On Wed, 12 May 1999 00:22:06 -0500, Dan Shaughnessy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>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.
>
>Dan Shaughnessy
>
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I have the same problem, different configuration (AMD K6-2/300; 128MB PC100; Tyan S1590S; 10GB IBM HD; AOpen CD-ROM; ATI Rage Pro and Canopus Pure 3D II; Win98; IE4).  I reinstalled Win98 and the manufacturers drivers, with a reboot after each set of drivers, to identify the problem.  In my case, loading the drivers for the Pure 3D II started the "failure to reboot properly" situation.

Are you using Adaptec's DirectCD with your CDRW?

My immediate suggestion is to switch video drivers back to plain Microsoft-supplied VGA and see if the problem goes away.  If this helps, you know the culprit. If this doesn't help, try uninstalling DirectCD.

Robert

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