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windows 98 on a 486 - 50mhz?
is there a way to make the win 98 install skip the processor speed check? i know it says that you have to have at least a 66mhz machine, but is there a way to skip that? if so, how?
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Mrbreeze
Mrbreeze
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sorry, tried that just now and it still gave me the same message that win 98 requires a 66mhz processor to work.
any other ideas?
any other ideas?
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That's a good idea MrBreeze. I like the way you think. Of course, after installing, you will want to set that back.
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Mrbreeze
Mrbreeze
here's some other concerns for the install
1) how much RAM do you have?
2) how big is the hard drive?
3) What is the CPU anyway?
1) how much RAM do you have?
2) how big is the hard drive?
3) What is the CPU anyway?
I had a 486-50 machine that was 50mhz cpu and bus. I replaced the chip with the evergreen 586-133 upgrade with great results at a cheap price. I found I had to lower the bus to 33, but it ran win 98 for a few years. I had to install 32 megs, all the machine would take, for much better performance.
Dave.
Dave.
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1cell,
the machine has 24mb ram, more than enough HD space (800mb or more, i can't remember right now).
the chip is a 50mhz "overdrive"... something like that.
it is a compaq box, but the chip had been upgraded at some point.
the machine has 24mb ram, more than enough HD space (800mb or more, i can't remember right now).
the chip is a 50mhz "overdrive"... something like that.
it is a compaq box, but the chip had been upgraded at some point.
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thanks for the info, daddude.
i may have a look around the used computer store in town to see what i can find there.
other than that, i may also stick with win 95 for the time being.
thanks everyone! the help is much appreciated.
i may have a look around the used computer store in town to see what i can find there.
other than that, i may also stick with win 95 for the time being.
thanks everyone! the help is much appreciated.
OK, I would say this.
If you are on 95, stay there. You will definately get better perfomance and really aren't mising a whole lot in 98. If there is something specific that you want from 98, let us know and perhaps there's another way to get that functionality.
I was assuming that you didn't have 95 but since you do, I really would keep it there unless you plan on adding some RAM. Yes, the minimum requirements would be met but do you know how slow it would be? 98 is a resource hog and in this case, I would say not worth it.
If you are on 95, stay there. You will definately get better perfomance and really aren't mising a whole lot in 98. If there is something specific that you want from 98, let us know and perhaps there's another way to get that functionality.
I was assuming that you didn't have 95 but since you do, I really would keep it there unless you plan on adding some RAM. Yes, the minimum requirements would be met but do you know how slow it would be? 98 is a resource hog and in this case, I would say not worth it.
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