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    shutdown problems with win98 and g400

    Hi Guys, i have a problem that I hope someone can help me resolve.Whenever I go to shutdown my computer it locks up. I've tried installing the new matrox drivers and even upgraded the bios with no success.It boots up fine and all games and dvd movies work well. I'ts only whenever i try to reboot or shut down that I encounter problems. The only way I can get it to shut down proberly is to unload the matrox drivers and use standard vga.This problem cropped up after i attempted to use the 4@1 via motherboard drivers. i uninstalled them and went back to the win98 via drivers because my computer wouldnt start up. Since then this problem has resulted. My system is a 350-amdk6-2,
    128megs sdram, 16meg,oem matrox g400, running on a m577 houston motherboard.
    Any help or suggesions would be appreciated.
    Thanks Dann Swann
    dan
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  • #2
    Try disabling fast shutdown. It is in your system information folder in the Start/..../system tools section of your start menu.

    Rags



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    • #3
      Are you using Windows 98 Second Edition? The <A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/downloads/contents/WURecommended/S_WUFeatured/Win98SE/Default.asp">Shutdown Supplement</A> may help you -- although be forewarned that installing it will remove the Disable Fast Shutdown option from the System Configuration Utility.

      Or you may want to read <A HREF="http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q238/0/96.asp">How to Troubleshoot Windows 98 Second Edition Shutdown Problems</A>.

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      • #4
        I''ve got the same problem with a P3 450 and an ABIT BX6 R2. I'm running Win98 Fist Edition and The 5.25 drivers.

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        • #5
          How do you disable fast shutdown? I couldn't figure it out from the posts above. I did install the Microsoft fix.

          I have a slightly different problem than the one outlined in the Microsoft KB article. When I do a "restart", the computer apparently reboots itself too soon- the scandisk comes up on the reboot. If I "shutdown" and then turn the computer back on, no scandisk. So I guess I'd like to try to disable fast shutdown.

          This has been annoying me ever since I upgraded my 95 partition to 98 over a year ago. I just upgraded to 98 SE last week in hopes that this would go away. It didn't.

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          • #6
            start/run/msconfig

            general tab, advanced

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            • #7
              Go to start/run. Type in "msconfig" and press enter. Click the "Advanced" button. Make sure "Disable fast shutdown" is checked.
              Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard coated bastards with bastard filling. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive, bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine. -- Dr. Perry Cox

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              • #8
                Damn, you beat me to it rickn
                Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard coated bastards with bastard filling. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive, bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine. -- Dr. Perry Cox

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                • #9
                  I agree with the anti-microsoft camp, it's nothing to do with your G400 or hardware, it's a microsoft thing... I tried installing the shutdown suppliment, and it had no effect... bloody Microsoft
                  Look, I know you think the world of me, that's understandable, you're only human, but it's not nice to call somebody "Vain"!

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                  • #10
                    As soon as BeOS releases drivers that support my G400 and ethernet card, I'm switching for everything but games. I can see Microsoft losing their so called monopoly very soon if they don't shape up.
                    Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard coated bastards with bastard filling. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive, bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine. -- Dr. Perry Cox

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                    • #11
                      Hmmmm... I don't have a "disable fast shutdown".

                      I have:

                      Disable System ROM Breakpoint
                      Disable Virtual HD IRQ
                      EMM Exclude A0000-FFFF
                      Force Compatibility mode disk access
                      VGA 640x480x16
                      Use SCSI Double-buffering
                      Enable Starup Menu
                      Disable Scandisk after bad shutdown (hmm, I could do this and then just ignore the problem!)
                      Limit Memory to..
                      Disable UDF file system
                      Enable Pentium F0 workaround


                      But no Disable Fast Shutdown.

                      Did someone write that installing the 98SE shutdown fix already disables fast shutdown? Perhaps that's why the option isn't there...?

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                      • #12
                        ps- BeOS is nice, but there aren't many apps...

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                        • #13
                          Hi LrngToFly,

                          You really should have tried my suggestion first. The supplement you installed takes away any options of disabling it now, fast shutdown will run the whole time now, that is unless you use the registry editor to change it. Goto Start/Run and type regedit. Under the Registry Editor Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/System/CurrentControlSet/Control/Shutdown. Click on the folder that says Shutdown, then on the right hand side of the editor there is a FastReboot, double click it and a box will appear with a value of one highlighted,type 0 and click ok. <----this is the number zero. Close the Registry Editor, shut down and reboot. This should disable fast shutdown.

                          Rags

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                          FedEx Sucks!



                          [This message has been edited by Rags (edited 09-20-1999).]

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                          • #14
                            Have you checked if the mobo manufacturer has a newer bios for your motherboard ?

                            My secondary system did the same with Soyo 5EHM (ETEQ/VIA Bios), but when I changed it to DFI-P5BV3+, the problem went away.

                            I'm running W98SE on that one.

                            Pertti

                            [This message has been edited by Pertti (edited 09-20-1999).]

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                            • #15
                              Not sure who you're talking to Pertti, I'm running a Soyo 6BA (original) w/ the latest bios.

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