardware and when I got to the NIC card, it was unsuccessful. After troubleshooting I found that the VPN Option was installed from the windows communication programs, so I removed that since I have a LAN Card for DSL. After restarting my only option is to start in safe mode? When ever I try to change something I get nothing. It either asks for the w98 cd rom, which It won't let me access in safe-mode? Any ideas?

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by geroxx

I think you maybe stuck with another reload. May I suggest that you take the time and load the WIN98 directory from your CD to your hard drive (keep the directory as WIN98 as in C:\win98 ) When asked to insert the CD all you will have to do is type in C:\win98 in the location box.

When you load Win98 this time. Choose Custom Load and make sure that the Windows VPN is unchecked in the Networking section.

HtH
Gary

by geroxx

Something else... After I added my NIC card. I had a longer boot time. It would boot up... show the Windows Splash screen... go black with the earlier "DOS" booting information... it would sit there for about 30 to 40 seconds... then continue loading the desktop. I have not figured out why but just figured it was windows trying to choke on my NIC card. Took awhile to get used to. My friend has about 2 minute pause on his because he is running 2 NIC cards...

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by grantcom

Try changing NIC slots, particularly if it is slot 1. Also, depending on your MB brand you should be able to force the NIC's IRQ in BIOS....try 9 or 11. I generally set BIOS to "NO" on "Windows OS"...this will help with such problems. The NIC is likely conflicting with sound card.

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