I have installed Windows 98 and have gotten GPL to work for the most
part. The only problem is that when I take off in first gear and run it
up to red line it is like I am doing 200+ mph. For some reason it has
gone into turbo mode.
I am trying to move back to Win95, but when I install my bus master
drivers it gives me a general protection fault.
I have a P2-400, 128 MB RAM, Viper V330 AGP video, Monster 3D II 12 MB,
Abit BX6 board.
Any ideas would be helpfull.
thanks
matt
Re-format the HDD and re-install W95.
Drastic, and not what you wanted to hear, I know, but certainly the
cleanest way to go.
And remember....in future, if it ain't broke, don't fix it!
> Any ideas would be helpfull.
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Regards,
Bruce.
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> Re-format the HDD and re-install W95. > Drastic, and not what you wanted to hear, I know, but certainly the > cleanest way to go. > And remember....in future, if it ain't broke, don't fix it! > > Any ideas would be helpfull.Re-formatting the hard disk in not a problem. I am having problems
getting the bus master stuff working on my board after I install my
video card drivers. I am running a BX6 and Viper V330.
matt
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> Re-format the HDD and re-install W95. > Drastic, and not what you wanted to hear, I know, but certainly the > cleanest way to go. > And remember....in future, if it ain't broke, don't fix it! > > Any ideas would be helpfull. > -- > Regards, > Bruce. > ---------- > The GP Legends Historic Motor Racing Club is located at:- > http://www.netspeed.com.au/brucek/legends/Hate to tell you Matt, but I think you need an upgrade pretty badly! No way that
outdated hardware can run a super OS like Win 98.
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> I have installed Windows 98 and have gotten GPL to work for the most > part. The only problem is that when I take off in first gear and run it > up to red line it is like I am doing 200+ mph. For some reason it has > gone into turbo mode. > I am trying to move back to Win95, but when I install my bus master > drivers it gives me a general protection fault. > I have a P2-400, 128 MB RAM, Viper V330 AGP video, Monster 3D II 12 MB, > Abit BX6 board. > Any ideas would be helpfull. > thanks > matt>Re-formatting the hard disk in not a problem. I am having problems
>getting the bus master stuff working on my board after I install my
>video card drivers. I am running a BX6 and Viper V330.
Your BX Motherbaoprd should ahve come with a CD, with patch fiels for your
win95 inf's. I take it you have installed these?
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>matt >> Re-format the HDD and re-install W95. >> Drastic, and not what you wanted to hear, I know, but certainly the >> cleanest way to go. >> And remember....in future, if it ain't broke, don't fix it! >> > Any ideas would be helpfull. >> -- >> Regards, >> Bruce. >> ---------- >> The GP Legends Historic Motor Racing Club is located at:- >> http://www.netspeed.com.au/brucek/legends/No change of heart......if a user already has W95 and it's running okay
(well, "as well as can be expected", as they say in hospitals!) then my
advice is to leave it alone.
If a user has bought a new computer then it is going to have W98
included and, if so, there is little likelihood of the user reverting to
an OS that has been superseded.
My previous post simply pointed out that yes, GPL can be run under
W98.....it didn't advocate changing to W98! :o)
> Why the change of heart Bruce? ;)
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Regards,
Bruce.
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The GP Legends Historic Motor Racing Club is located at:-
http://www.netspeed.com.au/brucek/legends/
Sorry, Matt, but I have no suggested solution for that as I haven't yet
come across that particular problem.
> Re-formatting the hard disk in not a problem. I am having problems
> getting the bus master stuff working on my board after I install my
> video card drivers. I am running a BX6 and Viper V330.
--
Regards,
Bruce.
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The GP Legends Historic Motor Racing Club is located at:-
http://www.netspeed.com.au/brucek/legends/
Why are you installing bus master drivers???, the microsoft ones are more
than adequate.
>Why are you installing bus master drivers???, the microsoft ones are more
>than adequate.
Do you use the default SVGA drivers that come with win95/98?
Win 95 does not know how to handle the PCI bridge, AGP, UDMA, or the BX
chipset by itself. One needs to install the drivers that came with the
motherboard so that thigs work properly. I can live without the bus
mastering, but it is slower without it. The bus mastering enables the UDMA
which allows almost twice the burst transfer rate.
matt
> Why are you installing bus master drivers???, the microsoft ones are more
> than adequate.
Matt,
My understanding was that you could get by without Bus Mastering and that
sometimes all it acheives is to use up a valuable IRQ. However I did
install it for a friend and it didn't use an IRQ. I think the Intel site
has all the appropriate drivers. Try
[link lost in import]
to tell you all you need to know. The Intel site is a gigantic maze the
drivers are there somewhere but I can't be bothered to find them right
now.
PJ
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> Re-formatting the hard disk in not a problem. I am having problems > getting the bus master stuff working on my board after I install my > video card drivers. I am running a BX6 and Viper V330. > matt > > Re-format the HDD and re-install W95. > > Drastic, and not what you wanted to hear, I know, but certainly the > > cleanest way to go. > > And remember....in future, if it ain't broke, don't fix it! > > > Any ideas would be helpfull. > > -- > > Regards, > > Bruce. > > ---------- > > The GP Legends Historic Motor Racing Club is located at:- > > http://www.netspeed.com.au/brucek/legends/> Matt,
> My understanding was that you could get by without Bus Mastering and that
> sometimes all it acheives is to use up a valuable IRQ. However I did
> install it for a friend and it didn't use an IRQ.
Not true. Busmastering gives higher transfer rates for UDMA drives and most
importantly ( for me ) much lower CPU usage. All you overclocked guys WANT
the lowest CPU usage possible. Using a benchmark program designed to measure
cpu usage for direct to hard drive recording , I went from 50% cpu usage to
below 5% just by using busmastering drivers.
Don't be too quick to condemn the M/S Win98 drivers.Using the Intel B/M
drivers designed for my MoBo I got 7-9 % CPU usage . With the Win98 Standard
Dual PCI driver I'm getting below 5 % !!!I have not found a good test program
for tranfer rate yet but all my benchmarking programs show slightly better
results with the Standard Dual PCI driver.I did upgrade to Win98 with minimal
problems ( my Thriller 3d didn't work but Hercules released a new driver
yesterday that fixed it ) and yes my GPL now won't work but I was getting
tired of lapping Watkin's Glen alone and I'm sure the final release will
address the Win98 issue so I can wait. Think long and hard about forgoing the
benifits of Busmastering just so you can play a one track, one car demo (
even though it's the best sim ever ).
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