Re: Win98 cannot boot up
"pamshanta" <pamshanta@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7DE9C07D-1393-4F50-BE7C-C1A6857EC9BF@microsoft.com...
| Further to my posting a while ago, I decided to take out the sound card ,
| ....... and it boot up to desktop normally. It would seems strange then
that
| after I install the driver, I did test the sound and it seems to work.
|
| I downloaded the sound driver from:-
|
http://members.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driverid=17252
|
| The full marking of the chips on the sound card
| VORTEX
| AU8810
| A2ABAA
| 9929-M5T19
|
| Does thst means I install the wrong driver?
There are actually two drivers you need to download for full functionality.
The first is the master *Aureal Reference Driver* for Aureal Vortex {Aureal
went out of business years ago}, the 1189 version. Without this, most other
drivers will error. Many after market providers presumed you already had a
master set installed, or their FIRST driver set over which you installed
their update. Often upload/download sites do not realize that the MASTER set
MUST be installed prior to any updated driver set [it may even claim to be a
full version].
There are several sites, but I can not give you a verification for THE site
to download from. Make sure though, you check EVERY download for viruses..
And the final update for that is the 312 version.
|
| "pamshanta" wrote:
|
| > Boot in Safe mode and in the Device Manager under Sound,video and game
| > controller and I remove 2 of the items with 'Vortex' but there is
"Vortex
| > AU8810 PCI Audio' which does not allow me to remove it. It says' this
device
| > is part of a multi function device and cannot be removed independently.
To
| > remove this device, select and remove the multifunction parent.'
| > In any case, after I remove the 2 items and reboot in normal mode, its
still
| > the same, only the logo appears.
| >
| > note:even in Safe mode I cannot see the content of C dive
| >
| > In Safe mode and when I choose option 2 to creat a bootlog, after
hitting
| > it, the win98 logo appears and it appears to ahng there.
| >
| > When I scanned with Superantispyware, it found and remove a nunber of
| > things. After that I also did an on line Housecall and it removed:-
| > troj_vundo.avz // troj_avg // troj_dloader.bdi // Adw_Gain.I
//Adw_Gain.D and
| > Adw_Winfixer.F
| >
| > (my sound card have these markings: "A Vortex AU8810"
| > and my pc only have ps2 mouse/kb, lan card)
| >
| > Thanks for all your reponse and I look forward for your guidance, TIA
| >
| > "MEB" wrote:
| >
| > >
| > > "pamshanta" <pamshanta@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
| > > news:91635ED0-DFB5-4726-8EC0-E80E85E4F1BA@microsoft.com...
| > > | When I power up my win98, all I can see now is the Logo and a few
cycles
| > > of
| > > | the led light moving left to right and hang, What can I do to get
the
| > > system
| > > | running again? Before this happen I downloaded and install
| > > Superantispyware
| > > | (run a scan),winzip9.0 and my soundcard driver.TIA
| > > | .................................amen amen
| > >
| > > 1. Try rebooting while rapidly tapping the F8 key to get the Menu,
boot to
| > > Safe Mode and check for problem devices. If you believe its your sound
card
| > > then uninstall it.
| > > If nothing is found, reboot again while tapping the F8 key and choose
| > > Create Bootlog. After it errors out, reboot to Safe Mode and skip to
3.
| > >
| > > 2. If unable to get to Safe Mode, do the same procedure, but go into
| > > Command Prompt Only.
| > > At the prompt, type - cd\ - which puts you at the root, then type -
| > > attrib -r -h -s msdos.sys - then open that file by typing - edit
msdos.sys -
| > > and add the line BootMenu=1 under the first line under [Options].
| > > Like this:
| > > [Options]
| > > BootMulti=1
| > > BootMenu=1
| > >
| > > Save the file, back at the prompt type - attrib +r +h +s msdos.sys.
Reboot
| > > and you will find the menu.
| > > Now when the menu comes up choose Create Bootlog, if/when it errors
out.
| > > Reboot to Command Prompt Only.
| > >
| > > Back at the DOS prompt type - attrib -r -h Bootlog.txt, and open it by
| > > typing - edit bootlog.txt.
| > >
| > > 3. Search within that file [its in the root of the drive/partition] to
the
| > > end. Post the last seven lines of the log [or more if the error is
| > > cumulative {shouldn't take more than ten}, ignore ttf/font errors for
now]
| > > so we can help determine the issue.
| > >
| > > 4. There is another way, by restoring an old registry, so exactly how
bad
| > > was this machine, filled with SpyWare/virus or what?
| > >
| > > --
| > > MEB
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