Windows 98se on a new laptop

[janus zeal]

Now im not even sure if im going to keep trying to put 98 on there

i got it installed, but nothing in the system has drivers for windows 98.

my intel wifi mini-pcie card? no 9x support according to intel

my ati radeon? "advanced inf error" on install

my broadcom gigabit lan? "error 06f"

etc >_<

[LLXX]

You might have to search around a bit for the drivers, or do a little bit of INF modification - the other more knowledgeable members of this forum can help you with that, if you supply the exact hardware model numbers

[charles__]

What is the make and model laptop?

[janus zeal]

Acer Aspire 5670.

you can get windows xp drivers here: http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers/noteb..._5620_5670.html

ive tryed a program called driver magic to get drivers and only one of them is in the 62nds database. i also tryed looking on driver guide, to no avail...

my only option i guess is editing INFs, but i dont know how to do that.

i would supply the model numbers, but some of them i dont know... here is what i know:

Intel Wireless g 3945ABG

ATi Moblity Radeon - driver found

Broadcom 5789M gigabit lan

some kind of 6-in-1 card reader

some kind of "high definition audio bus"

some kind of conexant modem

the main things are the wifi and lan, and the sound. although it would be nice to be able to use all the devices...

ive found 3rd party drivers for the video card (that i use anyways on my desktop - omega drivers)

Edited May 24, 2006 by janus zeal

[charles__]

Might install Belarc to see a little more info on pc.

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

Some info from HP on the audio and modem.

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/support/files/hp...load/23335.html

Should be able to the get the modem to work not sure about the audio.

HDAUDIO\FUNC_02&VEN_14F1&DEV_2BFA&SUBSYS_10250098

Capabilities: Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP

; Controller: HSFHWAZL

; Daa Type: SMART

; Codec: LSD

; Hardware type: ICH

Mfg% = HSF_MODEM

Might try this drive off of the conexant site for the modem.

http://www.conexant.com/support/md_driverdownload.jsp

AC '97 4/22/2003 1.52MB HSFac97_WinME.zip

Edited May 25, 2006 by charles__

[charles__]

This should work for the Broadcom 5789M

http://www.broadcom.com/support/ethernet_n...loaddrivers.php

Intel Wireless g 3945ABG

http://www.intel.com/network/connectivity/...less_mobile.htm

http://support.intel.com/support/wireless/...45abg/index.htm

http://support.intel.com/support/wireless/...b/cs-010623.htm

Think your out of luck on the wirless for 98se

some kind of 6-in-1 card reader

The drivers at http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers/noteb..._5620_5670.html

has 98se support in them.

SupportOS]

Win95=1

Win98=1

WinME=1

WinNT4=1

Win2K=1

Texas Instruments PCI GemCore based SmartCard controller installation

; Copyright © 2004 Gemplus

; INSTALL_TYPE = PCI

Edited May 26, 2006 by charles__

[Fredledingue]

Janus,

I will pick w98 overe XP any day but...

As someone said before, it' best to use the CD that come with the laptop. It will be a royal pain to look for all the drivers and try them. Then you are not even sure they are the best drivers...

And droping the dual-core that w98 will not use is a bid sad.

My advice is: W-XP then install SafeXP and mark just about everything for disabling.

[RainyShadow]

Some drivers from the Acer site might be multi-OS bundles. Have You checked what is inside the archives?

[janus zeal]

Some drivers from the Acer site might be multi-OS bundles. Have You checked what is inside the archives?

ive checked some of them, but most of them are just a few INFs that are xp only. or exe installers that wont run on 98