Did you re-install win98 after you changed the motherboard and memory???
If not, this is the first thing you should do. Just re-install it over
itself.
Pat Langston
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mario Genzone" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 3:07 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Win98 keeps RE-BOOTING
> I replaced my M/B that ran a AM5x86 P75 AMD-75-133ADW cpu that worked fine
for years, with win95, then upgraded to win98 1st edition with installed CD,
2 HDD, 1 floppy, 1 diskett drives, that also worked fine a few years.
>
> But being the tinker that I am, I came across what I believe a little
newer, and hopfully faster m/b. so I decided to swapped it for a PT 2003 m/b
that did not have a cpu or any memory installed when I got it.
>
> Installed a Pentium 200 with MMX tech. set m/b jumpers to FIC's
instructions.
> Installed two 32meg EDO memory sticks in bank 0 that this m/b supports.
>
> I Did not change any setting in my win98 OS or drive configerations.
>
>
> Now I can not boot to normal or safe mode. some times a blue screen shows
an exception error message with numbers, but have no idea what it mean
> s.
>
> Found these 3 FAILED messages in my bootlog.txt
> (000C5D7B) LoadFailed = ndis2sup.vxd
> (000C5F01) DEVICEINITFAILED = MTRR
> (000C5F89) Dynamic load failed C:\WINDOWS\system\MRCI.VXD : (000C5F89)
File not found.
> What are these 3 file for?
>
> A normal boot never completes, then it tries to boot to the safe mode,
which also never completes, sometimes it will automatically recycle through
this procedure on it's own.
>
> When the normal boot does not complete and when it tries to safe boot with
the safe mode numbered options screen, a single speaker beep is heard along
with the error message: HIMEM.SYS has detected unreliable XMS memory at
address 02000760 XMS Driver not installed.
>
> To continue starting your computer, press Enter
>
> After pressing Enter, it goe's thru the above procdures over and over.
>
>
> Any Suggestions on what to do.
>
> Himem.sys is missing
> Make sure that th
> e file is in your Windows directory.
>
> Windows has stopped, Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to restart your computer.
>
> When I press ACD
>
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