does A8N-E support win98SE

[Ninjax]

hi all,
i seem to have this particular problem with win 98SE,when whenever i try to boot to win98Se it goes into safe mode,the mobo manual says nothing about win98 support,does my mobo support win 98 at all?

 

[the_guru]

No, your A8N-E uses a nforce4-chipset. There is not support for nforce4 under windows 98.

Why do you want to run windows 98 anyway? It can't handle 1GB of memory very well.

 

[Ninjax]

i need to install win98SE so that i can install XP

 

[the_guru]

Ok, do you only have a windows XP upgrade version?

 

[bourgeoisdude]

i need to install win98SE so that i can install XP

You could try going down to only 512MB of RAM just until the win98 install finishes then go back up to whatever amount you have. That'll work (though Win98 won't have any drivers).

If you are upgrading, the XP upgrade CD will allow you to "upgrade" by putting in your 98SE CD after you begin the XP setup. My guess is that you have a non-bootable XP CD though. Am I right?

If so I won't help you as MS does not make any non-bootable XP CD's (meaning yours would have to be a pirated copy).

 

[Ninjax]

my original xp cd was scratched beyond recognition thanks to my lil nephew so i had to make a new cd but duh...did'nt make a win XP boot cd...thanx anyway now i can make a boot Xp cd...

 

[Ninjax]

Ok, do you only have a windows XP upgrade version?

the problem was it was an upgrade edition...

 

[Ninjax]

i have just one 1GB module...anothe duh by me...forgot about the dual channel stuff........

 

[the_guru]

Then you need another version of Windows XP. From what I've read it's impossible to run windows 98 with your motherboard.

 

[Ninjax]

thanx for the help...