Windows 95/98/ME Video Card Problem

[jak163@gmail.com]

Hi. I installed a Nvidia GeForce 6200 256MB DDR Low Profile Dual DVI
& VGA (PCI) card on a Kadoka motherboard BIOS upgraded to 0AASNP06.
Computer is running Windows 98SE on an AMD-700 K6-III processor with
512MB of RAM.

The system hangs when I shut down with a blinking cursor. If I try to
restart in MS-DOS mode, it gives me a DOS screen with Windows
Protection Error, You Need to Restart Your Computer, and any key will
shut it down, although the state when I restart will not remember any
changes.

Gateway will not give tech support as this is third party (although
they recommended checking the power supply, but it's 350W so it's more
than they specified). Jaton, who sold me the card, suggested
upgrading the BIOS, which I did to no avail.

Any suggestions would be welcome.

 

[Franc Zabkar]

On Thu, 3 Jan 2008 08:23:02 -0800 (PST), jak163@gmail.com put finger
to keyboard and composed:

>Hi. I installed a Nvidia GeForce 6200 256MB DDR Low Profile Dual DVI
>& VGA (PCI) card on a Kadoka motherboard BIOS upgraded to 0AASNP06.
>Computer is running Windows 98SE on an AMD-700 K6-III processor with
>512MB of RAM.
>
>The system hangs when I shut down with a blinking cursor. If I try to
>restart in MS-DOS mode, it gives me a DOS screen with Windows
>Protection Error, You Need to Restart Your Computer, and any key will
>shut it down, although the state when I restart will not remember any
>changes.
>
>Gateway will not give tech support as this is third party (although
>they recommended checking the power supply, but it's 350W so it's more
>than they specified). Jaton, who sold me the card, suggested
>upgrading the BIOS, which I did to no avail.
>
>Any suggestions would be welcome.

Try turning off video caching in your BIOS/CMOS setup. This was a
problem for me on two machines.

- Franc Zabkar
--
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[Peter Keller]

Franc Zabkar wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Jan 2008 08:23:02 -0800 (PST), jak163@gmail.com put finger
> to keyboard and composed:
>
>> Hi. I installed a Nvidia GeForce 6200 256MB DDR Low Profile Dual DVI
>> & VGA (PCI) card on a Kadoka motherboard BIOS upgraded to 0AASNP06.
>> Computer is running Windows 98SE on an AMD-700 K6-III processor with
>> 512MB of RAM.
>>
>> The system hangs when I shut down with a blinking cursor. If I try to
>> restart in MS-DOS mode, it gives me a DOS screen with Windows
>> Protection Error, You Need to Restart Your Computer, and any key will
>> shut it down, although the state when I restart will not remember any
>> changes.
>>
>> Gateway will not give tech support as this is third party (although
>> they recommended checking the power supply, but it's 350W so it's more
>> than they specified). Jaton, who sold me the card, suggested
>> upgrading the BIOS, which I did to no avail.
>>
>> Any suggestions would be welcome.
>
> Try turning off video caching in your BIOS/CMOS setup. This was a
> problem for me on two machines.
>
> - Franc Zabkar
What driver are you using? I'll bet it's version 81.98. Revert to
version 77.72
and your troubles will cease. You can get them here:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/win9x_77.72.html.

 

[Franc Zabkar]

On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:13:35 -0500, Peter Keller
. put finger to keyboard and composed:

>Franc Zabkar wrote:
>> On Thu, 3 Jan 2008 08:23:02 -0800 (PST), jak163@gmail.com put finger
>> to keyboard and composed:
>>
>>> Hi. I installed a Nvidia GeForce 6200 256MB DDR Low Profile Dual DVI
>>> & VGA (PCI) card on a Kadoka motherboard BIOS upgraded to 0AASNP06.
>>> Computer is running Windows 98SE on an AMD-700 K6-III processor with
>>> 512MB of RAM.
>>>
>>> The system hangs when I shut down with a blinking cursor. If I try to
>>> restart in MS-DOS mode, it gives me a DOS screen with Windows
>>> Protection Error, You Need to Restart Your Computer, and any key will
>>> shut it down, although the state when I restart will not remember any
>>> changes.
>>>
>>> Gateway will not give tech support as this is third party (although
>>> they recommended checking the power supply, but it's 350W so it's more
>>> than they specified). Jaton, who sold me the card, suggested
>>> upgrading the BIOS, which I did to no avail.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions would be welcome.
>>
>> Try turning off video caching in your BIOS/CMOS setup. This was a
>> problem for me on two machines.
>>
>> - Franc Zabkar
>What driver are you using? I'll bet it's version 81.98. Revert to
>version 77.72
>and your troubles will cease. You can get them here:
>http://www.nvidia.com/object/win9x_77.72.html.

Sorry, I'm not using the OP's video card. I had shutdown issues with
two older "generic" cards until I turned off caching in the BIOS. I
believe that there is a potential problem when Windows switches from
protected mode back to real mode just before shutting down.

- Franc Zabkar
--
Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.

 

[jak163]

On Jan 4, 2:15 am, Franc Zabkar <fzab...@iinternode.on.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:13:35 -0500, Peter Keller
> . put finger to keyboard and composed:
>
>
>
> >Franc Zabkar wrote:
> >> On Thu, 3 Jan 2008 08:23:02 -0800 (PST), jak...@gmail.com put finger
> >> to keyboard and composed:
>
> >>> Hi. I installed a Nvidia GeForce 6200 256MB DDR Low Profile Dual DVI
> >>> & VGA (PCI) card on a Kadoka motherboard BIOS upgraded to 0AASNP06.
> >>> Computer is running Windows 98SE on an AMD-700 K6-III processor with
> >>> 512MB of RAM.
>
> >>> The system hangs when I shut down with a blinking cursor. If I try to
> >>> restart in MS-DOS mode, it gives me a DOS screen with Windows
> >>> Protection Error, You Need to Restart Your Computer, and any key will
> >>> shut it down, although the state when I restart will not remember any
> >>> changes.
>
> >>> Gateway will not give tech support as this is third party (although
> >>> they recommended checking the power supply, but it's 350W so it's more
> >>> than they specified). Jaton, who sold me the card, suggested
> >>> upgrading the BIOS, which I did to no avail.
>
> >>> Any suggestions would be welcome.
>
> >> Try turning off video caching in your BIOS/CMOS setup. This was a
> >> problem for me on two machines.
>
> >> - Franc Zabkar
> >What driver are you using? I'll bet it's version 81.98. Revert to
> >version 77.72
> >and your troubles will cease. You can get them here:
> >http://www.nvidia.com/object/win9x_77.72.html.
>
> Sorry, I'm not using the OP's video card. I had shutdown issues with
> two older "generic" cards until I turned off caching in the BIOS. I
> believe that there is a potential problem when Windows switches from
> protected mode back to real mode just before shutting down.
>
> - Franc Zabkar
> --
> Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.

Thank you very much for your suggestions. I was indeed using version
81.98 of the driver, and I reverted to 77.72 using the link suggested
and it worked! Thanks very much.

There is no option relating to video in the BIOS for some reason.
Gateway and Jaton both suggested making changes to this as well, but
there's no way to do it that I can see.