Thanks to Chaniyth who explained there is a setting in the ATI driver settings to run the card in 1x. Smooth sailing since the change and everything is set back to normal.

I think I am accidentally a little closer to a resolution on the AGP / Radeon 9700 Pro issue. I changed the motherboard to jumper free mode, and it came up with the CPU running at 366mhz and 66mhz FSB. This seems to place the AGP slot into 1x mode. I was able to use the machine with no lockups/ …

+ Asus P5A ATX Motherboard + 512MB of RAM (2x256MB PC100 SDRAM) Remember of the cacheable RAM of super-socket 7 boards: When you have for example, the ALI Aladdin V chipset (D and E) with revision up to 1.04 of Asus P5A has only 128MB cacheable!!! If you have may revision 1.05 or 1.06 , then there …

Upgraded to 512 MB of RAM. I got the unofficial Windows 98 SE Service Pack. Will give that a go this evening. I am having an issue with the ATI 9700 Pro however. Periodically (when installing Sim City 3000 for example) the screen will go black and the whole system will be unresponsive. I am guessing …

Wow thanks for all the replies. I hadn't checked in a few days. So my parts came from my parents house, and some others i bought off of eBay. So far I have assembled the hardware and gotten it to boot. However i am having a minor issue, the hardware monitor keeps complaining that the -5V voltage is …

Thanks for the information. I will try and find a 1 Ghz later on, but sounds like i have what it takes to get started, once I add the DVD/floppy

Hello everyone! This is my first post, so feel free to move this if its in the wrong spot. I am looking to build out a Windows 98 SE rig for late '90s gaming. Here are the parts I have available to me: Asus P3B-F 1.04 Motherboard 64 GB of RAM P3 500 mhz Slot 1 2 x Maxtor 80 GB ATA 133 IDE Hard Disks …