krelian

Hi submix, thanks for your input, funny thing the problem is now gone. Just for the heck of it, I tried to clear CMOS once again and that did it, now I can boot into safe mode with a mouse plugged into the USB port I HARDLY rock I could have never figured it out without your and usher's help, the only people that rock here are you and him I always thought to get some HDD cloning software but couldn't decide which, thanks for that pm coming your way

IT WORKS!!!! used the usher's method, or dencorso's guidelines till step 6 I can now enter safe mode with 2GB installed and the system is very stable, I burned a few cds, flashed the firmware of my SCSI burner, no memory problem whatsoever couple of things, probably obvious, probably not.....bear with me I'm still such a noob 1)This one is really, really weird When I enter safe mode, my USB mouse doesn't work, even there's NO POINTER, it's like disappeared BUT if take a memory module off, then it works no problem. Put the 2nd memory module back in, used a USB to PS/2 adapter, rebooted. Now the pointer reappeared, but still I can't move it Rebooted again, entered BIOS options and "disabled USB mouse support". Now the mouse finally works even in safe mode. 2)I actually reinstalled windows for 2 times. The first time also went good, however I installed Office XP as I had a feeling that's what messed things last time. And as expected, couldn't boot into safe mode. There must be something in the Office XP engine that **** with memory settings, but whatever I'm not gonna risk again. I'll probably install either Office 2000 or 97

great, thanks, I'll try that there's another thing I forgot to ask: last time I used some switches at setup, list here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/186111 for example those to bypass scandisk and not installing ACPI, I got the idea from this page http://www.usbman.co...8seusbguide.htm is there anything else I need to actually bypass?

I give up:wacko: I really dont understand what went wrong. and yes the files are all present in C:\....I might be stupid but I aint bloody stupid I'm going to delete the partition and reinstall it @dencorso (and usher) I really appreciate you spent time trying to help me out, dont really wanna waste anymore of it...but if you can give me just a final little help...... I will only put a single 512mb module on the mobo, just to be on the safe side after that, I figure these are steps I need to take? -install SP2.1 -reinstall KB311561, just in case -place the 2x1GB memory modules and clear CMOS -follow your instructions in post #12 so if I understand correctly, config.sys in C\ will only have A SINGLE line? autoexec.bat though should still be empty? bye for now

yep, I can see them actually if I type himem.exe I get some text/options. However if I run xRayeR's ios and select yes, it states that himem.sys is not found

did everything ecept installing the KB311561 hotfix (it can't be executed under DOS, btw) when I reboot it states there's an error in line 1 of config.sys and that himem.exe and himem.sys are missing, which is strange because I can see them in the direcory. I used to speak Portuguese as I lived in Portugal (and Brazil too) for some time, however I can hardly speak it anymore:(

point taken please dont think that I was being careless or something, it's just is something totally new to me. I genuinely thought to look at the correct config.sys until I've read your reply. meanwhile, I copied the content of config.sys (EBD folder) into the config.sys in C:/. also when I run xRayeR's ios.sys I ignored those the instructions given on screen. Now it can't even boot normally. I got a black screen and a series of error messages. I cant even boot a command prompt. I guess I screwed it up. Probably better re-install it?

right, sorry for late, I have been w/out internet connection for a few days. I did test both modules for 12hrs. No errors Since I tested a module per time in slot 0, I tried to boot WIn98 with a single memory module, before even touching the config.sys and ta-da....I could boot into safe mode no problem. When both modules were placed I got again that "Insufficient memory" error. I made all the changes in config.sys but nothing changed IF both memory modules are inserted couple of things (probably obvious): 1)Config.sys and autoexec.bat options are empty in the msconfig utility and at root. Those that I put in the zip file are located in C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\EBD 2) XMSDSK.EXE only works if I reboot in real DOS mode. If I try to access it via command line I get this message: "XMSDSK.EXE driver not loaded. Can't load it: running under Windows. " 3) device=himemx.sys /testmem:off is present 2 times in config.sys under both [NOCD] and [HELP] I substituted both by himex.exe 4) if I access himem.sys (notepad) i can see this error: "ERROR: HIMEM.SYS has detected unreliable XMS memory at address $5To continue starting your computer, press ENTER." muito, muito obrigado

heh I guess the problem was with Win98 itself. I'm now on my WinXP partition and could upload the file no problem. I will run memtest meanwhile OS: Windows 98SE Memory: 2 GiB RAM (DDRII-800 - 2x 2 GiB Corsair XMS2) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P31-ES3G CPU: Pentium Dual E6500 Video card: Ati Radeon X550 (256 MB; PCIe) thanks again krelian.zip autoexec.txt

here we go autoexec.bat is empty though, this I really don't undestand take your time anyway Euro zone here and I'm just leaving for work..... I really appreciate it, thank you very much edit: it seems I'm unable to upload files, I'll sort it out later sorry for the confusion

Hi well for starters I installed xeno86's Vcache fix, then followed dencorso's step-by-step guide to remove ACPI Then I literally spent A MONTH playing in the system.ini and trying any possible combination gathered from the many threads I have read on the subject.....still nothing The weird ting I could actually boot into safe mode when first installed, I must have installed something that messed things up I didn't know about that RAM patch. I'm really tempted to purchase it thanks a lot for your time

Hi everybody My build is made of a ICH7-P31 mobo and 2GB ram installed. However when I first installed Win98SE (using most of the switches foud here My link)I only used a single 512MB module just to make things easier. After that I installed SP2.1, placed the 2x1GB modules and everything was working just great, not a problem. Since I started installing softwares (mostly cd burning stuff and Ofiice XP+SP3) I noticed the system became unstable, i experienced many freezes and more importantly I'm unable to boot into safe mode. If I hit F8 abd select "Safe mode" I get this message: I made a bit of research obviously. I played around with settings I found in this threads: One Two Three Four but nothing fixed it I can start Windows normally no prob, but I guess the fact I can't get into safe mode isn't exactly a good sign? any help appreciated