Below is a list of compatible hardware that works on Windows 9x systems (and or have suitable drivers)

Especially of interest is newer hardware that supports or still supports Win9x.

Please start by including hardware you have on your system that you can confirm works with Win9x.

I will add the hardware to the list as time allows.

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PROCESSORS:

Win9x DOES NOT support HyperThreading (please disable in the BIOS), Multiple Processors or MultiCore processors.
Win98/Me may run on MultiCore processors but only 1 core will be utilised.

Windows 95 has timing problems with CPU speeds higher than 350 Mhz.

Windows 98 FE (and consequently Win95) cannot exceed CPU speeds higher than 2.2 Ghz



Supported Processors:

Intel:
486 DX2-66 +
Pentium
Pentium Pro
Pentium MMX
Pentium 2
Pentium 2 Xeon
Pentium 3
Pentium 3 Xeon
Pentium 4
Xeon (Pentium 4)
Pentium 4 Extreme Edition ... (3.73 GHz is the fastest)
Pentium D ... (Only a Single Core will be utilised)
Pentium Dual-Core ... (Only a Single Core will be utilised)
Core 2 Duo ... (Only a Single Core will be utilised)
Core 2 Quad ... (Only a Single Core will be utilised)
Dual-Core Xeon ... (Only a Single Core will be utilised)
Quad-Core Xeon ... (Only a Single Core will be utilised)
Celeron
Celeron D

AMD:
486
586
K5
K6
Athlon
Duron
Semperon
Athlon XP
Opteron
Athlon 64 (FX-57 2.8 GHz is the fastest)
Turion 64




HARD DISKS:

Windows 95 supports FAT16.

Windows 95B / 98 / 98SE / Me supports FAT16 and FAT32

Win95 can NOT support hard drives bigger than 32 gig

FAT16 supports drive partitions up to 2 GB.

Win9x's FAT32 can be used on any hard drive larger than 512MB and supports hard disks up to 137 GB in size. To use bigger hard disks the system requires a system update. (See Below)

Windows 9x natively supports ATA IDE Hard Disk Drives. SCSI, SATA and RAID disk drives are supported through third party drivers.


Large Hard Disk Support
Windows 98 and Me do not natively support 48-bit LBA drives larger than 137 GB.

This means:
- If you have a hard disk larger than 137GB... and Windows trys to save data onto that disk past the 137GB barrier, data corruption (loss of files) is likely to occur.
- It doesn't matter if you partition the hard disk into smaller partitions, all partitions above the hard disks physical 137GB barrier will be affected.
- If you put a single partition on the hard disk using fdisk or alternative, and its less than 137GB (UNDER 128GB is recommended as safe) you will be fine (Just Don't allocate the remainder of the disk). But if you want to use the rest of the disk you must use a work around.


Work Arounds:

LLXX's Enable48BitLBA - Implements 48-bit LBA support into Windows 95/98/98SE and ME's default IDE driver.
Windows 98 - get the 4.10.2186 driver
Windows 98 Second Edition - most users should get the 4.10.2225 driver. If you have a old IBM laptop you may have to get 4.10.2226
Windows Me - get the 4.90.3000 driver
- create a primary partition on that drive (smaller than 128GB), using fdisk
- install win9x on that partition
- install drivers
- install the suitable LLXXs patch
- fill the rest of the disk with new partitions. (Keep them under 128GB if you still wish to use Scandisk and Defrag)
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=78592

Intel Application Accelerator - Allows users to access the full capacity of hard drives that are larger than 137GB on supported Intel® chipsets with a supported operating system.
http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/iaa/sb/cs-009299.htm

Rudolph Loew's 48-bit Patch - The High Capacity Disk Patch Program patches Windows 98/98SE/ME to provide direct support for hard drives larger than 137GB without requiring a controller card. The patch installs support for the 48-Bit LBA addressing mode required for hard drives larger than 137GB.
http://rloew1.no-ip.com

PCI ATA Controller card - Using a PCI ATA controller card to connect your 48-bit LBA hard drive to the system is the easiest and simplest option. With this option you can partition the hard drive without the need to upgrade the BIOS to support 48-bit LBA if it does not support this technology. The drivers provided with controller card will provide 48-bit LBA support in Windows 98 or Me.

More information on the 48bitLBA --> http://www.48bitlba.com/win98.htm


Partition Size Limits
The size of individual Partitions are subject to additional limitations due to FileSystem design and Partition management tools. Microsoft specifies a maximum Partition size of 128GB. Third Party Partition Management tools may have other limits.

DEFRAG and SCANDISK (in Windows Mode) are limited to less than 136.9GB Some people have reported limits as low as 127GB.



DOS, WINDOWS and SCANDISK (in DOS Mode) can handle at least 400GB.

WARNING: Diskeeper 10 claims to support Partitions up to 768GB and Windows 98/SE/ME. Tests show that it can corrupt large Partitions.

It is recommended that you Partition your Large Hard Drive with 2 or more Partitions so that no single Primary or Logical Partition is larger than 127GB.

