Can you boot in safe mode? Or do you get any beeps? If you are getting beeps it is possibly a hardware issue. When you are booting up as soon as the Windows 98 screen appears hit escape and you can see what your PC is doing as it locks up. I have seen this problem sometimes with Windows 98 second edition after installing McAfee Virus Scan. If you are having this problem and you have added McAfee or other software other than Win98 . Boot into Safe Mode. Once in safe mode go to Start> Run> and type in MSCONFIG and hit enter>go to the Startup tab and disable (uncheck) one application at a time (re-boot after you uncheck one item at a time> if the item that you unchecked didn't fix the problem recheck it when you go back in and try the next one down the list) Sooner or later you will get to the application that is causing your problem and windows should boot normally unless it it is a hardware issue. Good luck!

Can you boot into Safe Mode?

Thanks for the information.
I can not boot in safe mode. It does beep and I tried to hit the esc when the windows 98 window appeared, but nothing happens. I have formated c drive and reinstalled windows and it still will not boot.
What hardware could be the problem?
attml wrote:
- Can you boot in safe mode? Or do you get any beeps?
- If you are getting beeps it is possibly a hardware
- issue. When you are booting up as soon as the
- Windows 98 screen appears hit escape and you can see
- what your PC is doing as it locks up. I have seen
- this problem sometimes with Windows 98 second
- edition after installing McAfee Virus Scan. If you
- are having this problem and you have added McAfee or
- other software other than Win98 . Boot into Safe
- Mode. Once in safe mode go to Start> Run> and type
- in MSCONFIG and hit enter>go to the Startup tab and
- disable (uncheck) one application at a time (re-boot
- after you uncheck one item at a time> if the item
- that you unchecked didn't fix the problem recheck it
- when you go back in and try the next one down the
- list) Sooner or later you will get to the
- application that is causing your problem and windows
- should boot normally unless it it is a hardware
- issue. Good luck!
-
-

How many beeps are you hearing? Here are some common PC problems associated with the beep(s) that you are hearing

1 Short Beep - One beep is good! Everything is ok, that is if you see things on the screen. If you don't see anything, check your monitor and video card first. Is everything connected? If they seem fine, your motherboard has some bad chips on it. First reset the SIMM's and reboot. If it does the same thing, one of the memory chips on the motherboard are bad, and you most likely need to get another motherboard since these chips are soldered on.
2 Short Beeps - Your computer has memory problems. First check video. If video is working, you'll see an error message. If not, you have a parity error in your first 64K of memory. First check your SIMM's. Reseat them and reboot. If this doesn't do it, the memory chips may be bad. You can try switching the first and second banks memory chips. First banks are the memory banks that your CPU finds its first 64K of base memory in. You'll need to consult your manual to see which bank is first. If all your memory tests good, you probably need to buy another motherboard.
3 Short Beeps -Basically the same thing as 2 beeps. Follow that diagnosis above.
4 Short Beeps -Basically the same thing as 2 beeps. Follow that diagnosis above. It could also be a bad timer
5 Short Beeps -Your motherboard is complaining. Try reseating the memory and rebooting. If that doesn't help, you should consider another motherboard. You could probably get away with just replacing the CPU, but that's not too cost-effective. Its just time to upgrade!
6 Short Beeps -The chip on your motherboard that controls your keyboard (A20 gate) isn't working. First try another keyboard. If it doesn't help, reseat the chip that controls the keyboard, if it isn't soldered in. If it still beeps, replace the chip if possible. Replace the motherboard if it is soldered in.
7 Short Beeps -Your CPU broke overnight. Its no good. Either replace the CPU, or buy another motherboard.
8 Short Beeps Your video card isn't working. Make sure it is seated well in the bus. If it still beeps, either the whole card is bad or the memory on it is. Best bet is to install another video card.
9 Short Beeps -Your BIOS is bad. Reseat or Replace the BIOS.
10 Short Beeps -Your problem lies deep inside the CMOS. All chips associated with the CMOS will likely have to be replaced. Your best bet is to get a new motherboard.
11 Short Beeps -Your problem is in the Cache Memory chips on the motherboard. Reseat or Replace these chips.
1 Long, 3 Short Beeps -You've probably just added memory to the motherboard since this is a conventional or extended memory failure. Generally this is caused by a memory chip that is not seated properly. Reseat the memory chips.
1 Long, 8 Short Beeps Display / retrace test failed. Reseat the video card.

The info I listed above is for an AMI BIOS -If you have a different BIOS the beeps can be different! How do your reinstall of Win 98 go? Any errors or other problems? Did it lock up when running Win 98 for the 1st time?

Thank You for the information.
I have found that If I hit the esc key before the window screen comes up, it boots and the window screen does not come up. If I let the window screen come up it freezes up.

Woody1655