On 17 Jun, 16:03, "Ron Badour" wrote:
If you want to pursue this further, take a look at this article:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=262381
How to Troubleshoot Computer Hangs During Hardware Detection
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Ron Badour
MS MVP 1997 - 2008

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I am performing a clean Win98SE install on a Supermicro P6SBU mobo.

During the initial Windows 98 Setup routine, on the Hardware Detection
screen it says:

"Windows is now detecting non Plug and Play hardware in your
computer..." *(It goes on to provide more general info, but I've
snipped it here for brevity.)

This hardware detection process always stops at 28% - I've tried 4
clean install attempts and this happens every time.

When this problem occurs, I am able to turn off the computer and
restart it, and the installation continues and appears to succeed, but
I strongly suspect that *something* is wrong somewhere. *The reason
why I think this way is because I have successfully clean-installed
Win98SE on to two absolutely identical Supermicro P6SBU boards and I
did not encounter any problem like this.

I have tried changing the RAM stick and also tried 4 different
graphics cards, but the problem persists. *There is nothing else
plugged in to the mobo, except for the floppy, hard & optical drive.

Inside the BIOS, I have set up my "usual settings", which is to
disable SCSI, serial ports and parallel port.

The one thing I haven't tried yet is to change the CPU, but I think
this is probably a "long shot".

Thanks very much for any thoughts, best regards, Robert.- Hide quoted text -

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Thanks a lot for the link Ron.