FDISK can be used to Partition Large Hard Drives but will incorrectly report sizes above 64GB. You will need to enter sizes as Percentages in order to use the full capacity of the Hard Drive.






OPTICAL DISK DRIVES:

Windows 9x natively supports IDE optical drives without additional drivers.
This includes CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW and DVD Dual Layer drives.





FLOPPY DISK DRIVES

Windows 9x natively supports internal Floppy Disk Drives.

RAM
Windows 95 requires 4 megabytes (MB) of memory (8 MB recommended)
Windows 98 requires 16 megabytes (MB) of memory (24 MB recommended)
Windows Me requires 32 megabytes (MB) of memory (96 MB recommended)

Windows 98 Second Edition and Me can support upto 1 GB of RAM. Exceeding 128 MB or RAM can cause problems.


No. 1: For systems with more than 128 MB of RAM, setting a VCache maximum of about 70% of your total RAM is recommended as prophylaxis against run-away VCache growth in rare, specialized situations.

No. 2: VCache increasing above 512 MB can create serious memory handling problems. If you have more than 512 MB of RAM, a VCache maximum of 524,288 KB (or a little less) is recommended. This is obtained by adding a MaxFileCache=x entry in the [vcache] section of SYSTEM.INI, where x is the maximum value you wish to set. VCache is limited internally to a maximum cache size of 800 MB. The problem is that, on computers with large amounts of RAM, the maximum VCache size can be large enough that it consumes all of the available addresses in the system arena, leaving no virtual memory addresses available for other functions such as opening an MS-DOS prompt. This problem may occur more easily if you have an AGP video adapter: The AGP aperture is also mapped to addresses in the system arena, and if VCache is using its entire 800 MB allowance and an AGP video adapter has a 128 MB aperture mapped, there will be very little address space remaining for other system code and data that must occupy the available range of virtual addresses.

No. 3: For systems with more than 1 GB of RAM, the defaults in Windows 98 or ME can cause continuous rebooting of the computer, or to hangs or serial reboots during the Windows upgrade process. To resolve this problem, add a MaxPhysPage=40000 entry in the [386enh] section of SYSTEM.INI. This effectively limits the amount of RAM Windows can access to 1 GB. Microsoft has now flatly stated that, “Windows Me and Windows 98 are not designed to handle more than 1 GB or RAM. More than 1 GB can lead to potential system instability.”

Read more here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=105373




MOTHERBOARDS
The motherboards ability to support Windows 9x is crucial for a stable system. This ability is provided by the chipset.
See this thread for more information on the latest motherboards: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=97588

The following Chipsets have Windows 9x Support:

Intel Chipsets:
845 --- Pentium 4, PC100/133 SDRAM
865PE --- Pentium 4
865G --- Pentium 4
915GM ---
4xx
8xx
910
915
925 (mobile)
945
946
955
975
G965
P965
Q963
Q965


VIA
K8T800 Pro
P4M800Pro
kt600
kt880


nVIDIA
nForce 1
nForce 2
nForce 3 Ultra


ALi/ULi:
M1695
M1647 C1/M1535D+ A1 (work)
M1689 (IDE and USB1.1/2.0 work, SATA HDD driver is available)
M1573 southbridge chip (IDE and USB1.1 work, no SATA or USB2.0 support under Win98SE)
M1697 (unknown, no SATA support under Win98SE)


SiS
748
963L (work)




Motherboards:
ASRock 775i65G . Support E4300 - X6800. FSB is 1066 only with overclock which MBO support (Socket 775, Core 2 Duo, SATA)
ASRock 939S56-M socket 939 processors including AMD's dual core. PCI Express
ASUS P4B (Intel 845 Chipset, Socket 478, AGP 4)
Asus A7N8X-X (nForce 2)
ASUS P5PE-WM (865G Chipset, AGP 8) Supports: Intel® Core2 Duo/65nm Pentium D/Pentium 4/Celeron CPU
ECS P4M800Pro-M2, s775, VIA P4M800Pro, VGA (rev 2.0) .Support E4300 - E6700, DDR II memory (Socket 775, Core 2 Duo, SATA)
EPOX, s. 939, 9NDA3+, nForce 3 Ultra, BUS 2000 MHz, serial ATA RAID, 7.1 zvuk, DDR 400, 1Gps, FireWire, Firewall, ATX 2
EPOX, s. 939, 9NDA3J, nForce 3 Ultra, BUS 2000 MHz, serial ATA RAID, 7.1 zvuk, DDR 400, 1Gps, ATX 2
ECS KV2 Lite, s939, VIA K8T800 Pro, AGP, SATA, RAID, LAN
Gigabyte GA-8I865GME-775-RH (rev. 2.0). Support E4300 - X6800 but FSB 800 (Socket 775, Core 2 Duo, SATA)
Gigabyte GA-VM900M R1.0 board has working IDE & VGA drivers under windows 98SE.
Gigabyte GA-8I865PE775-G-RH (Northbridge: Intel® 865G/865PE Express Chipset) Supports: Intel® Pentium® 4 /Pentium® D Processor
Gigabyte 8I915P Duo (915P chipset)
MSI 865PE Neo2-PFISR (Intel 865PE chipset)
MSI K9MM-V

GRAPHICS CARDS:

Windows 9x requires a VGA compatible graphics adapter. Either built into the Motherboard or as a plug in expansion card.

