[RESOLVED] W98 boot and freeze

On first boot of day the system always fails with an OD/OE error and I have to try again. The second boot always works.

During the day, at random times, the system will freeze. I have to power off at the wll to reboot. Somedays I can use the computer for hours before a freeze, somedays 20 mins.

Have W98, P3, 128M, 1 HDE 8 gig drive. SBLive, Nvida 16 meg video card, V550 video card. Problems seem to have begun after I got a message that the CMOS settings for my PC type were incorrect. I fixed them per my mother board book. Have had the system for 2 years with no trble until the last month or so.

https://forums.windrivers.com/ Check your memory sticks. Make sure they are correctly and firmly seated. This is the most common cause for this error. The other common cause is excessive heat.

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Jeff Lawrence

I Had two mobo do the same thing, I ended up replacing both, after trying everything any one could come up with... JAT https://forums.windrivers.com/

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Problems seem to have begun after I got a message that the CMOS settings for my PC type were incorrect. I fixed them per my mother board book. Have had the system for 2 years with no trble until the last month or so.</font>

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Double check your CMOS settings to ensure you have the correct "Dram CAS Latency" & "Dram data Integrity Mode" settings in place.

Just a wild guess but soundes like a memory leak how old is the RAM, Have you checked it out? Some RAM dies after a few years, Some developes a leak.
Hope that helps!


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