coolman Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 (edited) Motherboard: ASROCK 775i65G R3.0Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHzVideo Card: nVIDIA GeForce3TV Tuner Card: ATI-TV Wonder ProWill it run? Thank you! Edited November 25, 2012 by coolman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZortMcGort11 Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 (edited) My Windows ME computer is using the "nVidia GeForce2 MX/MX 400 " graphics card. The file I downloaded was "45.23_Win9x_English.exe" This is working absolutely fine under Windows MEIf you format your computer and expect Windows ME/98 to auto-detect the GeForce during setup... nothing will happen... you'll get 16 color VGA 640x480. Try the following links for the drivers. Turns out the same driver file works on both our cards, so here is the link for GeForce3 driver (same as mine):http://www.drdriver.com/drivers/video_cards/nvidia/geforce3/194_windows_9598me_drivers.htmlHere is the main list:http://www.drdriver.com/drivers/video_cards/nvidia.htmlor here:http://www.siliconguide.com/drivers/device/371/here's more miscellaneous drivers:http://europe.asrock.com/mb/download.asp?Model=775i65G%20R3.0&o=AllMy GUESS is, Yes, that computer would work with Windows 98. :-)I don't know about that Tuner though. :-( Edited November 25, 2012 by LostInSpace2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomen Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Motherboard: ASROCK 775i65G R3.0Will it run? Thank you!Yes it will, and Asrock even lists Win-98 in the specs for that board. Asrock apparently restarted production of that board (revision 3) a few months ago, but I have to wonder why. You can't really buy new socket-775 CPU's any more (only used) and the ram is also non-existent (DDR-1). (but I have 5 new-in-retail-box socket 775 CPU's to use for new systems)Asrock should have added at least one ISA slot to this board - because some industrial motherboards with socket-775 and ISA cost more than $300 (I have bought 10 such boards for special use at $dayjob over the past 3 years). I would easily have spent $150 for this Asrock board if it had one ISA slot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Asrock should have added at least one ISA slot to this board - because some industrial motherboards with socket-775 and ISA cost more than $300 (I have bought 10 such boards for special use at $dayjob over the past 3 years). I would easily have spent $150 for this Asrock board if it had one ISA slot.Yep, this is a known issue when proprietary (old but still perfectly working) equipment is using ISA.Look at the price of this thingy here (though it could actually be a solution in many cases):http://arstech.com/install/ecom-prodshow/usb2isa.htmlthough seemingly not always "easy-peasy":http://disbauxes.upc.es/?p=2394jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomen Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Yep, this is a known issue when proprietary (old but still perfectly working) equipment is using ISA.Yea, we used the SOYO P4 I845PE ISA for 6 years (must have bought about 100 of them at least). And we've repaired at least 20 of them so far (bad capacitors). When they went out of production, we switched to the Adek P4BWA (very expensive - $320 each, not including the CPU or RAM). I have 4 or 5 of those left, but only for legacy upgrades (we have fully changed our products to USB so our hardware is no longer ISA-based as of 2 years ago).I think all the Soyo i845PE-ISA boards (both types - with and without on-board video) will eventually go bad because of bad capacitors. If you get more than 3 years of daily use out of those boards - you're lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolman Posted November 25, 2012 Author Share Posted November 25, 2012 (edited) Thanks for info! Edited December 5, 2012 by coolman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneCrusader Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 I think all the Soyo i845PE-ISA boards (both types - with and without on-board video) will eventually go bad because of bad capacitors. If you get more than 3 years of daily use out of those boards - you're lucky.Not necessarily, YMMV here. I've been using SOYO boards since 2005 (including that particular model) and never had any capacitor issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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