Windows 9x supports PCI, AGP (1,2,4,8) and PCIe graphics cards if a suitable driver is available.


Supported Graphics Cards:

3dfx
Voodoo --- PCI
Voodoo Rush --- PCI
Voodoo 2 --- PCI and SLI
Voodoo Banshee --- PCI & AGP
Voodoo 3 --- PCI & AGP
Voodoo 4 --- PCI & AGP
Voodoo 5 --- PCI & AGP

Intel


STB
Virge VX
Virge DX
Virge GX
Velocity 128


nVIDIA
Vanta Series
Riva 128 --- PCI & AGP
TNT --- PCI & AGP
TNT2 --- PCI & AGP
GeForce 256 --- PCI & AGP
GeForce 2 MX --- AGP
GeForce 2 GTS/Ultra/Pro --- AGP
GeForce 3 --- AGP
GeForce 4 MX --- AGP
GeForce 4 Ti --- AGP
GeForce Fx --- AGP & PCIe
GeForce 6 --- AGP & PCIe (6800 last card to be officially supported by nVIDIA)
GeForce 7 --- AGP & PCIe (Requires UnOfficial Driver)
GeForce 8 --- AGP & PCIe (Requires UnOfficial Driver)
Quadro
Quadro2
Quadro DCC
Quadro 4
Quadro FX
Quadro NVS



ATi / AMD
Rage Fury Max
Rage 128
Rage PRO
Rage XL/XC
Rage II/II+
Rage IIL
Radeon 7000 series --- AGP & PCIe
Radeon 8000 series --- AGP & PCIe
Radeon 9000 series --- AGP & PCIe (9800 last card to be officially supported by ATi)
X800 series --- AGP 8x (R420 core, supported since CATALYST 4.11 BETA) --- X800pro works without problem
X300, X600, X700 series --- PCIe (RV370, RV380, and RV410 core, supported since CATALYST 4.11 BETA) ---
X800 series --- PCIe (R423 or R430 core, supported since CATALYST 5.2) ---
X850 series --- PCIe (R480 core, supported since CATALYST 5.2) --- X850XT works on GIGABYTE GA-K8A480M-9, but CATALYST 6.2 is recommended during installation
Xpress 200 series --- Onboard (RS400 or RS480 core, supported since CATALYST 5.2) --- works (RS480 on GIGABYTE GA-K8A480M-9)
Xpress 200 series --- Onboard (RS482 core, supported since CATALYST 5.9) ---
X550 series --- PCIe (RV370 core, supported by CATALYST 6.2) ---
X700 series --- AGP 8x (RV410 core with Rialto bridge chip, supported by CATALYST 6.2) ---
X800 series --- AGP 8x (R430 core with Rialto bridge chip, maybe supported by CATALYST 6.2?) ---
X850 series --- AGP 8x (latest R481 core, supported by CATALYST 6.2) ---
All-in-Wonder Series --- (upto 9800)


Matrox
Impression
Ultima
Millennium
Mystique
Mystique 220
Millennium 2
G100
Mystique G200
MGA G200
Millennium G200
G300 Series
G400 Series
G450
G550

SOUND CARDS:
Windows 9x can support integrated, USB, ISA and PCI sound cards with an appropriate Win9x driver.


Supported Sound Cards


Realtek
*All AC'97 Audio Codecs have drivers for all 9x systems (but not high definition chips)*
RTL8110SC(L)


CREATIVE LABS
Sound Blaster AWE32
Sound Blaster 32
Sound Blaster AWE64
Sound Blaster PCI64
Sound Blaster PCI128
Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI
Creative Ensoniq Vibra PCI
Sound Blaster 16 PCI
Sound Blaster PCI512
Sound Blaster Live!
Sound Blaster Audigy
Sound Blaster Audigy 2
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS


C-Media:
C-Media CMI8738 --- Onboard (VxD/WDM driver available, some issues with games) - http://www.cmedia.com.tw/?q=en/driver



Ensoniq
Ensoniq Soundscape S-2000
Ensoniq SoundscapeDB
Ensoniq Soundscape Elite
Ensoniq Soundscape OPUS
Ensoniq Soundscape VIVO90
Ensoniq AudioPCI



M-Audio
Audiophile 24/96. - Appears to work even better than in NT5.


Yamaha:
Yamaha 724 --- An old PCI card. Also provides basic 8-bit sound, OPL-3 FM, XG Level 1 synthesis to DOS programs. OPL-3 also works in pure DOS.
YMF744 --- PCI (VxD (DirectX issues) and WDM driver available) - http://www.yamahamultimedia.com/yec/helpce...card_Whelp.html

CONTROLLER CARDS:


USB2 & Firewire Controllers
SkyMaster - VIA USB 2.0 Host Controller (5 USB2 + 3 IEE1394)
BAFO BF-460 USB2.0 PCI CARD (NEC USB2.0 Host Controller)

PRINTERS:



Canon
S520 --- A4
i6100 --- A4 & A3



Hewlett Packard
Deskjet 660C
DeskJet 694c
Laserjet 5L
Laserjet 1100A (also a B&W scanner)



Lexmark
P3150 (also a scanner)
E352dn/E250dn Laser Printer. - TCP/IP printing requires additional driver on Win98.


