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Also see http://www.msfn.org/board/?showtopic=44388 The microcode updates supplied with original 98se only updates Intel processors and does not support AMD. I knew that already. But, I'm wondering if it's not updating the microcode because of it not recognizing the L2 cache type? Even if it has microcode information for Athlon processors (at least the pre-T-bird Athlons) Athlon processors before the T-bird don't have integrated L2 cache!! Also, which driver versions should I use for nForce2?

What about Athlon XPs? Bad link!! (Error 404)

I see what you did wrong. The following packages: IE5.01sp4-KB905915-Windows2000sp4-x86-ENU.exe msxmlcab.exe rootsupd.exe scripten.exe Don't use those packages with the FDV fileset!! Also ONLY include the following files for DirectX 9.0c: BDANT.cab dxnt.cab Also, unfortunately the Net Framework installer will demand Internet Explorer!! Unless there's a special hack that can be done, Internet Explorer is required!!

I don't have that problem. Yep. I have this problem, too!! When the desktop appears the following message pops up: Error Installation failed Then I was thinking "The Windows installation process failed. Yeah right!!" I saw the desktop, thus I knew that it probably was fine.

Nope! This was with a fresh Windows 98 SE installation!

L1,L2,L3 caches are managed by the hardware. The software need not intervene.Regarding size of cache, I have a circa. 1993 80486dx2-66 with 512KB of L2, and that was around before 98se... But, this may be because of another problem. It's possible that Windows 98 SE assumes that it only has 256 KB of L2 cache, because most Athlon processors have 256 KB of L2 cache. (before "Barton") The Windows 98 SE processor driver may be getting confused. It may not like the fact that the L2 cache is integrated. Most processors at the time Windows 98 SE was released didn't have integrated L2 cache!

yup sounds like a brilliant idea DUHHHH.... That problem hasn't occured so far for me with Windows 2000 Pro SP4. With Windows XP Pro SP2, that's a different story, I was getting that pop up everytime I was installing 3rd party drivers. Under Windows XP SP2, just click "Cancel" when that message pops up. Then it's probably fine.

Update: This just popped up in my head, Windows 98 SE likely isn't taking advantage of more than 256 KB of L2 cache!! I have a "Barton" core, which has 512 KB of L2 cache. I wonder if you can get Windows 98 SE to use more than 256 KB of L2 cache?

Just click "Cancel", if the "Cancel" button exists.

Prime95 having errors usually means that the processor (not RAM) is unstable. The motherboard may not be giving the processor chip enough Vcore.

After trying again, with the IIS option untouched, horray!!!! No crashes or a pop up error message!!!!

That driver file's probably the main video card driver.

Here it is: ERROR_REPORT.TXT

Zone Alarm itself isn't anti-virus software.

That's if thermal throttling is supported and enabled. AMD processors usually have corruption and crash if overheating. It's more likely because the game is badly written.

Nope! Because it's fine again after I reinstalled a non-nLite'd Windows 2000 Pro! Also, this PC is rock stable! It's both 4-hour 3D Mark 2001 SE and 24-hour Prime95 stable! I'm taking this topic to PM! Because I have been ignored, except for someone jumping to conclusions that my RAM's unstable. I'm highly experienced in custom PCs and I know that my RAM is fine! Because I did some major testing before I declared this PC a regular-usage PC. In fact, I had the RAM at a higher frequency before and it was still stable.

I manually slipstreamed SP4 into Windows 2000 Pro, integrated DirectX 9.0c with HFSLIP then removed lots of components with nLite 1.0rc6. When the Windows 2000 installation process was almost complete, gotten an error message saying that it failed to register a DLL then after clicking OK, when it seemed fine, boom!, a BSOD! The BSOD was the following: ***STOP: 0x00000050 PAGE_FAULT_IN_NON_PAGED_AREA fastfat.sys This was when I made a bootable CD. Here's the Last Session.ini data of my planned Windows 2000 Pro installation: Last_Session.ini

AMEN!! Couldn't have said it any better!! Come over to http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=44398&st=100. This poll needs your help. Lets make sure Windows 98/ME are trashed already. People can use what they want, but all new software and hardware should have trashed support for them at least two years ago!! Go ahead and trash it, because that won't do you much good! Not everyone can afford Windows XP and activation can suck! Also, not everyone has Opterons than can OC to like 3.5 ghz.

Updating the BIOS probably won't fix that, because Asus isn't focused on that, they don't have anything saying that it adds a microcode update. It's only required if you have a Sempron, according to Asus. Also, the A7N8X motherboard family has a reputation of BIOS corruption when flashing the BIOS.

It's probably not related to the BIOS, because it's a new motherboard. I have an Asus A7N8X-X motherboard. The BIOS revisions later than I have only have smaller updates. Probably don't require a BIOS flash unless it's a Sempron. I have a regular Athlon XP. It's a Barton core, thus there shall not be any problems with this motherboard!! A later BIOS date isn't gonna fix anything unless it's something that prevents the motherboard from POSTing.

It won't even let me load that cd Are you sure that it's even Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005? I was wondering if that version is based on Windows 2003? If it's based on 2002, which is the normal XP, then it's probably just Windows XP SP2 with more bloat No thanks.

That's the dreaded W32.Pinfi virus!! That virus is a known file corrupter. Gotten that virus before when I didn't expect it and thus was forced to reinstall and redownload software back in 2003. Luckly that it didn't corrupt all files on the HDD. This virus will corrupt exe files on drives that are writable!!

ANother vote towards the bad poll option stating support for junker Windows 98/ME Come on lets see some more votes for no support for junker Windows 98/ME. The results of this poll so far are extremely discouraging!! Trash Windows 98/ME already!!! Zip it!!! I didn't ask for your opinion. I want to see more people vote to trash Windows 98/ME. Unfortunately its people like you that have caused software performance to suffer the past 5 years because developers have had to retain backwards compatibility with piece of junk operating systems like Windows 98/ME. Because people like you are Windows 98SE obsessers and lovers that live in this fantasy world where they blindly believe Windows 98SE is the best version of Windows ever made, even when it is not. It is called the tremednous differences in the OS architecture and the kernel! They think that Windows XP and Windows 2000 are just newer operatng systems based on Windows 98SE. That is completely untrue though. Windows NT is a whole differnet based OS and has nothing to do with Windows 98/ME! All applications written for Microsoft made operating systems should have been for NT only at least the past 2 years. A lot of applications written for the Microsoft made operating systems should have been NT only for at least the past four years. It's not my fault that software performance sucks. It's their fault, especially if they require Internet Explorer just for the software to run!! Also, NT-based Windows versions have a tendency to take RAM alway from games.

Super Pi always takes longer under Windows 98 SE than under Windows 2000 and Windows XP!! I find this strange, because Super Pi is from 1995! Super Pi 1 MB benchmark results: Windows XP Pro SP2: 47 s Windows 2000 Pro SP4: 47 s Windows 98 SE: 53 s

I recommended to add "SystemReg=0", *not* to add "Backup=0"... This registry problem rarely occurs on the some systems because of the new IO.SYS file (WINBOOT.SYS / Q311561). This update has a problem which is not fixed by Microsoft. A workaround is to add "SystemReg=0" into the MSDOS.SYS. Are you sure that's the right entry? Because that one may be telling it to not load the registry at all, which means you're stuck at the command prompt!!