IWill KK266 + MSI StarForce 815 GeForce 2 GTS 32MB, All from NewEgg.com= Wierd Problem!

[InuYasha]

Rest of the system:
Duron 750 not overclocked
128MB Generic PC133 CAS2 7ns SDRAM @ 100mhz fsb
30GB Quantum ATA66 7200rpm HDD
300W Generic PS
(have onboard sound disabled)
nothing else

drivers i've used:
KK266 Bios version 305, 307, 426
VIA 4in1 Driver version 4.29 official, 4.30 beta
nVidia drivers 10 different versions 6.xx-12.00

Well, Windows will load and hang when right before it initialize the screen i.e. right before the desktop would show up. It'll give me a black screen and just stall there. Doesnt seem to be completely frozen since i can still Ctrl-Alt-Del and reset the system. After i reboot it, Windows will not load the video card driver (not in safe mode, it just wont load the driver) and give me a msg saying something like "Diaplay driver is not config properly or the driver does not suport he device.. blah blah blah" and dump me at 640x460x16(just SIXTEEN colors!)

things i've tried:
Putting the video card in Asus A7V - works perfectly, so it's not the video card problem.
disable AGP4x, fast write, all used all the Aperature sizes i can choose from - black screen.
Tons of combanation of drivers listed above, (i made sure i completely uninstall all the nvidia drivers before i install a new one) - black screen.
Increased IO voltage by 5% - black screen.

things i noticed that's wierd:
right before the boot screen where it says "Starting Windows 98..." The IRQ listed for the Display Adapter is 11, but once i got into Windows without the nvidia driver loaded. PCIList and the Device Manage says it's using IRQ 9, if i manually set Display Adapter IRQ to 9 in bios, in windows changes to 4, 5 to 10.... the one listed (used by Bios) at the boot screen is always different then the one used in Win98SE ... It didnt happen in Asus A7V (my friend's mechine), whatever is listed on the boot screen, it is used in Win98SE....


HELP!

 

[Kenmitch]

First thing I would do is boot into safe mode....Open up device manager and start at the top of the list and work your way down....Make sure you don't have multiple items listed, such as 2or3 cdroms when you only have one....If you find any items that are doubled or tripled delete all of them not just the xtras....Once you've gone through the list just reboot and windows will re-install the devices.

Of course if you've already done this ??? You have disable the video bios shadow etc in bios?

 

[InuYasha]

Yup, did all that... still a no go.... maybe i should wipe my drive and reinstall my windows, but i have like 20 Gi of stuff i have to back p first!

 

[BuddyHolly]

Try an old pci video card if you have one. Remove every card execept the video card and give it a shot. Is this a totally new problem that started with the motherboard and video swap?

 

[InuYasha]

Just got the mobo and video card along with it... yeah it's just a swap, from Abit BH6 + Cel 633@950... i did remove most of the old device drivers and let windows redetect all the new ones and all the reg settings i'm suppose to remove (got the instruction from.. some site which i dont remember!!). I really dont want to go out to bu a new HDD so i can do a clean install or backing up 30+ CDs worth of data.

 

[Ronzon]

Boot into a command prompt. Reinstall Win98 on top of itself -- remember NOT to let it install in "C:\Windows.000" directory, change it to "C:\Windows". It should then work fine.

If setup won't run because of a full version/upgrade conflict, rename win.com (in C:\Windows directory) first, then run setup.