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First post, by Great Hierophant

Posted on 2009-02-04, 16:13

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I am thinking about running Windows 98se on a modern machine.

I want a motherboard that supports Intel Core processors and ISA slots. My concern is that 98se will complain about unsupported motherboard hardware and refuse to work correctly or fully. Also, I see some motherboards only support ISA in "slave" only. Does that mean that sound cards that use DMA like the Sound Blaster will refuse to work in them?

Reply 1 of 3, by valnar

Posted on 2009-02-04, 21:25

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Unless there are modern chipset drivers for Windows98, you may have problems. ISA DMA is another issue too.

Reply 2 of 3, by ratfink

Posted on 2009-02-04, 23:48

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There are win98se drivers for nforce2 chipsets (eg. for Abit AN7, but that's socket A and has no isa slots 😵 ).

Reply 3 of 3, by DosFreak

Posted on 2009-02-05, 00:23

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MSFN 9x forum would be the best place to ask.

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