asandova
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Win98 won't immediately re-boot
I just acquired a Gateway 800Mhz and formatted the HD to remove the corrupted Win ME and installed Win 98se. The computer will run, but if one has to re-boot the system, it must be completly unplugged and sit for at least 1/2 hour, then it will re-boot. What can cause such a problem?
Go into safe mode and restart, it will work there and when you log on normally the system should then be fixed,
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Sometimes the computer takes a while to restart if programs are running (especially after the end of a long session). Try Ctrl-Alt-Del and close all programs except for Explorer and Systray.
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I'm sorry I haven't responded. I'm new to this stuff. Thanks for checking up on me though. The pc is still sick. I tried your solutions to no avail. At this point, the pc doesn't even boot up. I've been online looking up solutions and I'm thinking it may be the power supply and the POST. The fan works on the power supply and i've checked & re-checked all the connectors. Still nothing. I'll take any ideas you've got.
asandova,
Something is heating up too fast. Can you swap out the power supply with another?
Something is heating up too fast. Can you swap out the power supply with another?
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I'm gonna try to pick up a new power supply this weekend and swap it.
Check the power supply. Is the fan spinning up? Spray some compressed air to clean it out.
Run some basic tests
Run scandisk in thorough mode. This may take awhile.
Perform a Defrag.
Run an online RAM test www.simmtester.com.
Check the files for errors. Select Start > Run and type SFC.
Check the registry for errors. Select Start > Run and type scanreg /fix.
Best wishes, war1