Hello,

There's a PC build i have been working on for a few years and i finally went ahead and finished it. This build was heavily inspired (almost copied, actually) by the "4 in 1 retro PC" project from PhilsComputerLab (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcAqRbFFQPU). The specs of the machine are the following:

K6-3+ 400Mhz 1.6V
Gigabyte GA-5AX
256MB RAM
S3 Virge GX2 4MB
Voodo 1 4MB (Diamond Monster 3D)
Sound Blaster Awe 64 Gold
A Floppy drive + old Creative CD ROM drive + 128GB SSD using a SATA-IDE adapter

So, i installed Windows 98, some drivers and software (all the Sound Blaster stuff, USB drivers, WinRAR, 7Zip... all the usual stuff, nothing fancy), but as soon as i installed the drivers and software from the Diamond Monster 3D CD (which i grabbed from VOGONs drivers page), Win 98 stays eternally "loading" after booting up and never gets back.

Booting into safe mode works. I have tried unninstalling the Diamond stuff from there, but it still didn't work. Physically removing the Voodoo card and then trying to boot up didn't work either, Win 98 never boots up unless it's in safe mode.

Does anyone have any idea on how to solve it? I guess formatting and installing Win 98 again would work, but i would probably get the same problem when trying to install the Diamond drivers.