WIN98 Setup

[Araman]

Tryiing to install Win 98 on a machine with a new MB

Get fatal exception when win beging to setup plug and play devices

mb gigabyte 5xa
sis graphics card
AMD k6 /2 500
acer 40 speed cd
hd quantum fireball

have tried different memory and diff graphics card same thing happens and different bios settings

[CarrierTech]

Try updating the MB bios. Also check the bios and disable plug and play os. Also might try with minimal devices then add them one at a time after os is installed.

[TransMan]

The other thing to possibly try is running off a plug, in controller for the hard drive, and see if that works.

[thirdfey]

hmmmm.....no soundcard modem or nic card and still getting an error detecting plug and play, i had the same problem with 2k but that was because of the onboard audio but i don't think that mainboard has onboard, at least as far as i can see on giga-byte's website. do you know that this is a good mainboard? processor? yes, i am a diehard amd fan, never owned an intel but i have heard of people running into problems with amd processors even though i think it is just made-up. do you have the exact error written down? that would be much helpful, have you tried that error message in the microsft knowledge base( http://search.support.microsoft.com/kb/c.asp?DU=C&FR=0 )?

[Percy]

Something else to try is to disable BIOS virus protection during install of the OS. For some reason, that tends to muck up during the detection of PnP cards.

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[Rottieman]

Try the /P switches in this MS KB article. (I think the I option may work).
Article ID: Q186111

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[DOS Tech]

If your using an AGP card that could be a problem, if you are then you might need an AGP VXD patch from the manufactuer.

[Major]

Try the Memory, I have this problem befor and a diff memory (not generic) solve it.