Boot on 2nd attempt?

[trevor6088]

It takes 2 attempts to boot up each time I switch on my computer, (WIN ME) the first time I switch on it locks up immediately (no beep), if I switch off then on again (it beeps) then boots UP!...consistent behaviour!

[ski]

I have the same problem with Win 98, except mine locks up after a few minutes of operation after the 1st cold start.
I just enable standby when not using it to avoid the problem, and restart every so often to restore the system resources.

[Rick]

Check your Bios settings for Turbo everything
It may be a drive is not spinning up as quick as the system would like,
Or another device not up to speed. ( Fan maybe)

By the time you reboot the device may be spun up

[steveo]

Have you searched the microsoft database for a booting patch? I've used their patch for rebooting win98 problems and it works fine. Perhaps they have a patch for your specific problem.

good luck

[trevor6088]

Thanks for your help, at the end of the day it was solved by removing a firewire card which wasn't configured properly!