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#21 cdillon

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Posted 06 June 2005 - 01:20 PM

Gape, on Apr 21 2005, 06:43 AM, said:

Petr, on Apr 21 2005, 09:50 AM, said:

I forgot to reply - UPDATE.SYS supports Intel processors only.
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Why UPDATE.SYS size doesn't match with the original?

Your UPDATE.SYS: 60,576 bytes.
Original UPDATE.SYS: 60, 592 bytes.

Do you know any good free patching program (supports silent patching)?
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There is a totally free binary diff/patcher originally written for FreeBSD, but has been ported to Windows.

See http://www.daemonology.net/bsdiff/

You will see a link to the Windows port on that page.

#22 MDGx

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Posted 23 June 2005 - 11:18 PM

These are the new URLs for UPDATE.SYS for both 98SE + ME, this time with installers, no need to copy them manually to %windir%\system32\drivers anymore, also posted here:
http://www.msfn.org/...showtopic=46581
and here:
http://www.mdgx.com/web.htm

* Unofficial Windows ME Updated CPU Microcode UPDATE.SYS build 4.90.3001 Fix includes most current Intel CPUs:
http://www.msfn.org/...showtopic=44388
Direct download [166 KB, English]:
http://www.mdgx.com/files/MEUPDSYS.EXE

* Unofficial Windows 98 SE Updated CPU Microcode UPDATE.SYS build 4.10.2223 Fix includes most current Intel CPUs:
http://www.msfn.org/...showtopic=44388
Direct download [139 KB, English]:
http://www.mdgx.com/files/98UPDSYS.EXE

This post has been edited by MDGx: 22 September 2006 - 11:05 AM

#23 erpdude8

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Posted 28 June 2005 - 11:54 AM

Petr, on Jun 4 2005, 07:42 AM, said:

erpdude8, on Jun 3 2005, 03:57 PM, said:

nah. not comfortable putting UPDATE.SYS from 98se/ME under 98fe. might ruin a 98 FE system. oh well, thanks for responding.
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I don't think that you would ruin your system.

It is easy to put any microcode to UPDATE.SYS - if you know what you need, let me know.

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yeah I take back what I said earlier; one might use update.sys v4.10.2223 under a Win98 FE system. however, Win98 FE can't properly identify Intel pentium 3 & higher cpus & higher intel chipsets on newer mobos. Win9x users using non-intel motherboards should download & install the latest motherboard drivers.

Win95 & 98 fe users who have Intel MBs or MBs with intel 430Tx, 440xx, 800 or 8xx series chipsets MUST download & install v3.20.1008 of the Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility here:
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df...&OSFullName=All Operating Systems&lang=eng

those using Win98 SE or WinME w/ Intel MBs or MBs with the intel chipsets mentioned earlier should get v6.30.1007 of the Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility here:
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df...ystems&lang=eng

For those Win98se/WinME users looking for the update.sys updates, see MDGx's web page:
http://www.mdgx.com/web.htm
or use the download links from MDGx's recent post.

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Posted 05 February 2006 - 08:56 PM

What about Athlon XPs?

Petr, on Apr 20 2005, 09:49 AM, said:

Updated UPDATE.SYS for Windows 98 SE, version changed to 4.10.2223
http://www.winpack.o...e_sys-w98se.zip
Contains 26 microcodes for Pentium II, Pentium III and Celeron with cores: Deschutes / Covington / Mendocino / Katmai / Coppermine / Tualatin in Slot 1 and FCPGA-370 packages and for Pentium 4 Willamette and Northwood. No Xeon, EE and mobile processors.

Bad link!! (Error 404) :realmad:

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Posted 06 February 2006 - 12:56 AM

RJARRRPCGP, on Feb 5 2006, 08:56 PM, said:

What about Athlon XPs?

Petr, on Apr 20 2005, 09:49 AM, said:

Bad link!! (Error 404) :realmad:

The files have moved to here: http://www.mdgx.com/web.htm#98SE

Win2K/XP have a K6.SYS and K7.SYS which updates AMD's microcodes.

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Posted 06 February 2006 - 01:28 AM

LLXX, on Feb 6 2006, 07:56 AM, said:

Win2K/XP have a K6.SYS and K7.SYS which updates AMD's microcodes.

Are you sure? I have looked into these files and it looks like they do just power manageent, not microcode update.

