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May 11th, 2007 18:00

Need help with D810 and Win98SE

Hello all,
 
I need to install Win98SE on my D810 on the first HD partition because of some older software do not work correct with comm under XP OS.
 
Installation went fine without problems and I can boot in Win98SE or XP selecting at boot menu screen.
 
Problem is some devices not being installed under Win98SE:
- modem
- audio
- video
- Wireless
- PCI???
- USB
 
Fortunately the LAN driver also works fine under Win98SE OS.
 
So, if anyone else have installed Win98SE on this machine or knows where/which drivers to use to get my Win98SE installation 100% working on this machine , please advise.
 All  info/instructions are welcome.
 
Thanks, Msmax
 
 
 
 
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    ejn63

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    Posted May 11th, 2007 18:00

    I doubt you'll ever get 100% function from a 10 year old OS on 2 year old hardware. To get as close as possible, make a list of the hardware in the system (support.dell.com, service tag) and then see what's available. Intel has dropped a lot of 98/98SE support, so one big area in which you may have trouble is the chipset/wireless/etc.
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    Posted May 14th, 2007 22:00


    Since the D810 uses the same chipset (Intel 915PM) as the I-6000d, you'll probably experience similar problems (installing Win98SE) that we did in this thread ("click here").

    If you need to have a functioning wireless card, it'll probably be easier to install a PCMCIA or Mini-PCI card with drivers that supports Win98SE. I have this cheap wireless Mini-PCI card ("click here" and "click here") installed in our I-8000, but I haven't tried it in the I-6000d, yet...

    Aloha,
    Rod

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