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PrizLucky:

--- Quote from: IntruderAlert on April 26, 2005, 02:36:50 pm ---But shouldn't 98SE be less demanding than XP on the old P3 600?

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My Win XP boots up using only 54MB RAM, and it boots up pretty quickly (msconfig'd everything out of the startup, and turned off all the un-needed windows services).  Not all that demanding..  and no BSOD!

IntruderAlert:
Do you sometimes get the BSOD on your 98SE MAME system krick?

Tiger-Heli:

--- Quote from: IntruderAlert on April 26, 2005, 04:32:53 pm ---Do you sometimes get the BSOD on your 98SE MAME system krick?

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I have lots of stuff on my 98SE MAME system and also use Win2K at work.  It wouldn't be that big of a deal in a cab, but it's a lot nicer in 2K/XP.

98SE has a BSOD about once every 6-8 weeks.

Win2K probably does about the same frequency, but it's usually - "Microsoft Word has encountered an error and needs to close.  Click okay to save your current files and close and re-open the application."

Much nicer for using the PC, but bad for MAME either way.

krick:
I very rarely get BSOD on any of my computers.  Windows 2000 or Windows 98SE.

BSOD are most often caused by poorly written drivers and/or hardware conflicts.

The last BSOD I can remember was on my Windows 2000 machine about 2 years ago.  The driver for my ethernet card had a bug that only surfaced when using WinMX.  It was fixed by using the ethernet driver from the chip manufacturer instead of the one from the card manufacturer.

Whenever I build a system (and before I install the OS) I spend some time booting with a DOS diskette and juggling cards to figure out the IRQ assignments based on what is reported by the BIOS post screen.  Then I draw out a chart showing which slots share IRQs with each other and what IRQs the onboard devices use.  Then I try to make sure that certain devices, like sound cards and ethernet cards do not share with ANYTHING.

Keep in mind that ACPI will hide (or obscure) IRQ sharing in windows.  That doesn't mean that it isn't happening.  You have to look at the IRQ assignment as displayed by the BIOS because that is showing the assignments based on the physical limitations of your motherboard and chipset.

Just a side note, if you need to have a machine that runs 24/7 without restarting, you must use Win2K or XP.  Windows 98SE isn't really stable when left running for long periods of time.  98SE is prone to memory and resouce leaks when run for long periods of time.

98SE is fine for use in my cab because I never leave it running continuously more than a day.

daywane:
took me a few seconds to figure out what a BSOD is.
I only got that with windows ME
98 SE I used to upgrade my windows ME PC. I tried it out and found the bigest game my cab could run. left it on for 2 weeks. no problems
I went to XP when I started to back up VCR tapes to DVD
98 has a problem with files reaching 10 gig. now all PC's in my house is XP except my 9 year olds. Some of her games need 98

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