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Just put together a new 98se system from parts I have.

Case, a large Game case

MB, MSI 848P NE02V, early 775 type cpu, SL8J7 3.8ghz, 1gb ram

Video card, Geforce 4 Ti 4200 8x agp

Software, win plus 98SE, has a plus package? no updates yet. Pale Moon browser

New virus check for 98, 30 day trial then buy? Protector Plus home site left side click products

then 98se product then download. (W32)

Problems so far

Overheat, 115w cpu can shut down, need way better heat sink.

Start button, all the sub screens jerk up unless WinAmp is playing a radio station then all is smooth

with the start screens????

Installed IE6, said restart system, I did, no IE6? Cant find IE6? Rerun install, says no, restart system?

Cant get rid of McAfee VShield, it came with the + package. Thought gone but still on display properties page.

Crash for not enough memory???

Questions

1GB ram ok on 98se or do I need to set something?

What updates should I do?

I set, in bios, the bit to cut cpu speed with low use to cut heat, ok with 98se?

I turned off HT bit, needed for 98se?

Other then the games with the plus package no MS game pack, how to get it?

Need a firewall? Which one is the best?

This is 2nd install of 98SE, 1st crash trying to install the RTL 8139/810x lan software, cant really find software for that, many places claim to have but do not or its not the correct software.

Just did 3rd install and a ghost backup of it. This install working fine for now.

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Something different on this mother board, you can turn off the lan chip just like other bios,

but on this one you can turn off just the bios software for the lan chip? It was off and windows

did not care, lan worked, but the linux I also have on system could not use the lan at all, no internet.

A learn as I go.

The icon I have on this fourm is the 98se system I have.

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This motherboard can have 2GB ram, I only have 1GB in it. I can find where it says 98SE can do that with no changes and another says need to change a file and another says 2 files. Can someone help, does anything need to change?

As I find the 98se software I install it.

602 Pro PC Suite 2000, a MS office replacement.

WinDVD 4 which played movie RED full screen fine.

Img Burn, Foxit, Ccleaner, Cpuz, Winamp, Speedfan.

I still have many piles of stuff to look thru yet.

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RAM - did you look here which points to here?

1GiB is the max - Greater-than is when you start getting into trouble.

Your other two questions are "opinion" questions. Asking those will yield mixed responses. Mine is "if it makes you happy".

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RAM - did you look here which points to here?

1GiB is the max - Greater-than is when you start getting into trouble.

Your other two questions are "opinion" questions. Asking those will yield mixed responses. Mine is "if it makes you happy".

Thanks, 1gb should be fine now.

Tried firefox 8.01 and bookmarks did not work?

Took Sol, Solitaire, from my WIN ME system on a usb stick, put here, works, 1st game.

This game case is huge, 21" deep x 19" high x 8" wide.

Would like a 98se case of its day to put this in.

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System is stable except for winamp that can crash on exit? Anyone have that problem, or a fix?

I use SYMANTEC ghost win pe to back up system to a DVD.

System only uses 1gb on hard drive so backup to dvd fast but dvd to hard drive is a flash. This way I can try out anything

and if a bad crash, system back in 60sec.

Looking at a change of CASE to a DELL XPS 720 case with a lian mother board tray to convert case from BTX to ATX.

I like to mess with hard ware but soft ware can drive me nuts.

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Games -

http://www.mdgx.com/game.htm

Since you have a WinME CD, look at this -

http://www.mdgx.com/9s2m/

edit - Please note that many downloads directly from http://www.mdgx.com/ may not work and we are unsure why. The ones above, however, appear to function fine.

Thanks!

Things I really like about my 98se system, speed, 14 sec up, 4 sec off, Backup easy to fit on a cd/dvd,( win7 thin PC over 3gb size other 7 or 8 do not fit on DVD), games, heck I found I even have a program to edit and make dig movies on 98se.

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Now with this system with a MSI 848P NEO2-V in the biggest heavy 7 slot case, I have a Foxconn 648FX7MF-S and all its parts on the way to put into the smallest 4 slot case ? With out all that room and fans maybe cooling will be a problem?
ANY 4 SLOT CASES AS DIFFERENT AS THE HUGE DELL 7 SLOT CASE IS? SOME ONE MUST KNOW ABOUT A SUPER 4 SLOT CASE?

 

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Lot of work to change the Dell XPS 720 from a BTX to a ATX case. Found on net several ways to do but I wanted to keep

large red bezel on back of case so I made more work for myself.

 

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Parts for foxconn here, will put in a HP 8665 case for now.

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Foxconn bios not like MSI 848P NEO2-V bios, sata can not be made to look 100% like ide.

This board can not use sata dvd with windows 98se.

ANYONE HAVE A BIOS UPDATE TO USE SATA?

Website has 4A3F1P31 bios board says 6.00PG bios???

Foxconn  does not fit 1st hp case, have it in XT858 case for now.

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Foxconn bios not like MSI 848P NEO2-V bios, sata can not be made to look 100% like ide.

This board can not use sata dvd with windows 98se.

ANYONE HAVE A BIOS UPDATE TO USE SATA?

Website has 4A3F1P31 bios board says 6.00PG bios???

Foxconn does not fit hp case.

I doubt that you will find a BIOS update for SATA. Few BIOSes support Legacy Mode SATA.

I have a Patch for Windows 98 that supports the Native Mode SATA most BIOSes do support.

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Foxconn bios not like MSI 848P NEO2-V bios, sata can not be made to look 100% like ide.

This board can not use sata dvd with windows 98se.

ANYONE HAVE A BIOS UPDATE TO USE SATA?

Website has 4A3F1P31 bios board says 6.00PG bios???

Foxconn  does not fit hp case.

I doubt that you will find a BIOS update for SATA. Few BIOSes support Legacy Mode SATA.

I have a Patch for Windows 98 that supports the Native Mode SATA most BIOSes do support.

How can I get that patch?

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