Does Windows 98 SE have a limit on processor speed?

[EGOvoruhk]

So I'm building a new Windows 98 box just to play around with, and I'm looking for some resources about its limits, and I found this forum. Anyway, I need to pick up an LGA 775/Socket T chip, and I was just wondering if Windows 98 SE supported all processor speeds

Also, does it have support for HyperThreading or Celeron D?

Thanks in advance you guys

[awergh]

98se doesnt support but as far as i know there is now cpu speed limit

98se can see multiple cpus or cores it can only see 1 cpu

[galahs]

Nope.

Windows 9x does not support Hyperthreading or Multi Core/Processors.

However it may work on the system if you disable HT or Multiple processors in the bios.

[awergh]

im pretty sure i ran 98se on a computer which had ht enabled but you can disable it anyway

[YKWIA]

im pretty sure i ran 98se on a computer which had ht enabled but you can disable it anyway

I ran a Windows ME system with HT enabled, No diffrence in speed.

[awergh]

i didnt mean speed difference because i doubt there is any, what i meant was that 98se didnt crash when i tried it on a computer with ht enabled

[Mijzelf]

That's right. W9x runs fine on a multiprocessor (multicore,hyperthreading) system. But it will only detect and use 1 processor.

[mutterer]

Have a look here > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312108/en-us

There is a problem with NDIS with CPU speeds of 2.2gHz or faster. MS USED to publish a patch, which I downloaded and subsequently lost

(as my CPU is only 500 MHz it probably got dumped in the 6 monthly clearout) but MS now claim that there is no fix, probably they lost it as well.

[awergh]

that problem is for 98 fe and 95 not 98se, ive definatly run 98se on a p4 2.6ghz anyway

[EGOvoruhk]

that problem is for 98 fe and 95 not 98se, ive definatly run 98se on a p4 2.6ghz anyway

Sweet, thanks. I'm actually picking up a P4 2.6GHz

My motherboard tops out at 2.8, but I can't find one for cheap. The 2.6 I found for around a hundred, and the 2.8s I found are around two hundred. Bah!

[Rjecina]

In my thinking many of answer which has come to this question has been wrong.

Speed of CPU problem on Windows 98 SE do not exist. I can say that looking my PC.

I having Core 2 Duo E 4300 with 1 GB RAM and everything (Windows 98 SE and all programs) is working without problems

[MDGx]

Have a look here > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312108/en-us

There is a problem with NDIS with CPU speeds of 2.2gHz or faster. MS USED to publish a patch, which I downloaded and subsequently lost

(as my CPU is only 500 MHz it probably got dumped in the 6 monthly clearout) but MS now claim that there is no fix, probably they lost it as well.

This patch is available here:

http://www.mdgx.com/web.htm#W98

* Microsoft Windows 98 CPU > 2.1 GHz NDIS Error NDIS.VXD 4.10.2000 Fix:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=312108

Direct download [213 KB, English]:

http://www.autourdupc.com/Logiciel/WIN98/S.../312108USA8.EXE

HTH [Hope This Helps]

[erpdude8]

that problem is for 98 fe and 95 not 98se, ive definatly run 98se on a p4 2.6ghz anyway

not quite correct, awergh. The patch is for Win98 FE ONLY. There is NO Win95 patch. The Resolution section in MS article 312108 now sounds convoluted. I know there was a 98fe hotfix for it but NO 95 hotfix was available.

Win98 SE already supports 2.1 GHz & faster CPUs w/out the patch so the problem in MS article 312108 is already resolved in 98se

[awergh]

what i meant was that the error effect 95 and 98fe as it stated at the bottom of the article

[NothingMuchHereToSay]

Might this patch for Windows 98 still be on your website, MDGx?