Kodak

SCANNERS:


Mustec
600 IIN + ISA Controller Card


Hewlett Packard
ScanJet 2300c



Epson
V350

A list the latest models that still offer support.


DIAL UP MODEMS:
Swann Speed Demon 56k



ADSL MODEMS:
NetComm NB5 ADSL 2+



CABLE MODEMS:




WIRELESS MODEMS:

NETWORK ADAPTERS:
10/100mbs work perfectly on 98. (Can use basic Ndis driver)
Intel 10/1000 GT Pro Gigabit network controller.
Marvell Yukon 88E8001




Wifi :
Linksys WMP54 series is fine with 98
Ralink based chipsets are supposed to work on 9x (MSI PC54G)

MULTIMEDIA / INPUT DEVICES


KEYBOARDS
Windows 9x natively supports most Keyboards without additional drivers.


MOUSE
Windows 9x natively supports most Mouses without additional drivers.



JOYSTICK / GAME PAD
Windows 95 will require drivers for all but the most basic joysticks.
Windows 98+ natively supports most midi game pads & joysticks functions without additional drivers. Drivers maybe required for additional advanced features and for gaming devices that use USB connections.

Tested:
Microsoft Sidewinder Games Pad - Midi



DVD Decoder Cards
Creative PC-DVD Encore Dxr2 --- PCI
Creative PC-DVD Encore Dxr3 --- PCI
Sigma Designs Hollywood Plus --- PCI



TV & Radio Tuners
Genius Video Wonder Pro III (TV)



Graphic tablets:
Wacom Intuos2
Intuos
Graphire2
Graphire
PenPartner 1998
ArtPad II
ArtPad
UD-II (UltraPad/Digitizer II)
UD Series
Cintiq 18SX
Cintiq 15X
PL-250-500

USB DEVICES



USB Portable Hard Disks
Windows Me will support most portable USB Hard Disk Drives without an additional driver.
Windows 98 and 98SE require additional drivers. Try Maximum-Decim Native USB Drivers http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=43605



USB Thumb Drives
Windows Me will support most portable USB Thumb Drives without an additional driver.
Windows 98 and 98SE require additional drivers. Try Maximum-Decim Native USB Drivers http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=43605

OTHERS 1


Reserved for future use.

OTHERS 2

Reserved for future use.

This thread would be better on a webpage, especially when it comes to organising.

You forgot about the timing problems which stop Windows 95 from being usable on CPU speeds higher than 350 Mhz, and Windows 98 FE (and consequently Win95) from being usable on CPU speeds higher than 2.2 Ghz.

Windows 95 does not support all gamepads. At least not USB gamepads.

My system:

Intel P4 2.8GHz
MSI 865PE Neo2-PFISR (Intel 865PE chipset)
ATI Radeon 9800
TV tuner : Genius Video Wonder Pro III
120 GB SATA drive + 80 GB IDE drive
(I have recently bought a 500GB drive from WD and made only a fresh install of W98)
old HP Laserjet 5L printer

hope it helps

Win98se/ME Compatible Graphics Cards:
ATi:
Radeon X800pro (R420 core) --- AGP (supported since CATALYST 4.11 BETA)
https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default...mp;folderID=377
My X800pro (R420 core) works for almost 3 years on Win98se. However, a better VGA cooler is necessary for temperature issue.

NVIDIA:
GeForce 6800GT (NV40 core) ---AGP (supported since ForceWare 61.76)


Win98se/ME Compatible Sound Cards:
Yamaha:
Yamaha YMF744 --- PCI (VxD/WDM driver available)
http://www.yamahamultimedia.com/yec/helpce...card_Whelp.html
VxD driver may not pass the DirectSound test in Dxdiag. Besides, the Legacy Sound System(for DOS games) conflicts with PC version of Final Fantasy VIII.

C-Media:
C-Media CMI8738 --- Onboard (VxD/WDM driver available, but the compatibility for PC games is not very well)
http://www.cmedia.com.tw/?q=en/driver


As far as I know, original Audigy 2 ZS also supports Win98se, but I only have original Audigy 2

Maybe that can happen once we get a good collection of compatible hardware


The beauty of this system for now is we can get members input.

Is there any fixes for the timing issues on Win95 or Win98?

Once more, really nice initiative galahs!
I made a small hardware list myself in last february. You can check it on win9x4ever.online.fr...

Anyway, here's what you can add :

Chipsets / Mobos :
Uli and SYS chipsets should be added (I'll check in detail what still supports 9x and what doesn't since february)
Uli M1695 is compatible with w98 (Asrock Dual-sata 2/ Dual-Vsta mobo)

Audio :
All Realtek AC'97 Audio Codecs have drivers for all 9x systems (but not high definition chips)
Realtek RTL8110SC(L) chipset works on 98SE and ME

Wifi :
Linksys WMP54 series is fine with 98
Ralink based chipsets are supposed to work on 9x but I've had problems with them. Maybe just my hardware... Needs some testing. (MSI PC54G)

Network adapters :
all 10/100mbs I know work perfectly on 98. Any basic Ndis driver does the job anyway in most cases. I don't know about 1000mbs PCI v2 cards though...

