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Help: Windows 98SE shutdown woes
I'm having a problem (well, several problems, possibly) with shutting
down Windows 98SE on a semi-new motherboard. System: ECS NForce3A (v1.0A) motherboard (socket 754, NForce3 chipset) Sempron 3000+ (1.8GHz) 1GB stick of Crucial PC3200 DDR 40GB Maxtor disk PNY Geforce 6200 AGP/128MB SonicXplosion sound card (= Terratec Six-pack, says so on the back of the card) Netgear FA310TX ethernet USB 2.0 hub Silver biscuit writer I blew win98 on it, and everything was OK until I installed the sound card drivers. After that, "Start|Shutdown|Shutdown" drops to the black-and-orange "It's safe to switch off your computer" screen, and so does "Start|Shutdown|Restart in MS-DOS mode". (Expected results: power down, drop to a DOS prompt, respectively.) Restart works normally. I've googled for answers, and half the things to try seem inapplicable, as, for example, I don't have a "Plug and Play BIOS" in Device Manager. Nothing else on the lists seems to make a difference. It does seem to be specifically Windows 98SE (who knows, maybe plain Win98 as well), as Windows 2000 shuts down normally on the same hardware (by removable disk trays). A second machine with a different sound card (PCWorld own-brand 5.1 card) and network card (Netgear FA311) hangs on normal shutdown, and powers down on "shutdown-to-DOS". Any ideas? -- SteveR (throw away the dustbin, send to stever@... instead) This was found in family papers throughout the US: http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/sho...e=Judge_Parker - This is hopeless, Mr Parker...I'm a complete klutz! - No, you're not, April, you've almost got it! - Okay...now what do I do? - Work them like a claw...and call me Randy! http://www.accidentalcreditor.org.uk/ |
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