On another instance of "SUWIN caused a General Protection Fault in module
USER.EXE at 0006:005A" I raised the voltage from 2.8 to 2.9 and was able to
install. This was on a P233MMX chip and it was not overclocked.
HTH,
Jose
Richard Ekpat, M.D. wrote:
> I've had that same "SUWIN caused GPF..." messages on two previous occassions
> while doing a virgin install of Win 98 on brand-new, newly-formated HDs. In
> fact on another occassion I also had messages relating to True Type Fonts
> (TTF) causing GPF even when Windows was just still being installed, talk
> less of any font-containing software!
> Both problems disappeared when I changed the power supply of the system. To
> see if the power supply was really the culprit I re-introduced the original
> PS and the error messages resurfaced!
> I know conventional logic may not establish any links to the PS but that was
> my experience, and my decision to change the PS was purely intuitive, having
> no scientific basis (then) whatsoever.
> Try changing the power supply of the system and let's see what happens.
> Richard.
>
> Bob Smith wrote:
> >
> > If you have windows already installed, rename your win.com file to win.xxx
> > (x=anything you want), then re-install
>
> Hello Bob,
>
> I wish it were that easy, but as I stated earlier, this is a
> re-formatted drive with nothing on it! I have a diskette with
> various files on it to start up along with CD-ROM drivers to run the
> CD. It goes through part of the setup, then the message.
>
> Harold
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