Printers :
Laserjet 1100A (also a B&W scanner)
Deskjet 660C
Lexmark P3150 (also a scanner)

Graphic tablets:
Wacom Intuos2, Intuos, Graphire2, Graphire, PenPartner 1998, ArtPad II, ArtPad, UD-II (UltraPad/Digitizer II), UD Series, Cintiq 18SX, Cintiq 15X, PL-250-500
(it seems PenPartner, Volito, Graphire4, Graphire3, Graphire Bluetooth, Wireless Pen Tablet, Cintiq 17SX/PL-710, DTF-510, Penabled Tablet PC require Win2k or higher)

I'm certainly forgetting stuff...
Anyway, like who you know would say: HTH...

Yes.

Well, that's the old URL. Don't know where to find another one. Maybe on that Toshiba site? :/

I made a complete list of X series, because the compatibility with Win98SE may differ by different graphics core or bridge chip.
Some products may conflict with Win98SE.

ATi
X800 series --- AGP 8x (R420 core, supported since CATALYST 4.11 BETA) --- X800pro works without problem
X300, X600, X700 series --- PCIe (RV370, RV380, and RV410 core, supported since CATALYST 4.11 BETA) ---
X800 series --- PCIe (R423 or R430 core, supported since CATALYST 5.2) ---
X850 series --- PCIe (R480 core, supported since CATALYST 5.2) --- X850XT works on GIGABYTE GA-K8A480M-9, but CATALYST 6.2 is recommended during installation
Xpress 200 series --- Onboard (RS400 or RS480 core, supported since CATALYST 5.2) --- works (RS480 on GIGABYTE GA-K8A480M-9)
Xpress 200 series --- Onboard (RS482 core, supported since CATALYST 5.9) ---
X550 series --- PCIe (RV370 core, supported by CATALYST 6.2) ---
X700 series --- AGP 8x (RV410 core with Rialto bridge chip, supported by CATALYST 6.2) ---
X800 series --- AGP 8x (R430 core with Rialto bridge chip, maybe supported by CATALYST 6.2?) ---
X850 series --- AGP 8x (latest R481 core, supported by CATALYST 6.2) ---


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MOTHERBOARDS(Chipsets):
ALi/ULi:
M1647 C1/M1535D+ A1 (work)
M1689 (IDE and USB1.1/2.0 work, SATA HDD driver is available)
M1573 southbridge chip (IDE and USB1.1 work, no SATA or USB2.0 support under Win98SE)
M1697 (unknown, no SATA support under Win98SE)

SiS:
SiS 748/SiS 963L (work)


CONTROLLER CARDS:
USB2 & Firewire Controllers:
BAFO BF-460 USB2.0 PCI CARD (NEC USB2.0 Host Controller)

Networking

Intel 10/1000 GT Pro Gigabit network controller.

very good piece of hardware.

Soundcards
M-Audio Audiophile 24/96. - Appears to work even better than in NT5.
Yamaha 724. - An old PCI card. Also provides basic 8-bit sound, OPL-3 FM, XG Level 1 synthesis to DOS programs. OPL-3 also works in pure DOS.

Printers
Lexmark E352dn/E250dn Laser Printer. - TCP/IP printing requires additional driver on Win98.

Network interfaces
Marvell Yukon 88E8001.

Hard disks
VIA VT6410 RAID controller, available on GA-8I915P Duo for example. It has driver for Win98 and can work with hard disks exceeding 127 GB independently of ESDi_506. Perhaps other VIA RAID controllers are also working.


What drivers does one need to properly install Win98 on the new Intel chipsets you have listed here?

Windows 95 has timing problems with CPU speeds higher than 350 Mhz.
What it will write on screen, if cpu speed is ~ 2 ghz?

It will complain that it doesn't have enough memory to initialise Windows.

about that 350mhz timing issues, i installed 95b on a celeron 1.3ghz but havent installed the update is there meant to be some error message?

also the mention about 95 not supporting hdds bigger then 32gb isnt that wrong

Awergh
The 350MHz timing problem in Win 95x was only relevant to AMD CPU and yes MS and AMD have a patch for this.
The next timing problem was at 2.1GHz and effected all CPU's as well as both Win 95x and Win 98FE there is a patch for Win 98 FE but not Win 95x as MS in there stupidity had already decided it was obsolete. Though I did see a thread here where someone was trying to patch 95 with the files from MS 98 patch.
I can't recall if it worked (I don't think it would).

32GB was the limit for FAT32 in Win 95OSR2x personally I not tried to use a drive larger than 30GB for my Win 95 set up. Though I may now experiment and try it with a larger drive.

