Protection error on startup when machine off overnight

[carbison]

I am running an AMDK2 600mzh with 98SE - 198mb RAM 20Gig HD. The system runs fine. EXCEPT...when the machine has been turned off for an extended period there are windows protection errors on start up but after several reboots the system works fine.
Norton reports disk, windows, registry etc are fine, Antivirus says no infection. When I turn the system off then turn it on after a few minutes everything starts normally.
I have shutdown all processes before turning computer off but it still produces that error overnight. I don't think it is a shutdown problem because of that.
System clock keeps good time. This startup problem happens if the computer is plugged in or unplugged overnight.

Any suggestions on what is goin' on?
Carbison

 

[ski]

My system acts in a similar manner after a cold boot.
The work around is to manually place it in standby when I'm not using it. This shuts down the monitor(system's biggest electrical user), the HD, and does not maintain the contents of the CPU(your BIOS may maintain your CPU's contents) to save on electricity. The only active items are the memory(maintains its contents), fans, and LED's, which consume a miniscule amount of current.
And it runs great when it's awakened.

 

[amarsuja]

Hi i just want to know if u have installed HURRICANE in your system, if so try uninstalling that software , i hope this will solve the problem.

 

[carbison]

I am not running Hurricane and have necer loaded it.
This morning there was another series of errors from gdi.exe errors to zonealarm errors. 4 reboots and the system works fine now.

Carbison

 

[Rob2806]

I would suggest that you check your cables and cards are properly positioned as it sounds that when it cools down there is some loss of contact. On restarting it eventually warms up, a metal contact is expanding and so completes a circuit and the problem disappears.