windows 98 se, not shutting down...

[jamesmecca]

Every time I go to shut down the computer, it closes out windows and than just goes to a black screen.  I thought I'd wait it out and just see if it was acting slow or something, but I left the computer on for 6 hours and came back to the same thing: a blank black screen.  Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.

[GX1_Man]

A blank black screen as in turned off? Or you have to press the power button to turn off also? Are there error messages when it restarts?

[jamesmecca]

it usually goes black, but will have a message saying "it is ok to turn the computer off."  Now it just goes black and the computer will continure to run and I have to hit the power on it, causing it to be shut down improperly.  When I turn it back on it starts booting up and than has a message that says conflict I/O ports: 2F8. and then gives me the option to hit delete to enter setup or F1 to continue.

[Fed]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q238096/

[GX1_Man]

Are there any problems in Device Manager (yellow exclamation points)?