HTH

USB + Firewire
ST-Lab f-116: USB2.0, Firewire400

TV tuners
all BT8x8 devices - driver support at www.iulabs.com (Ivan Uskovs Tweaked drivers)

CX88 - unsupported tuner, but It seems that Analog section is working correctly when installed manually.
xceive3028 - analog + dvb-t tuner - i found a driver, but i miss the hardware
DVB-T demodulators - drivers for Win9x are only few and cause BSOD or does not seem to work.

You can remove the Palit x800 GTO AGP from the list (r420 - vendor:1002 id:4a49). No way to make it work with Catalyst 5.9 or 6.2. It's listed in the *.inf and installs correctly but the driver never starts correctly.
galahs, your list says x800 Pro (r420) is supported and works fine. I don't know if this is just the Palit or every similar x800 but it sure doesn't work!

Anyway, I think it is better to add the X800GTO AGP (R420 core) to the incompatibility list.
Maybe it is not compatible with Win98SE or the main board.

The Palit X800 GTO AGP uses R420 core, but it was released since the end of 2005.
The revised card is different with old X800 PRO.

My X800 PRO(X80 PRO by ELSA) already works over 3 years, and it runs faster on Win98SE.

Scanner: Epson V350
This is probably one of the last scanners that have a Win98 driver.

Can't anyone make a database? It's difficult to search for harware devices in a topic.

R4-III Upgrade Revolution for DS (NDSL/NDS)
This is an adapter which is inserted into the Nintendo DS. Into this adapter you can insert a micro SD or micro SDHC card with .nds files (=images of Nintendo DS games), and you can play the games, without the original Nintendo cartridge.

The .nds game files can be downloaded from the internet under any opsys, e.g. Win98, but must be transferred then from the HDD to the micro SD/SDHC card via a USB card reader. The micro SD card reader which is enclosed with the R4-III Upgrade works under WinXP, but NOT under Win98, no driver (the Windows 98 SE Generic USB Mass Storage Device Drivers v3.3 nusb33e.exe downloaded from http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/w...age-drivers.php did not work).

I purchased separately several USB SD card readers, until I got one which actually does work under Win98 (a hama 55310 v3, works with a micro SD/SDHC card plus a "microSD ==> SD adapter"). On www.hama.de they have listed separate drivers for v1 & v2, but nothing for v3; the driver for v1 worked, but not the one for v2. When you replace the WinXP card reader in the package, the R4-III Upgrade is fully compatible with Win98. The R4-III adapter is a link between 3 worlds: PC, mobile phone technology (micro SD card) & the Nintendo DS. On a 4GB micro SDHC chip there is space for about 50 different games, depending on their size.

The R4-III Upgrade is a killer piece of hardware. The mule has 25 packs of fully working .nds files, with 100 game cartridges per pack, about 60 GBs altogether, which take less than a week because the files are not rare, heavy downloads currently, about 100-200 sources each.

The R4-III http://www.r4dsl.net/ is a must for Nintendo DS gamers and a reason for getting an SDHC card reader for Win98. Probably the most appreciated Xmas gift in a long time, costs about EUR 35.

Addendum: The R4 adapter canNOT be found at ebay (there are exceptions: http://cgi.ebay.com/Nintendo-DS-Lite-PINK-...1QQcmdZViewItem ,another exception at ebay Spain, where r4 ds is not in the item title, http://cgi.ebay.es/para-nintendo-ds-mas-2g...1QQcmdZViewItem , also ebay Germany and ebay Spain make money selling sponsored links for "R4 DS" searches, without offering R4 DS themselves, e.g. sponsored links to http://www.dsflash.es/index.php?cPath=21_31 ). In the US there is for example an online store http://www.stuffs4kids.com/R4DS_Revolution_s/4.htm (only older versions?). In seaside resorts in Spain they are in the shop windows of many electronic stores. I guess it's Nintendo fighting for their life, just as if the music industry tried to prohibit mp3 players.

That's great for homebrew, but for anything else it's copyright infringement. Buy the games you like.

You are absolutely right, I fully agree with you, but I don't even know how to use a Nintendo DS. My 13-year-old, however, told me he now doesn't need to buy any games anymore, and that he is just using backup copies

Win98 (not SE) was installed on Phenom X3 processor, motherboard Gigabyte GA-Ma770 DS3. But i had some errors during the setup, and i had no cursor on desktop, BUT IT WORKED!! ON SATA II DRIVE, WITH PCI-E 2.0 CARD and so on. Of course, I returned to XP.

Don't forget there FX 5500/5200 , X1550/X1300 and Geforce 6200, 8400GS, 8500GT, 8600GT PCI cards as well.

Does the 82.69 drivers have 8 series cards support up to the 8600GT?

Can someone tell me does the 82.69 drivers work with the 8400GS, 8500GT, AND 8600GT Cards?

AOL terminated their web hosting service so I had to move my website to http://rloew1.no-ip.com.



Windows ME SCANDISK and DEFRAG can be used in Windows 98 and have a limit of 1TiB.
There is a bug in the Windows 98, SE and ME FileSystems that under some conditions limits a Partition to 1TiB.



