Upgrading cpu/mobo/ram in 98se

[Fern]

I have 400 celery and want to upgrade to CPU 2000+. I had a local shop do this for me on another system last year, they had a great deal of trouble. They told me win98 can't really handle a cpu of 2000+. Is that true? If so, what is the patch/solution?
Thanks

 

[ericboo]

The solution is finding a new shop. As long as you have drivers for all the components, you should be fine.

Where is the problem? You will have to do a fresh install of 98 and get any drivers, but the OS is not speed dependent.

 

[InlineFive]

Your local computer shop people don't sound like they know what they are doing. Windows 9x will not have a problem with a processor of that speed, in fact you could probably run any x86 chip on it just fine. As for a motherboard make sure the manufacturer is still making drivers for your older operating system.

Good luck! 🙂

 

[lowtech1]

It all depends on your mobo. Most mobo that came out in the days of Celeron 400mhz 128K L2 came with Socket 370 can't handle the newer Tualatin/Willamette core 256K L2 that demand different pinouts or the newer Socket-478.

The solution is to purchase a newer computer, upgrade the mobo with CPU, or try to find a converter that go from socket 370 to 478 if such a thing exist.

 

[Fern]

Thanks All. I thought I was hearing BS - they told me 98se needed a "patch" to handle a cpu above 2000MHz. Appreciate the comment about drivers- I'll go to mobo manu website and make sure they still support 98se on the mobo I intend to get.

 

[LinuxNewB]

Doesnt windows 98 se only support 256 mb of RAM. I dont know about the original 98, but I assume it would also handle 256.

 

[lowtech1]

Originally posted by: LinuxNewB
Doesnt windows 98 se only support 256 mb of RAM. I dont know about the original 98, but I assume it would also handle 256.

"Out of Memory" Error Messages with Large Amounts of RAM Installed -- greater than 512Megs error.

Computer May Reboot Continuously with More Than 1.5 GB of RAM -- work around for ram amount that is greater than 1.5GB.

 

[Fern]

Thanks for links. Due to budget I'm only going for 512 of ram now. But do intend to go for more when I can. So, Very Helpful. It's so much better to be aware of the prob and solution beforehand!
Thanks 🙂