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by jchew

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I have just installed a Soltek SL-65KVB motherboard and everything seems to boot up fine for the first time with my previous installation of Windows 98 SE but then
when I reboot it freezes at the Windows 98 screen.

So I format the hdd and install a sucessful Windows 98 and runs for the first time and after that the drivers for a Asus geforce 2 MX card and when I restart after installing the drivers it freezes at the Windows 98 startup screenagain . I have done
a fresh install about 2 times.
But now suddenly when it reaches the Windows 98 start screen the pc shuts down and keeps shutting down earlier up to a point now where when I press the power button it starts up for about 2-3 sec and shuts down I can't even have enough time to get into the bios in time and this only powers on if you disconnect the cord at the back for a while.
and seems to be getting worst now it doesn't even power on.

I don't know if it has to do with the voltage of the Celeron 633 cpu

I think I have set the bus ratio to 8.0 and over becuase it has a auto detect feature and set the bus clock to auto

Please help

Thanks in advance

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by mckaytech

From your description, I'm pretty sure you're looking at a hardware failure of the motherboard or CPU or both. It is certainly plausible that your CPU voltage wasn't correct causing the CPU to fail and perhaps taking the motherboard with it.

paul

by geroxx

I take it that you are not Over Clocking. If you are... Take it back to stock. Consult the Motherboard book for settings. If you are still having problems then -->

***Note: If you think that you have a good load of Windows... then quit wasting time reloading and try the ideas below. Everytime I tell you to reload... just skip it. But if you even suspect a bad windows load... then do it... I can not see you system so I am being on the safe side here.

What is the Wattage of your Power Supply? It should be at least 200W to 240W. I have seen just about every P.S. problem there is and I have never seen a 100W to 150W power supply last more that a year. They just don't have the guts... Is it new? If it is an old P.S. then it may be time to get another one. See if you can barrow one to use for T.S. purposes. If you can get a new P.S. the try everything again. Try Rebooting or if that is not successful another reload.

If that is not it... Pull all cards except for the video card out. And if you have one, I would swap in an old standard 4 meg VGA card. If you don't have one... don't install the video card. Windows will leave it as a standard VGA 640x480. Pull and Reseat your video card. Make sure it is seated well. Use a flashlight and look to see that the card is seated level and that the finger traces are lined up in the slot. This will get you to a standard place to evaluate and see if it is something in you system dragging you down. Try and reboot if that is not it... the Reload again.

You may need to check the CD ROM. Pull it off of the bus and pull the power cable and check to see if it will reboot ok. If you are still having a problem you are now looking at the Motherboard or possibably abad HD (I doubt it if you don't get errors reloading).

by lumumba

In my experience is software conflict e.g drivers or Antivirus software! Please switch on your Computer then after POST screen appeared press DEL key to Enter Cmos setup then in all pages set as default then save changes and exit to reboot.
After that option press ctrl key or F8 to restart your windows in safe mode, after getting windows screen please press start then Settings tab and go to Control Panel after that go to system icon double click it and disable or remove any device with extrametion character (!) then restart your System. and you'll see what's happen. I hope this can be helpfully to you.
Regards,

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