Reply 120 of 129, by Tetrium
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wrote:Sorry for reviving a really old thread, but days ago, i found an old Packard Bell iconnect 2860 with Windows ME installed and de […]
Sorry for reviving a really old thread, but days ago, i found an old Packard Bell iconnect 2860 with Windows ME installed and decided to try out WIndows ME on that PC, despite how was the OS crictizied, Windows ME ran perfectly on that machine and no crashes so far, i didn't see it BSOD'ing ethier. Also Windows ME unlike Windows 98, recorgnized USB drives out of the box. I hope this ME install goes well and not like when it was expected to crash or fail. I was more of a Windows 98 SE guy for really old PCs, but Windows ME did impress me at some point (about running without issues or some features)
The PC specs are:
Intel Pentium III 866 MHz
512 MB RAM (originally 64 MB RAM)
Gigabyte GA-6WMM7 OEM version for Packard Bell
Realtek RTL8139 PCI network card
AMR Modem
Creative CT-7235-VDQ card
Quantumn Fireball lct 20 GB + Seagate 7200.7 120 GB HDD
Windows ME
Additional tips and tricks and talk can be found here Tetrium's guide to Windows ME and here Windows Me - "Misunderstood Edition"
These pages are also listed on the Vogons Interesting Threads page on the Vogonswiki.
Your specs look pretty much fine btw. I actually remember how square that motherboard was 🤣
Btw, did anyone happen to have saved a copy of that (buggy) SP2 for ME? nvm it's still there 😊