>I recently had a local computer dealer build a custom PC which contains the following components:
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>AOpen AP59s motherboard
>Cyrix MII 333Mhz. CPU
>32Mb. PC100 SDRAM
>4Mb. AGP Trident Video Card
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>To this I have added:
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>Matrox 6.4 Gb Hard Drive - Primary IDE - Master
>36X CDROM - Primary IDE - Slave
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>I have been able to install MS-DOS 6.2 which ran fine. I then installed the MS-DOS driver for the CDROM and proceeded to install Win98. After Win98 initial install completed it asked me to reboot. Upon rebooting, it proceed to complete the install but hangs when trying to locate hardware devices. I can do a "Step by Step Configuration" boot as long as I say "No" to loading the Win98 drivers.
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>My questions:
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>Is there a way to control which Win98 drivers are loaded so that I can narrow down the problem? From my experince, it seems like a all or nothing deal.
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>Any help is welcome.
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>Thanks,
>Andy


Some CD drivers didn't used to like being the SLAVE port with Win95. Maybe this is still the case with Win98? Try putting the CD as the PRIMARY port on the second IDE controller. Most computers have two nowadays. You will need a second cable to do this. At the very least, just try unhooking the CD from the cable and see if the problem goes away. Another thing you can try is putting a CD in the drive while it starts up. We had some CD drives (SONY) that were really slow in determining that there was no disc in the drive and it sure seemed like they were hung.