The standard FDISK can be used in Percentage mode up to 512GiB. I haven't tested the updated version since it is buggy. I have a Partitioning Program that can handle 2TiB.



Some Chipset based SATA controllers are recognized by Windows 9X as IDE drives. Windows 9X can support these SATA Controllers but a modified .INF file is required for proper operation.



FAT16 partitions up to 4 GiB are supported but some programs will not work properly. With Patches, a FAT16 partition can be uo to 8GiB.

Let me add my 2 cents...
IMHO, it's too risky to use:
1) FAT-12 above 32 MiB (127 MiB is possible with patches), it's better to use FAT-16 instead.
2) FAT-16 above 2 GiB (8 GiB is possible with patches), it's better to use FAT-32 instead.
Otherwise, sooner or latter, some program will trash the partition, at the worst possible time (Murphy's Law).

rloew, sorry to hear about AOL retiring hometown - looks like AOL have made a lot of people unhappy...
I've been using the updated FDISK for years - care to expand on what's buggy in it?

The HP Laserjet 6P works with everything from DOS to XP. Been running a refurb one since 1998 or 1999
The HP Laserjet 1012 works with 98SE and XP. Replaced my sisters 1012 with a older refurbished 6P as the 6P is more durable and will handle card stock.

The HP Photosmart 2610 All-In-One works with 98SE and XP
The HP Photosmart 375 (370 series) 4" x 6" printer works with 98SE and XP
The HP Photosmart 475 (470 series) 5" x 7" printer works with 98SE and XP
The Photosmart 2610, 375 & 475 all use the same series of ink cartridges.

The Epson Stylus Photo 785EPX works with 98SEand XP
The Epson Stylus Photo R260 works with 98SE and XP
The Epson Stylus Photo R1800 13" x 19" printer works with 98SE and XP
I believe the Stylus Photo R260 and R1800 are the last Epson photo printers with drivers for 98SE

The UMax Asrtra 2200 Scanner works with 98SE and has both USB and SCSI connections.

The Plustek OpticPro64+ Scanner works with 98SE and XP
The Plustek OpticFilm 7200 Scanner for 35mm slides works with 98SE and XP

The following Chipsets have Windows 9x Support:

Intel Chipsets:

910
915
925 (mobile)
945
946
955
975
G965
P965
Q963
Q965

FISR (Intel 865PE chipset)
MSI K9MM-V
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Intel 900 Series with socket 775 MOB no longer supports Windows 98/ME/SE
Intel infinst_autol.exe or intelata_enu.exe did work winth Win 9X until 2006

When you try to install newer 9XX chipset.inf file today “infinst_autol.exe or intelata_enu.exe”, they refuse with “Operating System not supported” or even “rundll32 export failure” messages. If you carefully extract the file content to many of *.cat file level and examine them carefully. I see the $chicago$ headers and ‘donothing’ instructions within them. I am not even a coder but just a photographer and graphic artist, I can still see that Intel was influenced by somebody in the background. Perhaps one of software giants stopped Intel’s driver development team from releasing drivers suspected detrimental to the sales of new software campaign. The time and motivations seem to co-incide with discontinuation of innovative and altruistic Winternals projects from Texas. The Winternals was well capable of providing add-on component pack for Windows NT and Windows 9X at $29 (meaning such pack can appear on eBay for $4.99 range p&p inclusive) per seat to perform the today’s role of Windows XP platform (application compatibility wise) aside from ADS (alternative data stream) which I do not care for in any means. Games of software giants play are not as devastating as oil price schemes detrimental to the future economy of our country but it’s really something. Question of morale of the country strived on philosophy of freedom.

Pinecloud

Economic interest was not build into hardware enumeration hierarchy until 486 or even early P5. Pci/ven code started to appear in Windows registry after P5 era. Windows block device mapping has no logical relation to physical device mapping e.g., c0t0d0p0s:b (hba ID, target ID, disk ID, partition ID, slice ID) which makes more sense over Windows device vendor signature based mapping perhaps arising from its economic interests. Playing with pci/ven codes cut and paste using established models already running on Windows 9X and XP as reference guide at “Brutal Force Locksmith Method” eventually works because it has worked on setting up PCI-E video card. for me. Doing it on disk enumeration has much more threat of losing data. That is why I have not tried as hard.

Intel 900 Series with socket 775 MOB no longer supports Windows 98/ME/SE
Intel infinst_autol.exe or intelata_enu.exe did work winth Win 9X until 2006

When you try to install newer 9XX chipset.inf file today “infinst_autol.exe or intelata_enu.exe”, they refuse with “Operating System not supported” or even “rundll32 export failure” messages. If you carefully extract the file content to many of *.cat file level and examine them carefully. I see the $chicago$ headers and ‘donothing’ instructions within them. I am not even a coder but just a photographer and graphic artist, I can still see that Intel was influenced by somebody in the background. Perhaps one of software giants stopped Intel’s driver development team from releasing drivers suspected detrimental to the sales of new software campaign. The time and motivations seem to co-incide with discontinuation of innovative and altruistic Winternals projects from Texas. The Winternals was well capable of providing add-on component pack for Windows NT and Windows 9X at $29 (meaning such pack can appear on eBay for $4.99 range p&p inclusive) per seat to perform the today’s role of Windows XP platform (application compatibility wise) aside from ADS (alternative data stream) which I do not care for in any means. Games of software giants play are not as devastating as oil price schemes detrimental to the future economy of our country but it’s really something. Question of morale of the country strived on philosophy of freedom.

