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
>
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