re: Insufficent memory
Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at 8:23 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by heh heh
(11 messages posted)
Hello
Many of us do have newer computers capable of
running 98se, my pentium 4 2.8ghz is running
with no problems, and this vintage 2008
computer, 98 drivers can still be found!
On Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at 7:35 pm, C K wrote:
>Did you verify that the motherboard will support Win 9X?? Most new ones don't and
>from what you have posted, I would bet that yours may not, especially if it has
an
>Intel chipset. Win 9X won't have the drivers for the newer boards, and most manufacturers
>will not supply drivers as the design of the hardware is basically incapable of
supporting
>the older Windows systems. Intel for instance on newer boards (with the PCI-e slots)
>will NOT support Win 9X. If you do manage to get them to start, they will only
run
>very sickly in legacy mode and you can't do anything when you do get it to start..
>
>In addition, there is a processor speed limitation of 2.1 gig in Win 95 and Win
98
>FE, but I have also observed issues on some newer boards with Win 98 SE and ME (which
>were patched) to use processors above 2.1 gig. You say that yours is a 3 gig Intel
>so you need a patched system. Be aware also, that the memory limitation patch won't
>work on some motherboards. I have a system like that as we speak. Also a known
>problem.
>
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