lock up on boot - icons gone

[shawno]

Sometime when my computer boots, it will go into Windows, then lock up after only part of the icons are visible. 'My computer' is one that doesn't show. If I reboot, it will go in OK. What is causing this? It is a pretty new install. I have Win98 SE, Cyrix M2 300 cpu, 64mb sdram, pcchips m571LMR motherboard. I've switched the cpu to amd k6.2 300 with the same result. Thanks!

[fibreguy]

If your SDRam is set to autoconfigure in the bios that mai be the problem.
The same think happened to me when I installed 128 megs in my machine.
Disable the autoconfigure and set the speed to match the ram.
Hope this helps...

[techs]

do you have a cdrom in the computer when you boot?