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Thread ID: 35471 2003-07-13 21:19:00 Windows 98 SE won't shutdown ...part 2 Warren (875) Press F1
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159500 2003-07-13 21:19:00 Hi all
I reformatted our PC
Loaded the motherboard drivers ....Intel 815e on a MSI 815em pro
Loaded the video card drivers TNT pro 32mb
Loaded the drivers for the NIC
I could shut the PC down until i loaded the Soundcard drivers
It's a soundblaster live value
There are no conflicts as far as i can see .
Has anyone had this sort of problem and can give me some guidance
Warren (875)
159501 2003-07-13 22:19:00 Yes the SB Live is known for causing shutdown problems. Try disabling IRQ sharing (Device Manager > System Devices > PCI Bus > IRQ Steering and uncheck 'Use IRQ Steering' ). After re-booting, you will probably have an exclamation mark on 'Creative SB16 emulation' (in Device Manager); if you don't use dos mode sound, you can remove 'SB16 emulation' wuppo (41)
159502 2003-07-13 23:19:00 Nice try wuppo
Every time i try to uncheck it ....it reinstates
And when i romoved creative from the device manager they just reloaded again.
Might have reformat and try again.
any other suggestions?
Warren (875)
159503 2003-07-13 23:46:00 Try disabling SB16 emulation, rather than removing it. wuppo (41)
159504 2003-07-14 00:38:00 with the sb16 emulation simply select "use lpt interupt". you will proberly find you can reenable the irq shareing. reboot then check DMA is enabled for the hardrives etc. tweak'e (174)
159505 2003-07-14 07:22:00 Ok ....thanks fellas
I'm on night shift this week so might take a while to sort out
I'll be home tomorrow at 7am and will have another go at it then
So keep watching Wuppo and tweak'e
Again
Thanks
Warren (875)
159506 2003-07-15 06:59:00 Thanks for your help Fellas
My wife now has a working PC and has made my life a lot happier
A good result all round

Cheers
Warren (875)
159507 2003-07-15 08:29:00 Out of interest what was the actual fix for your problem, Warren? Susan B (19)
159508 2003-07-17 02:28:00 Was actually a cop out Susan.
We have 3 PCs here and that one was pre loaded with Win 98 se
we bought one later and it had Win ME on it
So instead of mucking around with 98 i formatted and loaded ME on to it and ....hey Presto ....no more problems .
Windows ME has been as stable on the other PC as Windows 98 se so it should be ok
I hope i haven't broken any rules
Warren (875)
159509 2003-07-17 02:47:00 Oh boy are you in trouble :D not supposed to install a single copy of an OS on more than one PC if you only have one licence You better lock your doors :D

I used to have the same problem with my SB live and win 98 but the latest drivers from creative fixed it. Also had to make sure the sound card was in an UNSHARED PCI slot (usually slot 3 is an unshared one) don't know why your problem wasn't fixed with the later drivers.
Odin (227)
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