Putting Win98se on a P4 2600mhz

[Guest alvinamorey@notmail.com]

I just bought a mobo and cpu for an AMD 2600ghz. My fastest computer

to date has been this P3 1000ghz. I know win98 was never intended to

run on such a fast computer. Will it run ok? Will it start a fire

from going so fast <LOL>.

 

Thanks

[Guest Paradoxdb3]

RE: Putting Win98se on a P4 2600mhz

 

Actually, I think your computer might just be the one doing the burning while

Windows 98 just turns to ashes! Apparently there's timing issues with a CPU

of that speed and Windows 98. You said 2600GHz, but I think you must have

meant 2.6GHz?

 

"alvinamorey@notmail.com" wrote:

> I just bought a mobo and cpu for an AMD 2600ghz. My fastest computer

> to date has been this P3 1000ghz. I know win98 was never intended to

> run on such a fast computer. Will it run ok? Will it start a fire

> from going so fast <LOL>.

>

> Thanks

>

>

[Guest 98 Guy]

Re: Putting Win98se on a P4 2600mhz

 

alvinamorey@notmail.com wrote:

> I just bought a mobo and cpu for an AMD 2600ghz. I know win98

> was never intended to run on such a fast computer. Will it

> run ok?

 

At least once every 6 months, the above question is asked here.

 

And invariably someone responds incorrectly with this:

 

Paradoxdb3 wrote:

> Apparently there's timing issues with a CPU of that speed and

> Windows 98.

 

Windows 95 and the first edition of Windows 98 (aka "Gold" or FE) have

a problem in the file NDIS.VXD that causes issues when the CPU is

faster than 2.1 ghz.

 

Windows 98 SE (second edition) does not have this problem.

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312108

 

The fastest CPU I've had running win-98 on so far is a Celeron-D 3.46

ghz. When I get a good heatsink for that CPU I will overclock it to

4.5 (or higher) ghz.

[Guest Paradoxdb3]

Re: Putting Win98se on a P4 2600mhz

 

Hey, 98 Guy...

 

So everything runs beautifully with a CPU clock speed over 2.2 GHz? Does

that make the flash movies (like on You-Tube) play smoothly? What

suggestions would you have to make them run very smoothly? I have a 355MHz

processor and watching those flash movies is worse than watching paint dry!

 

"98 Guy" wrote:

> alvinamorey@notmail.com wrote:

>

> > I just bought a mobo and cpu for an AMD 2600ghz. I know win98

> > was never intended to run on such a fast computer. Will it

> > run ok?

>

> At least once every 6 months, the above question is asked here.

>

> And invariably someone responds incorrectly with this:

>

> Paradoxdb3 wrote:

>

> > Apparently there's timing issues with a CPU of that speed and

> > Windows 98.

>

> Windows 95 and the first edition of Windows 98 (aka "Gold" or FE) have

> a problem in the file NDIS.VXD that causes issues when the CPU is

> faster than 2.1 ghz.

>

> Windows 98 SE (second edition) does not have this problem.

>

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312108

>

> The fastest CPU I've had running win-98 on so far is a Celeron-D 3.46

> ghz. When I get a good heatsink for that CPU I will overclock it to

> 4.5 (or higher) ghz.

>

[Guest alvinamorey@notmail.com]

Re: Putting Win98se on a P4 2600mhz

 

On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:38:00 -0800, Paradoxdb3

<Paradoxdb3@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hey, 98 Guy...

>

>So everything runs beautifully with a CPU clock speed over 2.2 GHz? Does

>that make the flash movies (like on You-Tube) play smoothly? What

>suggestions would you have to make them run very smoothly? I have a 355MHz

>processor and watching those flash movies is worse than watching paint dry!

>

 

Thanks to all that responded. I'm looking forward to the speed when I

get this new system put together.

 

Oh, yes, 2.6ghz or 2600mhz :)

 

What I find odd, is that this 1ghz computer never made anything faster

than my 266mhz. But that 266 was overclocked and it was always

extremely fast. It lasted 8 years, and I never had reason to upgrade.

This IBM bios has no way to overclock. In some ways, it's actually a

tad slower than the old 266, and I got 3 times the ram.

 

>"98 Guy" wrote:

>

>> alvinamorey@notmail.com wrote:

>>

>> > I just bought a mobo and cpu for an AMD 2600ghz. I know win98

>> > was never intended to run on such a fast computer. Will it

>> > run ok?

>>

>> At least once every 6 months, the above question is asked here.

>>

>> And invariably someone responds incorrectly with this:

>>

>> Paradoxdb3 wrote:

>>

>> > Apparently there's timing issues with a CPU of that speed and

>> > Windows 98.

>>

>> Windows 95 and the first edition of Windows 98 (aka "Gold" or FE) have

>> a problem in the file NDIS.VXD that causes issues when the CPU is

>> faster than 2.1 ghz.

>>

>> Windows 98 SE (second edition) does not have this problem.

>>

>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312108

>>

>> The fastest CPU I've had running win-98 on so far is a Celeron-D 3.46

>> ghz. When I get a good heatsink for that CPU I will overclock it to

>> 4.5 (or higher) ghz.

>>

[Guest Dan]

Re: Putting Win98se on a P4 2600mhz

 

I wanted to let you know Paradox that I am currently now running 98 Second

Edition and XP Professional on a P4 3.4 Ghz. and both operating systems are

working fine. I watched a youtube video on 98 Second Edition and it ran

well. I also use Comcast Cable connection so that makes a difference as well

in viewing videos on-line.

[Guest 98 Guy]

Re: Putting Win98se on a P4 2600mhz

 

thanatoid wrote:

> You can't watch video (except avi's from around 1997) on a computer

> that slow. You need at least a 1.5 GHz machine with at least 256 MB

> of RAM (and a decent video card) and someone will probably tell me

> 2 or 3 times that on both counts.

 

YouTube video's play just fine on a P-3 850 mhz with 256 mb ram and

ATI AIW 128 Pro AGP card.

[Guest Donald G. Davis]

Re: Putting Win98se on a P4 2600mhz

 

Re: Putting Win98se on a P4 2600mhz

 

98 Guy <98@Guy.com> writes:

u

>thanatoid wrote:

>> You can't watch video (except avi's from around 1997) on a computer

>> that slow. You need at least a 1.5 GHz machine with at least 256 MB

>> of RAM (and a decent video card) and someone will probably tell me

>> 2 or 3 times that on both counts.

>YouTube video's play just fine on a P-3 850 mhz with 256 mb ram and

>ATI AIW 128 Pro AGP card.

 

I can play DVD movies and other video files quite satisfactorily,

using PowerDVD or VLC Media Player, on a Dell OptiPlex GX1, 550 mhz, with

256 MB of RAM and the onboard 4 MB video adapter. YouTube videos also

play OK online, provided that the Internet connection is fast enough to

keep loading ahead of the playing rate.

--

--Donald Davis

 

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[Guest none]

Re: Putting Win98se on a P4 2600mhz

 

Dan wrote:

> I wanted to let you know Paradox that I am currently now running 98 Second

> Edition and XP Professional on a P4 3.4 Ghz. and both operating systems are

> working fine. I watched a youtube video on 98 Second Edition and it ran

> well. I also use Comcast Cable connection so that makes a difference as well

> in viewing videos on-line.

 

Is win98se blisteringly fast?