All PCI cards are PnP compliant. Using the Startup Menu Startup Menu Hidden menu available before the GUI appears with a number of Windows 98 start options. Menu items used to troubleshoot Windows 98 start problems. The timing can be hard to figure out on some machines. Safe Mode Option number 3 in the Startup menu.
Safe mode is useful for troubleshooting hardware problems, particularly video problems.
It allows you to get to the GUI to change hardware settings. When type the VER command, the results are DOS 7.0. Command prompt window is a virtual machine. Use Windows 9x utilities instead. In Full Screen you can t see the Start button or taskbar.