Best MB for WIN98

[MRGOOCH]

I was going to buy an ASUS A7N8X until I found that it will not install the drivers on Win98. What would be a good choice and be compatible with Win98.

 

[MDE]

You can install the drivers on 98, you just have to manually install each device individually and reboot in between each install.

 

[Boonesmi]

ive had lots of problems with nf1 and nf2 boards using win98

personally i would go with a via kt600 based board (something like the asus a7v600, or soltek kt600)

 

[MDE]

Yeah, it's probably too much of a hassle to spoon-feed the drivers to an nForce2 board. Why not spend ~$90 for an XP Home upgrade and then upgrade the hardware?

 

[McArra]

Yes, win98 sucks.

 

[Fern]

See my sig.

The first time I tried to install the chipset drivers on the Abit NF7-S, I had to do it one-by-one. Since then, I found my board undervolts vcore (check with mbm5 etc). Since upping the voltage to provide the chip with standard, everytime I've reinstalled the chipset drivers it went w/o a hitch. That is, at first the install proggie for the drivers w/n work and thus had to go one at a time. Now the installer works fine and I'm very stable.

Oh, there's a patch for sound for 98se you may need.

 

[NokiaDude]

Spend the $100 for XP Home and save yourself a migraine.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: NokiaDude
Spend the $100 for XP Home and save yourself a migraine.

Or a little bit more, and get a REAL copy of WinXP - WinXP Pro.