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First post, by Almoststew1990

Posted on 2019-01-09, 08:19

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I'm trying to get my chipset drivers installed on my fresh Windows 98SE install, but whenever I install the readily available latest release v1.21, it gives me a Windows Protection Error. The drivers are from 2005... I have struggled to find an earlier version of the driver.

However, the 1.21 driver folder has a folder within it called "old", and the driver in that folder is dated 2002. How can I make the setup utility install that version instead of the current version? The 1.21 drivers are in a folder called current, I assume the installer looks into that current folder. Could I just move the contents of the old folder to the current folder?

Reply 1 of 6, by dionb

Posted on 2019-01-09, 09:16

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Which chipset are we talking about here?

Reply 2 of 6, by Almoststew1990

Posted on 2019-01-09, 09:23

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dionb wrote:
Which chipset are we talking about here?

Sorry it is a SIS 648 on S478 motherboard (ECS L4S8A2)

Reply 3 of 6, by PC Hoarder Patrol

Posted on 2019-01-09, 15:36

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If its the GART driver, I seem to recall v1.17E being the next earliest version I used on my SIS chipset boards.

SIS agp117e.jpg

Get it here https://web.archive.org/web/20040605063616/ht … agp/agp117e.exe

Reply 4 of 6, by Almoststew1990

Posted on 2019-01-09, 16:40

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Thanks very much. The PC has been very unstable all day so I'll give this a go once I've tested the RAM and HDD etc.

Reply 5 of 6, by JackH

Posted on 2022-04-24, 18:01

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Did you get it working with that 1.17E ? I too have that "Windows protection error" problem in Win98SE , but with SIS 745 on Socket A motherboard (ECS K7S6A rev1.0). I deleted that 1.21 in safe mode and now should I try install that 1.17E or other versions that I have found: 1.19A , 1.17 , 1.16A (I can share if you or others want). Does others have had this problem with SIS chipsets + W98 and how you solved it? Should this driver to be installed before GPU drivers? EDIT: I got it working(?) with 1.19A even with GPU drivers already installed.

Reply 6 of 6, by TonyE

Posted on 2023-01-09, 22:57

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JackH wrote on 2022-04-24, 18:01:
Did you get it working with that 1.17E ? I too have that "Windows protection error" problem in Win98SE , but with SIS 745 on Socket A motherboard (ECS K7S6A rev1.0). I deleted that 1.21 in safe mode and now should I try install that 1.17E or other versions that I have found: 1.19A , 1.17 , 1.16A (I can share if you or others want). Does others have had this problem with SIS chipsets + W98 and how you solved it? Should this driver to be installed before GPU drivers? EDIT: I got it working(?) with 1.19A even with GPU drivers already installed.

Hello!
Have just registered to thank you for your research.
I have suffered the exact same problem also with an ECS K7S6A . So I have gone directly to 1.19A after finding your post, and problem got solved.
It seems on current SIS website you can only get the latest 1.21, so I managed to get it by searching for one of the old links on internet archive.
For anyone who needs it, here is the link to one of the captures:

https://web.archive.org/web/20060813180228/ht … agp/agp119a.zip

Thanks again.

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