Well, finally got all the parts together. Doesn't work. Old CPU works though.

Just an update on purchases. ASUS P3B-F Pentium III ATX Intel 440BX Motherboard ASUS S370 Slot 1 to Socket 370 PGA370 1.8-2.6V Adapter Tualatin Pentium III-S 1.4 GHz P3-S 1400 SL657 Low Density PC133 168Pin Memory I might still see if I can get the old motherboard's caps fixed. Wouldn't hurt to keep …

Wow, you guys have been amazingly helpful/knowledgeable. It will be great to upgrade to a 1.4 GHz processor. Now I need to get rid of this old processor and memory.

The ASUS P3B-F is a slot 1 motherboard and I can't seem to find any slot 1 Pentium iii processors over 1 GHz. Is this correct?

Thank you very much Batracio. I did some soldering in an electronics class in highschool... it wasn't very good work.

Damn, several appear "bloated" and one looks to be "leaking".

bad caps? I find it odd that win98 and freedos run flawlessly. Some dos games seem to run okay too.

I've recently got some parts together for a win98/dos gaming machine. I've been having some trouble with several games I have installed. Dungeon Master 2 tells me to run the setup program, even if I already have. Corridor 7 crashes at a memory page related loading message. Dungeon Keeper runs, but …