faster CPU for Win98se

I still have and use an old Dell 233Mhz running Win98se.
Of course we also have several Win/XP Pro laptops in the house,
but I still use the Win98se desktop...

Anyway - the CPU speed (233Mhz) & max memory (64meg) of the motherboard
has become more and more of a problem....

If I get a faster old box - and can get Win98 drivers for sound, video, etc
are there any other issues related directly to the CPU or speed ?

"P.Schuman" wrote in message
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I still have and use an old Dell 233Mhz running Win98se.
Of course we also have several Win/XP Pro laptops in the house,
but I still use the Win98se desktop...

Anyway - the CPU speed (233Mhz) & max memory (64meg) of the motherboard
has become more and more of a problem....

If I get a faster old box - and can get Win98 drivers for sound, video,
etc
are there any other issues related directly to the CPU or speed ?




If you check the previous posts you'll see that subject was just
covered...and
it seems that for the most part win98se should work with a fast cpu. I know
there have been some reports
of problems...but if you can get the chipset drivers for your mobo I doubt
you'd have any trouble.

There is one vcache tweak usually needed for ram above 512 megs...

"P.Schuman" wrote:

If I get a faster old box - and can get Win98 drivers for sound,
video, etc are there any other issues related directly to the
CPU or speed ?

Your motherboard might support a faster CPU and more memory. Have you
looked at that? There might even be a bios update available for it.

If you are expecting to walk into a big-box retailer and pick up a new
"box", it's highly unlikely that the computer you get will have win-98
drivers available for it even if you search the net for them. Certain
motherboard chipsets made by, for example, Intel, no longer have
win-98 drivers.

If you are comfortable with working with computer components and can
remove and replace the motherboard yourself, then you can get certain
motherboards where win-98 drivers are available for the chipset.

You might want to look for this post I made a few weeks ago in this
news group:

Installing 98se on modern hardwa Asrock 775DUAL-VSTA motherboard

I have found that the Asrock 775Dual-VSTA motherboard works very well
in Windows 98. It's one of very few motherboards that supports all
currently available Intel CPU's (including Core 2 duo's) as well as
having both a PCI-e and AGP slots. Web site for that board is he

http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.as...l=775Dual-VSTA

If you have no prior experience with building a computer from
components, then I'd recommend that you take your existing computer to
a smaller local computer shop where they can order you a new
motherboard (like the Asrock I mentioned above) and they can swap it
in for you. You will probably also need to replace the existing power
supply, and you will also need memory and a CPU. I recommend the
Intel Celeron D 360 (3.46 ghz) and not a Core or Core-2 for Win-98
because win-98 will only make use of 1 core so the purchase of a
multi-core CPU would be a waste.

I have just ordered 8 of those motherboards for work plus a few for
home, and I'm waiting for the Celeron D 365 (3.6 ghz) to become
available for purchase (for some reason they don't seem to be in the
distribution channel yet).

I have found that the Asrock 775Dual-VSTA motherboard works very well
in Windows 98.

Who'da thunk it, with it not listing 9x in the OS section. :/

MalcolmO wrote:

I have found that the Asrock 775Dual-VSTA motherboard works
very well in Windows 98.

Who'da thunk it, with it not listing 9x in the OS section. :/

Many components, like video cards, motherboards, ethernet cards, etc,
will say somewhere in the product specs that only 2K/XP/2003/Vista are
supported, but when you download either the driver for the particular
product, or if you download the chip-maker's driver package, you will
see that there will be a 9x driver directory.

The only component so far that I have not yet seen a win-98 driver for
is the high-definition 7.1 audio device that is present on many
motherboards made within the past year or two.

As for PCI-e video cards and win-98, I'm in the process of sourcing
some Nvidia boards that do not have "turbo-cache" (TC). TC has been
speculated as being incompatible with win-98.