While UPDATE.SYS contains references to
\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\SYSTEM\CENTRALPROCESSOR\
Update Status
Update Signature
Previous Update

AMDK6.SYS and AMDK7.SYS just to
\Registry\Machine\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AmdK7\Parameters

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Posted 06 February 2006 - 01:56 AM

I have also found this MSKB article: http://support.micro...id=kb;ja;418116 (in Japanese only) describing the function of these drivers:

translated by SysTran said:

processr.sys --- General-purpose processor driver (Intel Mobile Pentium 4 SpeedStep and the like cover)
p3.sys --- Concerning Intel Mobile Pentium III SpeedStep (including ultralow voltage edition,) & Intel Banias, after the market developing of Banias correspondence schedule

amdk6.sys --- AMD K6-2 system PowerNow!
amdk7.sys --- AMD Athlon4/Duron PowerNow!
crusoe.sys --- Transmeta Crusoe LongRun
viac3.sys --- Furthermore VIA C3 LongHaul (after Windows XP RTM maintenance discontinuance)　

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Posted 06 February 2006 - 09:38 PM

RJARRRPCGP, on Feb 5 2006, 07:56 PM, said:

Bad link!! (Error 404) :realmad:

Please see this post [right above yours

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http://www.msfn.org/board/?s=&showtopic=44...ndpost&p=341762

#29 RJARRRPCGP

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Posted 23 August 2006 - 08:09 PM

Are AMD users screwed?

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Posted 23 August 2006 - 08:58 PM

Hmmm....

Could lack of Pentium M microcode in 98SE be what causes my system to crash?...

http://www.msfn.org/...showtopic=79784

It's a Pentium M 730 (Dothan) running on an Intel 865PE based board.
I maybe upgrading to an Intel 875P based board shortly.

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Posted 23 August 2006 - 11:55 PM

krick, on Aug 24 2006, 03:58 AM, said:

I don't think so.

Try to check the microcode update revision, for CPUID 6D8, the latest microcode update is rev. 20 dated 2004-07-22.

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#32 erpdude8

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Posted 26 August 2006 - 08:09 AM

krick, on Aug 23 2006, 09:58 PM, said:

It's a Pentium M 730 (Dothan) running on an Intel 865PE based board.
I maybe upgrading to an Intel 875P based board shortly.

can you be a little more specific on the Intel 865 board, krick? is it Intel D865PERC, D865PERL or D865PESO board?

check the Intel web site for the latest downloads for your Intel 865 board.

if you are going to upgrade to Intel 875P board, you better be using Win2000 or XP. Intel doesn't have drivers for Intel 875P board for Win98/ME unless it is specifically the Intel D875PBZ board. the D875PBZ board can be used under Win98se/ME/2000/XP.

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Posted 26 August 2006 - 10:36 PM

Intel 865PE-based mobo, not an Intel-made one.

As far as I know the 875 chipsets are nearly identical to the 865s, but with additional hardware features such as PAT and support for ECC memory.

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Posted 29 August 2006 - 09:47 AM

LLXX, on Aug 26 2006, 11:36 PM, said:

Intel 865PE-based mobo, not an Intel-made one.

As far as I know the 875 chipsets are nearly identical to the 865s, but with additional hardware features such as PAT and support for ECC memory.

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Posted 17 September 2006 - 10:01 AM

http://www.winpack.o...ate_sys-wme.zip <- BAD LINK

Please post a new one! Thanks

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Posted 17 September 2006 - 10:57 AM

It is http://old.winpack.o...ate_sys-wme.zip
but please read http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...mp;#entry341762

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#37 erpdude8

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Posted 22 December 2006 - 03:09 PM

erpdude8, on Apr 27 2005, 01:32 PM, said:

Found version 5.6 of Intel Processor Frequency ID Utility here:
ftp://aiedownload.in...ng/fidenu25.exe
Last version to work under Win98 Gold [1st edition]. Version 6 & higher require Win98 SE.

And for those using the very obsolete Win95 OS, one could try version 4.0 found here:
ftp://aiedownload.in...ng/fidenu18.exe
The next release after 4.0 is 4.5 which dropped Win95 support.

It's just that intel doesn't seem to mention the old versions anymore at their site.

even better, download and run the freeware CPU-Z tool from this site:
http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
this tool can do it all. CPU-Z can get info about your processor, memory, mobo and the BIOS that your mobo is using. better than using the Intel CPU ID utilities and better than using the BIOS Agent tool to get info about the motherboard's BIOS.