justplaincorey Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Hey all, I am a newcomer to the board but I needed some help with a Windows 98 machine I am building for my daughter to play some old kids games on and surf a couple of kids websites.The problem is that, after a fresh install of Win98SE, the system will freeze at random periods. Typically, it will happen when opening Internet Explorer [sometimes trying to select Tools -> Internet Options will cause it to lock up] or even Windows Explorer. The freezes don't happen at any predictable time, either. These freezes render the system totally non-responsive, requiring a hard shut down and reboot. I have installed and used the Win98 SP3 Alpha as well, with no improvement.I have just had TinyXP running on it without trouble but I thought Windows 98 would be a better run with only 256 MB of memory.My system is as follows:Asus TUSI-M motherboardPentium III 733 MHz CPU256 MB PC133 RAM [2 x 128 MB]ATI Radeon 9250 PCI Video CardOnboard sound2 IDE Hard Drives [20 MB and 40 MB]Any takers to help me? I would greatly appreciate it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offler Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 try SP2.1 for now. for other things check devices and bios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexanrs Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 Try uninstalling your graphics card's drivers and see if you still have problems. If it still crashes, try uninstalling the sound card's drivers and keep testing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishindude Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 If you're running IE 6, I'd try getting rid of it (go back to 5.x) and using Firefox instead. I have seen many, many problems running IE 6 on 98. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dencorso Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Try removing ACPI and APM (link). This is my own experience. Lots of others say its nonsense (read the posts following the one I gave the link to, and you'll see it), but the fact is it solved many obscure problems of stability for me along the years. Sometimes, however, disabling "use IRQ Steering" gets you into trouble, so test if that is necessary in your system (if all goes well with that on, let it be). And, yes, it is common to have this kind of problem with VIA chipsets, but that's not a VIA exclusive problem. Some other chipsets show it too. HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now