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24-September-04, 10:55 PM
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| Mystical Schwinn Guru  Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: West Melbourne, Fl-HOE-rida
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     |  K6-2 OCing I have a K6-2 extreme overclocking rig I am working on, and I was curious could I get better and more stable OC's using an OS like Windows 98 since it uses fewer resources as opposed to throwing XP on it? |
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25-September-04, 12:54 AM
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| Mastah Overclocker  Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lima, Ohio
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| If I am not mistaken..those old Windows 95 based programs were also pretty flakey. How about a bare bones Linux install? I think it would probaly be a bit more stable, without hogging anything up 
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25-September-04, 02:19 AM
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| Mastah Overclocker Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lima, Ohio
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Win 95 through Win ME were all based on the same OS kernal..they all sucked back then  I had More BSOD for no reason in one month using any version of that old OS, than I do all year with Win XP 
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28-September-04, 12:50 AM
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I've overclocked 400MHz K6-2's to 550MHz with ease before. WindowsXP and Windows98 handle the same, although I only recommend WindowsXP with at least 500MHz and 128mb of RAM. Definately don't use the stock cooler, get something rated for a 1GHz Duron. And the MOST important thing is to stay away from Super Socket 7 motherboards with flaky chipsets like the Aladdin 5 (ALi)!!! ETEQ and some others made good Super Socket 7 chipsets such as used on the SOYO 5EMA. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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28-September-04, 01:20 AM
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| A George Orwell fan...sorta  Join Date: May 2003 Location: "Truth is not determined by majority vote."
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Kinda funny that you mention that Necro, back when I was running 98 on my main rig (only rig at that time) I rarely had a Blue Screen, let alone a BSOD. On the computer I brought home from work though (733MHz P III) I get lock ups all the time. I am guessing hardware made a huge difference for Win 98. I also heard that upgrading from 95 to 98 back then gave many people headaches so I did a fresh install, maybe that helped in my situation.
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28-September-04, 10:40 AM
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| Locked Account  Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Getting A Banana For Being a good lil monkey!
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i'm glad that someone else agrees with me  i would give yah some bling , but im all out!windows 98 SE is a good little OS, IMO i too hardly get a BSOD, as long as you get the updates that are REALLY needed then it shouldn't be a problem.... | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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