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Win98 hangs after replacing motherboard

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by f_hendrik

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After changing the motherboard in my computer, Windows 98 does not start in Normal Mode or Safe Mode.If I press F8 and choose Normal + Step-by-Step Comfirmation, all the files in Autoexec.bat and Config.sys load, and I am asked if I want to load theGraphical User Interface and all Windows drivers.After I press 'y' to load all drivers the computer hangs. Even if I press 'n' to not load all the drivers, the computer still hangs.However there is a jumper on the motherboard that allows me to clearthe cmos. When I do this and in the cmos setup specify that I wish to reset the configuration data, Windows 98 loads, until I turn of the power on the computer, then Windows again hangs.

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by jdfcomputer

You have a resource conflict in the bios, the most likely cause is a sound card or video card, check the PCI IRQ assignments and also check if Assign IRQ to VGA is on. Also try diabling the power management features on the motherboard. As a last ditch to troublshoot the video, try installing an old ISA video card instead of an AGP or PCI card to verify that the motherboard is functioning correctly

by dmiles

Open the case and recheck all connections,while case is open make sure that the power supply fan is operating,check the CPU fan is operating and you have not had overheating problems,check the memory to see if chips are seated correctly in slots,sounds more like a intermittent problem and you are not getting power,when you reboot the power is recharged to make a cycle,the last thing is that you may have a bad motherboard.

by cindy - extraordinary brat

Remove your sound, modem, ethernet, tv-video, etc.. all extra cards, and boot with just video and a floppy and a harddrive. Then, as you add a card back, reboot and see what happens. You will find the culprit this way. The cmos isnt' the problem. What kind of board is this? Win 98 supported? Did you get a driver set cd for it from the mfg?

by richard_barsby

Hi what you din not say is if the M/B is the same make/chipset. If it is different then the drivers for the M/B may be incorrect ie for a Via chipset or another chipset this may be your problem.

Let us know.

Best regards

R.K.Barsby

by geroxx

Answer number 4 is correct. The problem you are probably having is that windows is choking on your motherboard. You may have good luck by doing the following

Go into Device Manager and remove everything. Answer "No" everytime that your are asked to reboot until you have removed all devices. Then Reboot.

Have all of the drivers ready for your MB and other stuff. Windows should now go through the setup routine where it finds all of your stuff and then installs it.

I have found that it is much easier to:
1) back-up the information on my HD
2) Install my new Motherboard
3) Format HD
4) Install Windows.

This will make sure that the new windows load does not have some of the old junk from the old hardware setup sitting in the registery ticking away waiting to hose you later.

HtH
Gary

by ~atheria

Windows 98 doesn't like to see "new" hardware without getting rid of the "old" hardware settings.

Since you are starting all your hardware with autoexec.bat and config.sys, first go in and make copies of them and then boot to dos and remove them. If necessary you can always add them later...but most of the time, Windows 98 doesn't even need them except for the oldest of "legacy" hardware (legacy=old or ISA - but even some ISA works very well with Win98)

If you still can't boot, try installing the O/S again, only this time, put it in a different directory AND make sure you choose "Custom" setup instead of the default automatic setup.

If you can get this version of Windows working, you'll know that the O/S was getting confused byhaving too many changes from the hardware you upgraded from.

Good Luck! : )
Felina

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