Please advise me what motherboard to buy if .....

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Phil

( I'm quite disappointed with my present Asus
P4S533-E as it does not have any USB driver
support for Win '98-se )
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If you're using it at the mo it also seems to have some system time
issues...check your clock
 
Phil said:
If you're using it at the mo it also seems to have some system time
issues...check your clock
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Malaysian server, Malaysian time zone, Malaysian ISP. That would likely
make his clock blatantly wrong, perhaps he just can't tell the time.

Ben
 
Racer said:
Please advise me what motherboard to buy if I want
a P4 motherboard having the following basic features -
-using the Intel Chipset
-includes USB2 drivers for Windows '98SE
a good match for P4 2.4GHz 512Kb cache CPU
-good for games and general use.
-large hdd support.

( I'm quite disappointed with my present Asus
P4S533-E as it does not have any USB driver
support for Win '98-se )

Thanks or any suggestions.....
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http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/mbindex.htm

Intel 875P P4C800 Deluxe P4C800-E Deluxe
Intel 865PE P4P800 Deluxe P4P800
Intel 865P P4P8X
Intel 865G P4P800-VM P4G800-V
Intel 7205 P4G8X Deluxe
Intel 850E P4T533 P4T533-C
Intel 848P P4P800S
Intel 845PE P4PE P4PE-X P4PE-BP
Intel 845GE P4GE-V
Intel 845GL P4BGL-MX P4BGL-MX/533
Intel 845GV P4BGV-MX

Go here and enter the model number:

http://www.asus.it/support/download/download.aspx

For example, if you check P4PE, there is a driver file
owich4usb2v1_03.zip , which is OrangeWare/Intel USB 2.0 .
You will need that kind of a driver for Win98SE, and the
Orangeware driver is not available for all motherboards.
This particular driver is for ICH4 Southbridge chips.

I see the P4P800S has ICH5usb2_98me.zip as a driver file,
and that implies that all the 875/865 boards will use a
similar driver.

The driver needed is a function of the Southbridge chip on
each motherboard, and the 875/865 use the ICH5(R). The
same USB2 driver should work for all the motherboards using
that Southbridge chip.

The top half of the list is dual channel, the P4T boards use
RDRAM, the lower half of the list is single channel boards.
For the most part, the boards at the top of the list are
newer than the ones at the bottom.

It is best to review the specs by clicking the links on
the mbindex.htm page for each board, so you know what you
are getting. Also, download and read the manual before buying,
as the contents of the manual will tell you how fully
featured the BIOS is - the cheaper boards generally have
fewer tweaking and tuning settings, like adjustment for
Vdimm, Vagp, Vcore etc.

HTH,
Paul
 
Please advise me what motherboard to buy if I want
a P4 motherboard having the following basic features -
-using the Intel Chipset
-includes USB2 drivers for Windows '98SE
a good match for P4 2.4GHz 512Kb cache CPU
-good for games and general use.
-large hdd support.

( I'm quite disappointed with my present Asus
P4S533-E as it does not have any USB driver
support for Win '98-se )

Thanks or any suggestions.....
 
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