Sorry, the last article wasn't one that will help. This might:

Troubleshooting Device Conflicts with Device Manager
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=133240

It really sounds like you either have incorrect drivers for your motherboard
or a device conflict.

You may want to try running setup using the /p i switch at setup. This
switch tells Setup
not to report the existence of a Plug and Play BIOS.

See this article:

Description of the Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me Setup Switches
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=186111

PattyL

"Brandon Green" wrote in message
...
I have a Dell Optiplex GX280 that I am attempting to install Windows 98 on
in order to support legacy hardware and software at our company. I have
installed the Intel 915G (80201) family chipset drivers, but when it
attempts
to install the PCI to USB bridge or the USB host controller, it detectf a
USB
Host Controller (doesn't see it as an Intel USB Host Controller) and locks
the computer.

I can go into safe mode and it works fine.

Has anybody run into this? Is there any way to disable plug and play on
Win98? I can't disable the USB controller in the BIOS because there are
no
PS/2 ports on the computer, so I'm forced to use USB for keyboard and
mouse.

Thanks for the help.