Re: Win 98 Motherboard Recommendation Needed
- From: nospam@xxxxxxxxxx (Paul)
- Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 06:32:57 -0400
In article <nospam-2906060559220001@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, nospam@xxxxxxxxxx
(Paul) wrote:
In article <1151564690.679884.45100@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
minneapolis55@xxxxxxxx wrote:
I now use an old Tyan Trinity S 1950S Socket 7 K6-III motherboard, VIA
MPV chip set, Win 98 SE, 80 GB Maxtor IDE hard drive, and ATI Radeon
9000. It's virus and malware free as far as I know.
It works fine, as it has for years.
I said I will replace it when it breaks. However, it looks like it's
going the way of some of my 1950s transistor radios. They still work.
I have so much software that taking two or three weeks to reinstall,
test, and possibly have to upgrade just isn't worth it. That rules out
a fresh install or an upgrade to XP.
Does anyone have a recommendation for current motherboard with which I
could use my existing Win 98 system as a starter operating system?
Some other things to remember for your new build:
1) Clone the hard drive - make an exact copy. Save the old
drive to boot your old computer - the "rescue" computer.
2) Place the new motherboard in a new case with new power
supply. Don't share hardware between computers. If you run
into problems trying to boot, then it is easy to move the
test boot drive back to the original computer for repairs.
3) Before you move the drive for the final time, from the
old working machine into the new untested machine - change
the IDE driver from whatever is there, to the standard
Microsoft driver. (Do a driver update, then see if there
is a Microsoft option for a driver.) The Microsoft driver
can be used to bridge between old hardware and new, and the
disk may boot on the new computer, using that driver. I did
that for one of my "transplants". There will be a mess to
clean up in terms of installing new drivers etc., which will
take you a few hours.
4) If using an 875/865/848 based motherboard, set the IDE mode
to "Compatible". That makes the chipset look like the old
style I/O space control/data blocks. That is how you can even
get an old OS to work with newer hard drives like SATA. But
it also limits you to four storage devices max on the
Southbridge. The motherboard will ship set to "Enhanced",
but you want it set to "Compatible", before you boot for
the first time.
You might also want to research "repair install" for Win98SE.
I don't know if that differs significantly from the WinXP
instructions or not. If the IDE driver trick does not work,
then starting again with a fresh cloned disk, and doing a
repair install, is the next least amount of work. All your
apps and prefs are untouched, but you'll need to reinstall
any service packs, security updates and the like, and I'm
not even sure that Windows Update can be used to do that
for you any more.
Like I said, a challenge... Like climbing Mount Everest
using only a fork and spoon :-)
Paul
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