Pinecloud

Economic interest was not build into hardware enumeration hierarchy until 486 or even early P5. Pci/ven code started to appear in Windows registry after P5 era. Windows block device mapping has no logical relation to physical device mapping e.g., c0t0d0p0s:b (hba ID, target ID, disk ID, partition ID, slice ID) which makes more sense over Windows device vendor signature based mapping perhaps arising from its economic interests. Playing with pci/ven codes cut and paste using established models already running on Windows 9X and XP as reference guide at “Brutal Force Locksmith Method” eventually works because it has worked on setting up PCI-E video card. for me. Doing it on disk enumeration has much more threat of losing data. That is why I have not tried as hard.

That may be the case, but if you don't already have the drivers for 9x, then you won't get them from HP anymore...
HP have pulled all 9x drivers from their website some time ago, although they left the Windows 3.x drivers!!! - Go figure???
So much for post sales support from HP!
The problem is that HP are in bed with M$, and when M$ say jump, HalfPie jumps!

Here's HP's official statement:
ALERT! Printer Driver Support for Windows 98/ME
Effective December 31, 2006 HP support for Windows 98/ME will end.
- No further support of the HP traditional print drivers for Windows 98/ME will be provided.
- No further development or enhancements of the printer drivers for Windows 98/ME will be completed.
- No support for defect resolution of the printer drivers for Windows 98/ME will be provided.
Effective June 30, 2007 all Windows 98/ME printer drivers will be removed from hp.com:
- HP’s licensing agreement with third-party providers granting use of their components will expire.
- Basic support for your HP product will be available through the use of prior printer or ‘legacy’ printer drivers.
Hewlett-Packard will provide Windows 98/ME drivers for a very limited number of HP LaserJet low-end printers introduced Spring and Fall 2006.
HP's currently available drivers for Windows 2000 and later are the recommended drivers for all supported HP printers from January 1, 2007 forward.
Background
Microsoft discontinued Windows 98/ME shipments in June 2002/2003 respectively.
HP’s Windows 98/ME driver discontinuance is directly related to the fact that there is no longer Microsoft resources allocated to issue management.

Blah, blah, blah, yes Microsoft, as you wish Microsoft, of course I'll jump over that really large cliff Microsoft...

Epson on the other hand still produce 9x drivers for their consumer printer range, and you will always be able to download existing drivers!
I've always had Epson printers since the earliest dot matrix days.
Go Epson!

There's always the MS win98SE CD to fall back on - it contains a lot of drivers for HP printers, including Laserjet.

The newer Laserjets which *aren't* on the win98SE CD, *may* be driven quite successfully by an older win98SE Laserjet printer driver since the family is software compatible to a large degree. There's an interesting discussion about this topic here, which includes some more background as to why HP pulled win98Se support.

http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/forums...hreadId=1173447

Generally that would be true but there are exceptions. Sometimes there is no choice as to which FAT type you can use. I used a 4GiB FAT-16 formatted CF card in my camera which does not recognize FAT-32. Crashing is unlikely as the biggest problem seems to be Programs treating the Partition as having zero size.
Windows NT supported 4GiB FAT-16 Partitions. Only >4GiB FAT-16 Partitions require Patches.



The upgraded FDISK was not adequately debugged. If you use it to create a small Partition in the first 8GiB, it may produce a corrupt entry if an odd number of cylinders are assigned to the partition.

That's not good!
Any chance of a community patch?
We could call it rloew's FDISK Patch.

Due to more fundamental limitations, particularly the inability to define a Partition without erasing it, I created my own Partitioning tool called RFDISK.
It provides many more features than FDISK including the setup of a Dual-Boot or Multi-Boot system.
It is also not limited to 512GiB. It can easily handle 2TiB. An experimental version should support 512TiB.

Microtek's scanners currently support Windows 9x, and they are also updating the drivers.
I'm using ScanWizard 5 v6.61, released February 2009 in Windows 98SE.
So, if anyone needs a scanner that works in Windows 98/SE/Me, then Microtek is the answer.

Sony Vaio VGN-A115M laptop works fine on 98SE, except wireless lan.

- Intel Pentium M 715 Dothan (2MB) 1.5 GhZ - - Intel Speedstep utility v3.1 - Allows multiplier/voltage switching, keeps CPU cool
- Intel 855PM Chipset - Official driver from Intel Version: 6.3.0.1007
- Mobility Radeon 9200 (both ATI Catalyst 6.2 and corresponding Omega drivers)
- Intel 100Pro/VE 100mbps network connection - Intel website
- RealtekAC97 Sound
- ESI Waveterminal U24 USB soundcard


No drivers for:

- Intel 2200BG network connection (wireless lan)

EPSON with support win98:

Epson D92, Epson D120 and Epson R285