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Windows Forum / Windows 95 / January 2004Windows 95 and P4 processor
I need to replace the motherboard in my Windows 95B OSR 2.0 computer and the only ones I can find in the stores are Pentium 4 type motherboards. I've read that errors may occur with Windows 95 OSR 2 and a Pentium 4 processor or any processor with a clock speed above 1 GHz. I've downloaded the AMD-K6-2 update patch to take care of this if the problem comes up. What I want to know is just how often does this problem occur? Are there certain configurations that make the problem more likely to occur? >I need to replace the motherboard in my Windows 95B OSR 2.0 computer Why increase your investment in a dead end? A new computer will cost little more than preserving this one. Bill Starbuck (MVP) >Why increase your investment in a dead end? A new computer will cost >little more than preserving this one. > >Bill Starbuck (MVP) But I don't want a new computer. I like my Windows 95 machine. Maybe someday I might install Windows 98 but I have absolutely no intentions of going to XP. It's too bloated with "features" I don't want and it has so many security flaws that it would take me several days just to download all the critical updates. Ever since XP came out it seems as though Microsoft has had to issue critical updates for it at least once a week, sometimes even twice a week. >But I don't want a new computer. I like my Windows 95 machine. In my case, it is Win98 that I like. But my remark was not aimed at the software but at the hardware. If your machine is running Win95, it is probably from the era before 1998, which means it is more than five years old. If the motherboard is going, soon the harddisk will also go, and maybe the floppy drive. You can replace all of these but the cost in time as well as money is not insignificant. You could put Win98SE on a wide variety of hardware. >Maybe someday >I might install Windows 98 but I have absolutely no intentions of going to XP. >It's too bloated with "features" I don't want and it has so many security flaws >that it would take me several days just to download all the critical updates. >Ever since XP came out it seems as though Microsoft has had to issue critical >updates for it at least once a week, sometimes even twice a week. You can tell WinXP to look more-pr-less like Win95-98 and you don't have to use features that you do not want. I think you misinterpret the "security flaws". The actual flaws were repaired long ago. The fixes that are coming out almost weekly are needed because hackers are trying to invade the system. Each week someone somewhere thinks of a new attack and so each week Microsoft produces a new protection. No one is attacking Win95 because they view it as obsolete. Bill Starbuck (MVP) Why buy a new motherboard? A second-hand one will be fully compatible at a fraction of the cost. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP W95/W98 > I need to replace the motherboard in my Windows 95B OSR 2.0 computer and the > only ones I can find in the stores are Pentium 4 type motherboards. I've read [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > just how often does this problem occur? Are there certain configurations that > make the problem more likely to occur? |
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