Byron, It's because of the very sensitive timing on the AMD cpu part. There is a fix for it in www.microsoft.com. The file name is amdk6upd.exe. Downloading and installing this file you will NEVER have that problem again. -loc On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Byron Wolter wrote: > I just put together a new computer and after installing Windows 95, it gets to the part where it says"staring windows for the first time." > At that point I get a "windows protection error. can't initialize IOS." > What would cause this? I have the following: > > Soltek motherboard > AMD K6/3-400 CPU > PC100 SDRAM (64meg > S3 Savage4 32-meg AGP video card > Quantum Fireball 3.1 gig HD > > I do have a sound card sitting in a PCI slot. > > I'm not sure if this should be on PCBUILD or PCSOFT. > > Byron Wolter > > Curious about the people moderating your > messages? Visit our staff web site: > http://nospin.com/pc/staff.html > Curious about the people moderating your messages? Visit our staff web site: http://nospin.com/pc/staff.html