Need this quick guys if you can .....VIA chipset drivers for "EVERY" VIA chipset board ? ?

[CorCentral]

I have THIS motherboard & was wondering if the newer VIA All In One's will wourk for it ?


This is not my computer , it's a friend's & I'm helping him out as he does'nt have the cash for a new 'puter
Trying to speed things up & stuff for him

Sys specs :

Win 98 Sec Ed.
AMD K6-?/500mhz
Just upgraded from 64mb to 256mb ram which helped alot . (bought ram on forum here & it works great , have to thank that guy later)
Video/Display Adapter is an SIS 6326 (driver ver. 4.11.01.1280)

Deleted Norton SYSTEM works crap as it was hogging all resources !
I also deleted 67,449 Temp Internet Files earlier ! (407mb recovered)
I'd love to delete AOL too but he uses it ! (trying to talk him into a local ISP)

Any help with info on the VIA drivers , SIS video adapter drivers or anything else would be greatly appreciated

 

[Megatomic]

From Via Arena's Hyperion download page:

**Note: Win95/98/98SE are now relatively old operating systems, and drivers are no longer optimized for those operating systems. Many users of VIA chipsets who run Win95/98/98SE report that using an older version, such as VIA 4in1 version 4.35, they experience a more responsive system.

The Via 4in1435 can be downloaded HERE.

 

[Noid]

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[shoman94]

According to them, they want you to DL the VIA drivers so go ahead with the link above....

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Noid
I believe they also state that motherboards using Mixed chipsets should use the drivers from the manufacturer.
(like yours)

VIA MVP3 Chipset
SMC669 I/O chip

Users with hybrid chipsets (with a VIA southbridge and AMD northbridge for example) should obtain drivers from their motherboard manufacturer

The board that CorCentral linked to doesn't use mixed chipsets; based on the picture, both the northbridge and southbridge chips are VIA. That SMC chip is just the I/O chip, which I think is for things like serial and parallel ports.

 

[CorCentral]

Thanks guys


One more question on the Video card .

It's an SIS 6326 8mb pci
I just dug through all my old computer stuff & found an ATI all in Wonder 128 pci 32mb .
Was wondering how much of a performance boost he would get if I upgraded him to that ? Of course this would be free for him as I no longer use the card

 

[Peter]

Originally posted by: Noid
I believe they also state that motherboards using Mixed chipsets should use the drivers from the manufacturer.
(like yours)

VIA MVP3 Chipset
SMC669 I/O chip

Users with hybrid chipsets (with a VIA southbridge and AMD northbridge for example) should obtain drivers from their motherboard manufacturer

This is not a mixed chipset. The I/O chip almost always comes from an independent manufacturer, SMsC, Winbond, ITE, whoever. This is nothing to do with the chipset parts (north and south bridges or all-in-one).

VIA's drivers, even the most recent ones, are good for all chipsets down to the Apollo VP1 with "586" south bridge.

 

[Noid]

I was just making sure. The thread title was misleading.
(I evidently,,, was too sleepy)

Anyone else want to jump on me? cummon ,,, just one more,,, too get platinum

 

[Megatomic]

Originally posted by: Peter
VIA's drivers, even the most recent ones, are good for all chipsets down to the Apollo VP1 with "586" south bridge.

The oldest Via chipset that I have in use is the 694T/686B and the Hyperion 4.47 is fine with it. I was just erring on the side of caution by pointing out that blurb about using older drivers with Win9x.