[krick]

There's new VIA drivers. Version 509A...

http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageI...&CatID=1070

No word on what exactly is fixed in the way of bugs in this version.

[Petr]

krick, on Jun 30 2006, 09:07 PM, said:

There's new VIA drivers. Version 509A...

http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageI...&CatID=1070

No word on what exactly is fixed in the way of bugs in this version.

So what's updated in comparison with version 5.08A:

RaidTool\Utility\Win98-Me\drvInterface.dll version 5, 2, 7, 0 -> 5, 3, 0, 0
VIARAID\driver\win9x\VIAMRAID.INF DriverVer=10/25/2005, 2.0.950.520 -> 03/31/2006, 2.0.950.530
VIARAID\driver\win9x\VIAMRAID.MPD version 2.0.950.520 -> 2.0.950.530
Added:
PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_6287.DeviceDesc = "VIA VT8251 AHCI Controller"
PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_0581.DeviceDesc = "VIA CX700/VX700 RAID Controller"

VIAAGP\driver\win98_Me\VIAAGPS.reg - Added: VN900M, P4M890, P4M900
VIAAGP\driver\win98_Me\VIAAGPV.reg - Added: VN900M, P4M890, P4M900

IDE Filter driver (VATAPI.VXD) is digitally signed on 6. December 2001 22:38:20, i.e. no change for long time.

IDE Miniport driver is not part of this package and can be downloaded separately: VIA_IDE_MPD_V320b.zip is digitally signed on 17. June 2003 23:25:15.

Petr

[Marius '95]

Did anyone tried to run Win98 on a MB with AM2 socket?

This post has been edited by Marius '95: 11 July 2007 - 07:39 AM

[Offler]

If we are talking about full feature support for system for both HW and SW lets start talk about processors.

As long i know Win98 does not support hyperthreading, multiprocessor or multicore systems, and 64 bit cores.

It means that all P3 processors are fully supported, some P4 are supported and 32 AMD cores are supported. This also limits amount of MB which can be used and it means that PCI-E graphic cards are automatically out of game... Rest depends on drivers.

If we are taking about partial or unofficial support here is only one limit and it is compatibility of drivers.

I really dont know how and why are some newer core features supported and how these functions work on supported/unsupported systems so the question is if it is possible to run win98 with these CPUs, and how it shall affect the system performance.

I am running on P3 Tualatin which does not contain any of these features, and i have no possibility to try newer cpu with old OS, so i am really interested if the system is able to run with all CPU features and with all MB features.