98SE limitations?

[MaLfUnCtIoN]

i asked in the drives section but i think this is somewhat more software.

i have the 40 gig 2mb cache 7200rpm in my sig. i have an 80 gig seagate 8mb cache coming frome newegg. will windows 98se recognize this 80 as 80? i plan on doing cable select so no raid or anything.

if it doesn't recognize it as 80 what can i do? will windows update work?

[TwoRails]

Win 98 will see a 137 GB drive. If you have any limitations, it will be in the mobo / BIOS, which should be OK assuming it's the mobo listed above.

[MaLfUnCtIoN]

i'll be upgrading that to a albatron kt600. but since it's a newer board still it should work right?

[Cricket]

Originally posted by MaLfUnCtIoN
i'll be upgrading that to a albatron kt600. but since it's a newer board still it should work right? Yes, the BIOS on that new motherboard will recognize the whole 80GB HDD.

:) Cricket

[glc]

Refer to the fdisk issue in your other thread.

Please don't crosspost, pick a forum and stick with it, if the mods think it's better in a different forum, we will move it.

[RayH]

Is there a limitation on the CPU speed that Windows 98SE will recognize?

[TwoRails]

I read in a Thread here that it has problems around 2.2 GHz. It ran fine with my 2700+ which is 2.17 GHz. It seems a little strange that an extra 0.03 GHz would make a difference...

TwoRails

[HAL9000]

Not ALL 98 installations will come across that bug... it's a kinda hit and miss thing affecting some computers and not others.

[TwoRails]

Maybe it's a mobo quaility issue or the like, then?

[GaryRouth]

[I'd put my money on a chipset issue]