Re: A8N SLI Deluxe incompatible with Windows 98SE?

On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 22:46:26 -0800, Jesys <what@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

>In article <MPG.1e28e7433b32e9219896cc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, what@xxxxxxxx
>says...
>> In article <pnCvf.25312$f7.15287@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> rogerspamignored@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
>> >
>> > "Jesys" <what@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> > news:MPG.1e28a9471ac73a469896cb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > > In article <cawvf.44652$Kf1.852143@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> > > gaetanfo@xxxxxxxxxxxx says...
>> > >>
>> > >> "Roger Hamlett" <rogerspamignored@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le
>> > >> message de news: AJrvf.59600$Cj5.44171@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > >> >
>> > >> > "Jesys" <what@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> > >> > news:MPG.1e27916a8ac9c8e39896ca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > >> >>I am turfing my P4 machine so I'd like to install Win 98 SE on my
>> > >> >>3500+
>> > >> >> \A8N SLI Deluxe for when i get the urge to play old Dos games with a
>> > >> >> tri
>> > >> >> boot.
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> Problem is that the Win 98 installer just hangs part way thru
>> > >> >> detecting
>> > >> >> hardware. I can't get past this, does this board not support Win 98?
>> > >> > Win 98, or 98SE?
>> > >> > How long are you letting it sit?.
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> > There is a point in the IDE detection, that can commonly take ten+
>> > >> > minutes
>> > >> > to pass on fast motherboards (it has to wait for a timeout to occur).
>> > >>
>> > >> It can take up to one hour for all peripherals to be detected on my
>> > >> board :
>> > >> A8N-E. Thought it would never install, but after a few abort, I tried
>> > >> once
>> > >> more and decided to tough it out. Works beautifully. But still
>> > >> there seems to be a problem with that board.
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > > I am trying 98SE. What happens is that a black bar with white squares
>> > > which creates a checkerboard pattern appears thru the screen and the
>> > > machine is hung. Either that or when the installer reboots and the Win
>> > > 98 splash screen appears, the moving bar on the bottom of the graphic
>> > > freezes. It is not like the machine is just detecting hardware.
>> > >
>> > > I found my copy of Win Me and it is the same thing.
>> > > Maybe I'll try it again but it really seems like it is hung.
>> > > Oh, and I set all BIOS settings to default, no OC'ing but that did not
>> > > make any difference. I am using the SI3114 for Raid 0 BTW with a pair of
>
>Oh great, there is no driver support for Win 98 on this mobo. Game over.

No Win98 driver for a PCI video card? Hard to believe.

Ron
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