On Sun, Dec 26, 1999 at 10:52:36PM -0700, Clint Tinsley wrote:
> fred smith wrote:
>
> > I've only the one example (previously described), but in my case (the old
> > MB was an ASUS with a P90, the new one is a FIC VA503+ with a K6-II/350)
> > Linux came up with out a hitch. Loved the new board, hasn't looked back.
> > Windoze, OTOH, has been an absolute PIG about it. YMMV.
> >
> > Fred
>
> Your K6-350 may be your problem in that Windows95 OSR2 requires a
> patch from Microsoft to even work on a K6-350 and the original Windows95
> won't work at all. If you really want to run Windows9x, you could drop
> the processor speed slightly without much effect or upgrade to Window98.
Thanks, but no that's not the problem. The Windows patch for the K6-II,
long-since installed, fixes a problem where it sometimes won't even
boot, intermittently. The problems I encountered were it was just
beastly about finding the hardware and kept insisting it knew what
devices were there and wanting to keep reinstalling drivers for stuff
that wasn't there. I've managed to beatit into submission for all except
the sound card and hard drive controller which it keeps wanting to
reinstall even though they're already installed and work fine.
But since I've now got an old junker to use on the rare occasions when
I need to use Windoze, I haven't booted it on this machine now in months,
and I'm happy that way!
> My son just upgraded to K6-500 and had to move up to Windows98. He
> couldn't even get the K6-500 in safe mode long enough to apply the
> patch.
Ouch!
>
> Nice to not to have to look back.
yup!
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