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W98 won't boot after driver installation?
Now this is really getting annoying, it happened with the 5.41 drivers, the beta 5.50, and now it is happening with the new 5.52.
I begin with using pd_uninstaller to uninstall the current drivers. Then I reboot. I install VGA drivers, reboot again. Then I'm ready to install the 5.52, so I run the setup.exe file.
After it finishes, I have to reboot once again. Then when I enter w98, it just freezes with messed up graphics (irregular thick, horizontal green lines over my wallpaper)right before loading the icons.
Each time I reboot, the same thing happens.
So I uninstall the drivers (using safe mode).
Reboot. Install VGA drivers. Reboot. Install 5.50 drivers. Reboot. SAME thing, freezes before entering w98. The same thing happens when I try installing 5.41, or even 5.11.
The last time I had this problem, I solved it by formatting everyting, and installing w98 again, that made it work fine. The problem occurs, when I try to install drivers for the second time, after a format.
I was told to run msinfo32 when in safe mode, to see if there were any IRQ conflicts, but it won't work in safe mode, only in normal mode. I have also tried making a bootlog, but there weren't any error messages in it, only "success" everywhere in bootlog.txt.
I really don't know what to do about this, it is really bugging me!!!
My system by the way: p3-450, G400-32MB, SB Live! value, and 128MB pc100 ram.
I begin with using pd_uninstaller to uninstall the current drivers. Then I reboot. I install VGA drivers, reboot again. Then I'm ready to install the 5.52, so I run the setup.exe file.
After it finishes, I have to reboot once again. Then when I enter w98, it just freezes with messed up graphics (irregular thick, horizontal green lines over my wallpaper)right before loading the icons.
Each time I reboot, the same thing happens.
So I uninstall the drivers (using safe mode).
Reboot. Install VGA drivers. Reboot. Install 5.50 drivers. Reboot. SAME thing, freezes before entering w98. The same thing happens when I try installing 5.41, or even 5.11.
The last time I had this problem, I solved it by formatting everyting, and installing w98 again, that made it work fine. The problem occurs, when I try to install drivers for the second time, after a format.
I was told to run msinfo32 when in safe mode, to see if there were any IRQ conflicts, but it won't work in safe mode, only in normal mode. I have also tried making a bootlog, but there weren't any error messages in it, only "success" everywhere in bootlog.txt.
I really don't know what to do about this, it is really bugging me!!!
My system by the way: p3-450, G400-32MB, SB Live! value, and 128MB pc100 ram.
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