[Bigheart]

PLEASE SUPPLY RELEVANT INFORMATION:
Operating System Version:windows '98
Problem Application Name & Version:
Problem Hardware Make & Model:J-571b motherboard
Error Messages:none

I have an older pc that someone has installed win 98 in it will boot to the win 98 logo screen and stops  the pc has no model numbers or s/# on it not even a name but the processor is 233mhz the motherboard it a J-571B i read that this board in not compatable with win 98. is thair a way around this or can in formate and in stall win 95 back in it, thanks for your help

[bbhagrid]

give this page a shot to try to fix your prob

http://www.landmark.org/sis-fix.html

[Bigheart]

rebooted with the startup floppy in. ran debug
ran fdisk, recreated the partitions formated the hard drive.
ran the sisfix.exe. did a reboot.
but can't install the cdrom drivers. the cdrom is spining and it opens
but pc says no drivers or drivers are installed even tried a different drive letter, no good. the first time i did this it loaded the drivers and i installed win98, but would not boot past the logo screen. thanks for you help

[Admin]

Hi,

Did you try booting off a Win98 Startup Disk? It will load cdrom driver and allow you to run setup from the 'win98' folder on the cdrom.

[Bigheart]

i think i know what the problem is the cpu fan is not scurely fastend to the cpu, one of the notches is broke off. will have to look for another mobo. cpu probaley about shot too.

[Admin]

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quote:From Bigheart: I am not sure where to post this. don't know if it is a hardware problem or software. i have a old pc that is 233mhz. it has no s/# or even a name on it all i know is it has a J-571B motherboard. the problem is the pc hangs at boot sometimes it gets to the win 98 a logo screen sometimes not that far, read that win 98 and the mobo had a conflict, copyed fix did not help formated hd started to load win 98 again. now hangs at scandisk

[Admin]

Hi,

At what point during scandisk does the system hang?

[Bigheart]

right after it shows no errors. if i let it boot on its own off the win 98 boot disk it gets to verifying BMIpool data..... and stops

[Admin]

Hi,

Try running setup with the following switch to bypass scandisk during setup and let us know how far you get this time.

setup /is

[Bigheart]

ok started win 98 install got to checking for available disk space and the pc stops at 56% and just sets thair. could it be a memory problem

[Admin]

Hi,

Could very well be memory related or hard drive. I would boot off a Win98 Startup Disk and run scandisk with a surface scan on your drive to check for bad sectors. Also run a memory tester from http://www.mytechsupport.ca/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=42&topic=1163