Can hardware, like a mobo, interfere with win98SE?

Can hardware, like a mobo, interfere with win98SE?

When looking at some motherboards and downloading manuals and software
related to them, at the ASUS site, for example, I noticed that in the
process of finding the files, the computer asked me what operating
system I had, and provided a list of OSes.

In one case win98 was listed, and in another, it wasn't. Only XP was
(and some others)

Does this mean that the mobo won't work with win98SE?


I asked some people and was told that the problem is getting drivers.

Does that mean drivers for onboard hardware that used to me added on
with a plug in card? Like sound?

If sound drivers that run on win98 aren't available for a mobo, isn't
it possible to disable the onboard sound and use a sound card that
comes with its own drivers?


It used to be one could tell in advance what he was buying and if it
would work. But things are pretty complicated now. I would hate to
assemble a whole computer and find I couldn't run win98 on it.

Have any of you had a problem running win98SE because of the hardware
used?

Thanks