A7N8X Deluxe problems

[Tony Ashby]

Perhaps some kind soul can help with my little problem at boot-up.
Running 98SE. Running Avast antivirus.
There seems to be a "queing" problem at start-up - sometimes it goes OK and
sometimes it freezes when loading the system tray - my windows sound
stutters as if something is trying to interrupt. A re-boot usually solves
it.
Sometimes on restart, the monitor powers down and the whole system goes to
sleep - a restart again usually works. I suspect the latter problem is to do
with power management but I can't see what. I've changed settings but still
get this hiccup.
I've run msconfig and juggled with startup but still no better or worse.
Any ideas about the guilty parties?

 

[Kyle Brant]

| Perhaps some kind soul can help with my little problem at boot-up.
| Running 98SE. Running Avast antivirus.
| There seems to be a "queing" problem at start-up - sometimes it goes
OK and
| sometimes it freezes when loading the system tray - my windows sound
| stutters as if something is trying to interrupt. A re-boot usually
solves
| it.
| Sometimes on restart, the monitor powers down and the whole system
goes to
| sleep - a restart again usually works. I suspect the latter problem
is to do
| with power management but I can't see what. I've changed settings
but still
| get this hiccup.
| I've run msconfig and juggled with startup but still no better or
worse.
| Any ideas about the guilty parties?
|
| --
| Regards Tony


Is this a fresh install of win98se or did you upgrade your hardware on
an old install?

The monitor powering down on boot indicates a total loss of video
signal, not a power management issue, but I am uncertain given your
indicating a "restart" fixes the problem. Does the system "wakeup"
properly from this state and then you perform a Windows restart, or
must you reset the machine? As far as msconfig, unless you post the
entries found in the startup tab, we can't be of much help. I suggest
holding down the control key while win98 starts up (as soon as you see
the graphical desktop appear, hold the control key down) to disable
most of the startup items and see if you still get this odd behavior.
The lockup sure sounds like one of your startup programs is causing
problems.

 

[Tony Ashby]

Its a fresh install of 98SE
I have to reset the maching using the reset button.

 

[Tony Ashby]

Kyle, I've played with my start-up items with some success but I still
occasionally get "no signal input" and "power down" messages on my monitor
which goes with your video signal problem. This make me think its not a
windows prob - do you agree.
I've checked the cards seating and it seems OK - ideas? why is it
intermittant?


--
Regards Tony

Its a fresh install of 98SE
I have to reset the maching using the reset button.

 

[Rob]

Its a fresh install of 98SE
I have to reset the maching using the reset button.

Are you using the driver package on the Asus Disk or the 2.41 driver
from nVidia? IIRC, some folks had some issues with lockups using the
older drivers. This package has a video driver included.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_udp_win9x_2.41
HTH.

Rob