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> >              Hello All
> >              I have a computer I'm building and its been a nightmare
> >over the last three
> >weeks. Plenty of sleepless nights. I've finally arrived at the final
> >step, loading the
> >operating system. I have Windows95 and 98, both are full versions not
> >upgrades.
> >neither of them will install on this computer. I would say each has been
> >tried at least
> >ten times with failure at different points of the installation. The two
> >most common
> >error messages I always see are SUWIN and KRNL386. at first I thought
> >the disks
> >had corrupted files or surface damage. But I have three different
> >insulation disks. Then I
> >found some bad clusters on the HDD (Quantum Fireball 2.1gig.). So I
> >bought a new one
> >(WD Caviar 1.08gig). Still no OS. So I put the new HDD into my own
> >computer and
> >low and behold Win98 is installed with no errors at all. I then remove
> >the HDD from
> >my system and put it the UNWILLING and the OS does its thing setting up
> >the different
> >hardware components and what not. During this process error messages
> >start to appear
> >unable to find certain files on the Win98 disk. Anyway I skipped the
> >files and finally I
> >get to the main screen with the Start button at the bottom. When I try
> >to run any of the
> >applications, the Illegal Operation screen appears and then of course
> >shut down and
> >rebooting occurs. Now all is showing is the Win98 boot screen, it will
> >not go any
> >further. I feel I've done everything possible that I know of to correct
> >the problem.
> >Which includes BIOS settings, changing memory from dimm to simm, new
> >HDD,
> >different OS's,and I even used the same CD-ROM to install Win98 and 95
> >in both
> >my computer and UNWILLING. The only real significant difference is the
> >MoBo and
> >CPU. Which I got for a great deal. MoBo, CPU, and cooling fan for $99.
> >Not too
> >bad for an El Cheepo system. Here are the specs on the MoBo:
> >MoBo is a noname
> >Cyrix M2 233mhz
> >AMI  CL98939 burnin-24hr BIOS
> >SIS 5595 chipsets
> >Built in Sound Pro
> >1024mb L2 cache
> >ite I/O chip
> >Mem setup 2dimm 4simm
> >3 PCI, 2 ISA slots
> >AGP slot
> >The only jumpers are for:
> >CMOS RAM Clear Selector set at (Normal Mode)
> >Dimm Voltage Selector set at(3.3V)
> >Microphone Type Jumper set at (Normal Mode)
> >Other than this info the MoBo configuration is pretty much standard.
> >Seeing how I was
> >able to install Win98 onto the new HDD in my computer.I even tried copying
> Win98 files to the HDD and running SETUP from there still the same. I
> suspect the
> >problem with
> >UNWILLING is the MoBo or the CPU. Some input from you would be highly
> >appreciated.It is 2am and I would like to get some sleep this week.
> >
> >
> >Thanx
> >
> >Vic Patman
> >
> >
> >
> >

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