You may check your soft-off and APM settings, both in Windows and in CMOS.
I had this problem with a motherboard (? several years ago) and could fix it
two different ways:
1) disable APM in CMOS
2) install patch/update to Windows APM (motherboard manufacturer patch)
You could also avoid reboots (how often do you need to reboot?) and just
stick with cold boots.
Play with CMOS first, I'd say.
Martin Kurr
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> From:         Dan Shaughnessy[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Subject:      [PCBUILD] PC Hangs on Reboot
> I've got a PC that is starting to drive me crazy.  Specs:  PII 400; 64 MB
> PC100; Matsonic BX mobo; 8.4 GB IBM & 6.4 G.B. Samsung HD; Generic CD-ROM,
> Digital Research CD R/W drive; Diamond Viper V330  AGP video card running
> Win98 with IE 5.0.
> The PC cold boots fine.  However, when I try to "restart" Windows it hangs
> during the reboot process.  I can then power it off, turn it back on and
> get
> the Windows message/menu informing me that Windows didn't finish loading
> last time.  If I select "Normal" the PC boots fine.  If I shut down
> windows,
> power off and back off it boots fine, but if I reboot it'll just sit
> there.
> I've used MSCONFIG to disable as most everything on startup and that has
> absolutely no effect.  If anyone has any ideas what the cause of this I'd
> appreciate hearing from you.
>

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