Windows 98 shutdown bug from clean install

Question

I have repartitioned and reformatted my hard drive (including wiped clean by writing zeros to the entire drive) and reinstalled Windows 98SE on it multiple times, but I can't get rid of this error. From the first time I run Windows, it hangs on the "Windows is now shutting down" splashscreen.

There is a conflict on my PCI Multimedia Audio Device that I can't get rid of. I can't get to Internet to try to solve the problem automatically through Windows Update either. I downloaded all the audio drivers listed on the Dell website for the XPS T450 models. The problem persists.

My thinking is, since I have wiped the hard drive totally clean several times and tried to do a clean install, the problem must lie elsewhere. Possibly the BIOS(?).

I am running a Dell Dimension XPS T450 with a Pentium III 450 MHz. 128 MB RAM. 6 GB hard drive.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Mike Paleafei, mpaleafei@rehabhospital.org

volcano11 · Answer

See if the following guide to troubleshooting Windows shutdown problems helps solve the problem: http://www.aumha.org/a/shutdown.htm Steve

mpaleafei · Answer

EUREKA!  RAM needed to be reseated.  I discovered this after about 50 hours of researching and troubleshooting.

the_dude_03 · Answer

i am experiencing the same problem with my audio device. i have tried reseating. the only articcles i have found adressing this topic so far have been addressed towards ealier or later systems. not towards my own system. wich is also the xps t450. i have tried all day in search of drivers for the sound card but to no avail. the link to a driver on dell to a turtle beach montego II is dead. any suggestions?

volcano11 · Answer

http://support.dell.com/FileLib/Format.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&Category=3&OS=W98&OSL=EN&SvcTag=&SysID=DIM_PNT_P03_XPS_T___&DeviceID=1397&Type=&ReleaseID=R20109 Steve

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