98SE2ME

[waywyrd]

Hi,

I don't know if anyone else has come across this problem or not, but when I install "98SE2ME" 9after installing Gape's service pack) my system no longer goes into "standby" with the settings I use under the screensaver/power management properties.

Under my "standard" 98 Lite system the power management properties work perfectly!

My specs are:

Processor Model : AMD Athlon XP 2200+ Speed : 1.80GHz

Mainboard

Bus(es) : ISA AGP PCI USB i2c/SMBus

MP Support : 1 Processor(s)

MP APIC : No

System BIOS : American Megatrends Inc. P1.90

Mainboard : K7S8X.

Total Memory : 512MB DDR-SDRAM

Chipset 1

Model : ASRock Inc SiS746 CPU to PCI Bridge

Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 133MHz (266MHz data rate)

Total Memory : 512MB DDR-SDRAM

Memory Bus Speed : 2x 133MHz (266MHz data rate)

Video System

Monitor/Panel : Dell D2128-TCO

Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400

Physical Storage Devices

Removable Drive : Floppy disk drive

Hard Disk : ExcelStor Technology J360 (57GB)

Hard Disk 2 : ST360020A (31GB)

CD-ROM/DVD : ARTEC WRR-52Z (CD 52X Rd, 52X Wr)

CD-ROM/DVD : IDE DVD-ROM 16X (CD 48X Rd) (DVD 6X Rd)

Peripherals

Serial/Parallel Port(s) : 2 COM / 1 LPT

USB Controller/Hub : SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller

USB Controller/Hub : SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller

USB Controller/Hub : SiS PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller

USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub

USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub

USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub

Keyboard : Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard

Mouse : Microsoft PS/2 Mouse

MultiMedia Device(s)

Device : C-Media AC97 Audio Device

Anybody got any ideas?

Waywyrd

[MDGx]

This issue is explained in detail, and how to fix it step-by-step, under the "KNOWN BUGS + FIXES" section of READ1ST.TXT:

http://www.mdgx.com/9s2m/READ1ST.TXT

BUG:

After installing 98SE2ME option 1 or option 2 which replaces USER.EXE among

other WinME system files [see "* Option 2:" under "98SE2ME.PIF COMPLETE GUIDE"

chapter further above]on portable (laptops + notebooks) computers with power

saving features turned on you may experience power saving, standby, suspend,

restart in MS-DOS mode and/or shutdown errors, because:

- WinME USER.EXE does NOT natively support "Restart in MS-DOS mode".

- All USER.EXE versions have to call functions in VPOWERD.VXD for shutdown

and standby, and WinME VPOWERD.VXD is very different from the Win98 SE one.

FIX:

If you experience such errors while using patched WinME USER.EXE 4.90.3001

installed by 98SE2ME option 1 + option 2, replace WinME USER32.DLL + USER.EXE

4.90.3001 with patched Win98 SE USER32.DLL + USER.EXE 4.10.2231:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=291362

Direct download [469 KB]:

http://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/CPatch/msupdate/.../291362usa8.exe

or (re)install Gape's Win98 SE Service Pack 2 (SP2):

http://exuberant.ms11.net/98sesp.html

Hope this helps.

FYI:

From now on please post all 98SE2ME related issues in the 98SE2ME dedicated forum:

http://www.msfn.org/board/?showtopic=46349

That's the one I check frequently in order to be able to answer questions/requests/etc.

Creating a new topic with the title 98SE2ME will only confuse everybody.

Thanks.

[erpdude8]

waywyrd, does your computer use the older APM power management standard or the ACPI (advanced configuration & power interface) standard for power management?

Check in Device Manager, expand the System Devices section and see if ACPI appears on there. You can also check the Power Management control panel properties.

[waywyrd]

Hi,

Thanks guys for your help. My appologies to MDGx I thought I'd read through the "KNOWN BUGS + FIXES" section of READ1ST.TXT reasonably well. Eveidently not well enough!

To erpdude8 my computer uses the ACPI standard for power management.

I'll try what MDGx says.

Thanks again.

Waywyrd

[erpdude8]

To erpdude8 my computer uses the ACPI standard for power management.

I'll try what MDGx says.

Thanks again.

Waywyrd

your welcome, Waywyrd. from now on MDGx and I expect you to make future posts in the link he provided for the 98SE2ME subject instead of here. If you need it again, here it is:

http://www.msfn.org/board/?showtopic=46349

[MDGx]

Waywyrd:

Please try the 8-22-2006 edition of 98SE2ME:

http://www.mdgx.com/4

see if everything ok.

And if you have any comments, please post them here:

http://www.msfn.org/board/?showtopic=46349

Thanks.