Can someone provide me with some ideas/information that will solve a problem I am having with a new Abit KT7A motherboard, that I am using for my latest system. Specs: AMD Althon 1.1Gig, 256 SDRAM, Hercules Prophet Ti graphics card and Adaptec SCSI-2 2940UW Host Adapter (for CDROM and Zip Drive), Win98 OS.
After the initial boot up I can not manually reboot the system using the reset button or from the Bios setup menu; the screen blanks out and stays that way.  And after the first boot, restarting the system with the power on button only works about 1/3 of the time.  The system will reboot fine using software, but the only way I can reboot manually is to use the on/off switch for the power unit.  I have swapped out the video card and power unit; I have checked and rechecked the LED connections at the motherboard; I have searched the bios menu
for any setting that I thought would contribute to the situation.  I even replaced the original Abit MB for a new one, with same results.  I have not replaced the PC case, but it is new out of the box.  This is occurring with only the noted hardware and Windows98 OS installed.  The VIA 4 in 1 Drivers were not installed, as this problem presented with the first system boot.

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