are there FSB limitations of windows 98se?

[RJARRRPCGP]

just came across this board, its very similar to the Asus P5PE-VM that i chose:

its called the Asrock 775i65G R3.0

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/775i65G%20R3.0/?cat=Specifications

except it seems to have better CPU support then the asus board i picked...

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/775i65G%20R3.0/?cat=CPU

775*	Core 2 Extreme	QX6800(G0)	Kentsfield	2.93GHz	1066MHz	8MB	All775*	Core 2 Extreme	X6800	Conroe XE	2.93GHz	1066MHz	4MB	All775*	Core 2 Quad	Q6700(G0)	Kentsfield	2.66GHz	1066MHz	8MB	All775*	Core 2 Quad	Q6600(G0)	Kentsfield	2.4GHz	1066MHz	8MB	All775*	Core 2 Quad	Q6600(B3)	Kentsfield	2.40GHz	1066MHz	8MB	All775*	Core 2 Quad	Q6400(B3)	Kentsfield	2.13GHz	1066MHz	8MB	All775*	Core 2 Duo	E7300(M0)	Wolfdale	2.66GHz	1066MHz	3MB	All775*	Core 2 Duo	E7200(M0)	Wolfdale	2.53GHz	1066MHz	3MB	All775*    Pentium Dual Core    E6800    Wolfdale    3.33GHz    1066MHz    2MB    All775*    Pentium Dual Core    E6700(R0)    Wolfdale    3.2GHz    1066MHz    2MB    All775*    Pentium Dual Core    E6600(R0)    Wolfdale    3.06GHz    1066MHz    2MB    All775*    Pentium Dual Core    E6500(R0)    Wolfdale    2.93GHz    1066MHz    2MB    All775*    Pentium Dual Core    E6500K(R0)    Wolfdale    2.93GHz    1066MHz    2MB    All775    Pentium Dual Core    E5900(R0)    Wolfdale    3.40GHz    800MHz    2MB    All775    Pentium Dual Core    E5800    Wolfdale    3.2GHz    800MHz    2MB    All775    Pentium Dual Core    E5700    Wolfdale    3.0GHz    800MHz    2MB    All775    Pentium Dual Core    E5500(R0)    Wolfdale    2.8GHz    800MHz    2MB    All775    Pentium Dual Core    E5300(R0)    Wolfdale    2.60GHz    800MHz    2MB    All775    Pentium Dual Core    E5200(M0)    Wolfdale    2.50GHz    800MHz    2MB    All

strange it would support e7300 + e7200 but not the 7400,7500,7600 1066 wolfdale chips??

the e7400 + e7500 in particular are sort of equivelent to the x6800 for instance..

compare:

Core 2 Duo E7400        2.8 GHz         3 MB    1066 MT/s       10.5×   0.85–1.3625 V   65 W    LGA 775Core 2 Duo E7500 	2.93 GHz 	3 MB 	1066 MT/s 	11× 	0.85–1.3625 V 	65 W 	LGA 775 Core 2 Extreme X6800 	2.93 GHz 	4 MB 	1066 MT/s 	11× 	0.85–1.5 V 	75 W 	LGA 775 

e7500 has the same multiplier, same ghz, same fsb but is not listed for support. perhaps it wasnt released when they did the bios update..? thats the

only explanation i can think of.. e7200,e7300,e7400,e7500 were released in April 2008, August 2008, October 2008, January 2009

so that would put the time of the bios adjustment + updates to be around end of august 2008... well before october 2008 or jan 2009 so that would explain why no support for e7400,e7500 i guess..

but.. is that a deal breaker? maybe. this is sort of a mystery because it shows support for e5800 chip which i just checked was released 4th quarter 2010.. so there goes that theory?

still i wonder.. why no e7400, e7500, e7600 support? i must contact ASROCK..

What do you think? do you think the e7400 + e7500 + e7600 may possibly work on this motherboard?

or do they need explicit BIOS code built in to recognize the chip?

also the e7600 wasnt released untill May 2009.

the asus board i picked does not support Wolfdale or Kentsfield CPU's... but i ended up getting a deal tonight on an X6800 Conroe XE for 30$

from a recycling company in texas;) but, i dont think i'll be able to get that to 1333FSB on my Asus P5PE-VM as it's OC FSB is 1066,, base fsb is 800.

similar to this board, it only supports 800 FSB for using the built in graphics.. but 1066 for external so given that similarity its safe to say this little asrock will

likely not do 1333 FSB either, but they seemed to have spent more time on supporting some newer cpus.. I wish i could put a Q6600 into the Asus P5PE-VM, it doesnt support quads at all.

hmm.. maybe i should find one of these;) appears to have Win98se drivers too! dissappointing that it only has 10/100 networking built in.. that might be a deal breaker.. The asus board has gigabit ethernet..

now that im looking i also see a full ATX system by Asrock

its called the ConRoe865PE

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/ConRoe865PE/

this board also supports Q6600 Kentsfield.. wow i wish i had found this a few weeks back

i was using a motherboard search engine site called "interloper.com" but i think its only

relative to what they actually had or have instock rather then a comprehensive search on whats

available by manufacturers.

775*	Core 2 Extreme	QX6700(B3)	Kentsfield	2.66GHz	1066MHz	8MB	P1.50775*	Core 2 Extreme	X6800	Conroe XE	2.93GHz	1066MHz	4MB	P1.20775*	Core 2 Quad	Q6600(B3)	Kentsfield	2.40GHz	1066MHz	8MB	P1.50775*	Core 2 Quad	Q6400(B3)	Kentsfield	2.13GHz	1066MHz	8MB	P1.50

definately less cpu support on this board.. but at least it still supports the Q6600! (which i happen to have 2 of)

If anyone knows of any other motherboards that have windows 98se drivers and support Intel Core Processors past Conroe + 65nm + 1066 FSB, please do share a link to the said board here!

I definitely understand about the ethernet. Because I have FTTH. That didn't matter with DSL, but, times have changed.

And for the board manual that lists 1066 at max: 1066/4 is a paltry 266 Mhz FSB, that's why E8400 isn't supported.

And that's just ridiculous for some CPUs, despite being within board design limits to not be listed...

If a Wolfdale is supported, then for all of the 266 Mhz FSB or less variants, the board shouldn't even give a squeak.

Especially, because Wolfdale uses less watts than Conroe per clock cycle.

Edited March 23, 2014 by RJARRRPCGP