98 starting up soooooooooo slow!!

Dragonheart · 12-12-2006, 02:33 PM

Okay i just limited my 80g hard drive to 32gb, i have an athlon 64 3000+ w/ 1gig of ram along with an nvidia 6600 pci-e gfx card. i installed windows 98se last night and i come to find when the windows 98 screen comes up, it takes FOREVER to load!!!!! and i was hoping there is atleast ONE ethernet driver for an abit kn8 (for win98) but i havent had any luck finding one..if someone could help me with both of my problems, i would be extremely grateful..Thanks!

Jlp1928 · 12-13-2006, 08:48 AM

Hi, Windows 98SE has a problem with over 512 MB of Ram. May be OK up to 768 MB. Supposedly there are patches to get 1 gig to work. I never took the time to investigate further as my work does not require over 512 MB. Research the subject on the Net. There's lot's of it.

Good Luck, Jim

12-12-2006, 02:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
Dragonheart Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Phx AZ 602!! Posts: 21 OS: Windows XP SP2	98 starting up soooooooooo slow!! Okay i just limited my 80g hard drive to 32gb, i have an athlon 64 3000+ w/ 1gig of ram along with an nvidia 6600 pci-e gfx card. i installed windows 98se last night and i come to find when the windows 98 screen comes up, it takes FOREVER to load!!!!! and i was hoping there is atleast ONE ethernet driver for an abit kn8 (for win98) but i havent had any luck finding one..if someone could help me with both of my problems, i would be extremely grateful..Thanks!

12-13-2006, 08:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
Jlp1928 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 440 OS: Win98, XP, 2000	Hi, Windows 98SE has a problem with over 512 MB of Ram. May be OK up to 768 MB. Supposedly there are patches to get 1 gig to work. I never took the time to investigate further as my work does not require over 512 MB. Research the subject on the Net. There's lot's of it. Good Luck, Jim