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Odd shutdown problem

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First post, by GrampaGotTheKeys

Posted on 2020-01-09, 16:26

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I recently added a second hard drive as a slave to my Windows 98 SE machine, the mobo is a MSI MS-6156.

It starts and restarts just fine but when trying to shutdown it spends about 5 minutes on the "Windows is shuting down screen", the screen goes black but the pc is still on for another 5 minutes until it finally shuts itself off.

If I removed the second hard drive it shuts down just fine in a snap!
I have tried swapping out the second hard disk with a different one but the problem persists.

Was hoping someone might have a solution other than just sticking to a single drive as the 32GB limit isn't ideal!

Reply 1 of 2, by derSammler

Posted on 2020-01-09, 16:58

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Install Windows 98 SE Q239887 Update.

Reply 2 of 2, by GrampaGotTheKeys

Posted on 2020-01-09, 20:43

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derSammler wrote on 2020-01-09, 16:58:

Install Windows 98 SE Q239887 Update.

Good suggestion, tried both shutdown supplements to no avail.

I did a test and it even happens under DOS so looks like i'm going to need to give up and simply say it's down to hardware (motherboard).

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