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Windows 98 SE gets stuck at PNP Detection

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Reply 20 of 22, by VivienM

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itzCrassio wrote on 2024-07-20, 13:40:

The onboard SATA feature which allows you to choose between IDE and RAID?

No, fully turning off the SATA controller, which is probably somewhere else in your BIOS.

Reply 21 of 22, by itzCrassio

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kheper wrote on 2024-07-20, 12:57:
itzCrassio wrote on 2024-07-20, 12:48:
kheper wrote on 2024-07-20, 11:22:
Try any or all of the following - […]
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Try any or all of the following -

In the BIOS, look in the "PnP/PCI Configuration". Does it read "PnP OS Installed" = "YES"?

Move the sound card to a different PCI slot. (Or, remove it for now.)

Plug the drive into the second SATA controller. Force it to boot off of the second controller. In the BIOS, look in "Advanced BIOS Features". Set the "First Boot Device" to "HDD-1" or similar.

If none of the above fixes it - as a last resort, you can manually configure IRQs in "PnP/PCI Configuration" with "Resources Controlled By" = "Manual".

i could try but i was hoping that i dont need to open up the pc

I'd try checking the BIOS first - for "PnP OS Installed". No need to open the computer.

In the BIOS, look in the "PnP/PCI Configuration". Set it to "PnP OS Installed" = "YES".

Didn't work.

Reply 22 of 22, by itzCrassio

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SOLVED! Had to install DOS directly to HDD and include HIMEMX.