Hi, on my old mobo Abit BX133 raid i used win98se and shutdown OK, no need for extra patches. Now i upgraded on Asus P5LD2 and started with clean Win98SE instalation but I have problems with shutdown - screen switch to text mode with blinking cursor. But sometimes it shutdown OK to "you may shutdown..." screen (i don't have installed ACPI because it makes problems). It behaves very random. Reboot works always OK. I tried to trace problem in bootlog.txt: Terminate = User Terminate = Query Drivers EndTerminate = Query Drivers Terminate = Unload Network EndTerminate = Unload Network Terminate = Reset Display EndTerminate = Reset Display EndTerminate = User Terminate = KERNEL Terminate = RIT EndTerminate = RIT Terminate = Win32 There's missing EndTerminate = KERNEL line. I found a lot of tips around but nothing seems works for me. I have installed shutdown supplement patch, already have assigned irq for vga, no antivirus, tried older version od configmg.vxd from 98 nonSE, tried to disable all startup programs (also in registry,win.ini/run) it seemed to help a bit but I cannot determine specific program causing problems. Doues anybody solved it? Or is there some detailed description of win98 shutdown and reboot process (how differs shutdown from reboot)? What program is executed LAST on reboot? Maybe I can modify the code replacing reboot to hlt or infinite loop...

try here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/... Search Engines Are Your Friends ☺ Morpheus: There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path. "The Matrix"

Frequently, installing the Mapped Drives Shutdown Supplement will cure this problem, even though you may not have any mapped drives. If it doesn't help, it can easily be uninstalled. HTH Dave If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is he homeless or naked?

I think that any change could cause the well-known shutdown problems on W98SE to suddenly appear, so it's well worth persuing #1 & #2. There are some websites devoted to W98SE shut down issues so come back if you still remain in trouble and I'll see if I can dig them out. DerekW

I had the same problem recently. It was caused by setting the monitor to go to sleep mode after an hour under Power Management by timing out the video card. If the the video had never timed out, no problem. If the video had timed out, the system would never shut down. System here is a P4/2GHz on Asus P4P800S running Windows 98SE. Video is an ATI All-In-Wonder 9800 Pro. Bryan

One point to note, Win98 doesn't handle 1024MB of RAM very well. You may need to either remove some RAM of Modify the Registry.

Hi, thanks for replies. Zenith - Shutdown Supplement have already installed Dave357 - Mapped Drives Shutdown Supplement have already installed (i don't use any personal network, just cable modem connection) Derek - Yes I browsed through many of them... Pilot - Really? This one doesn't get in my mind. I have set timeout about 20min for monitor, i'll try to disable it. OtheHill - I don't met any problems with memory yet. I only limited Vcache size in system.ini. What needs to be changed in registry?