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My Old Computer

Introduction

The other day I purchased an old computer. It reminded me of one I had in high school, I thought I would document some of the things I plan to use it for. It booted and loaded Windows 2000, the owner mentioned only using it for a single task, there is a very loud coil whine sound when switching on the power supply.

Hardware Specifications

CPU AMD Sempron 2500+
Motherboard WinFast 741M01C-GX-6L
RAM 512MB
HDD 120GB SSD (Sata to IDE adapter)
Video Integrated
Sound Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS (SB0350)
Screen Samsung Samtron 76e
Keyboard Quarter
Mouse HP

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Software

The computer booted into Windows 2000. The CMOS battery had failed so there is an error on startup. I've used Drive Snapshot to take an image, and DriverBackup! (1.0.3) to take a copy of all drivers.

Motherboard Specifications


Model: K7S741GXMG-6L (741M01C-GX-6L)
Processor: Socket A for AMD Athlon™ XP / Sempron™ / Duron™ processors
Chipset: SiS741GX + 963L
Front Side Bus: 266/333 MHz
Memory: DDR 266/333 x2
VGA on Die: Integrated Ultra-AGP™II Graphics
Expansion Slots: 1 AGP 8X (1.5v only), 3 PCI slots
IDE: 2 UltraDMA 133 - supports up to 4 devices
Audio: Realtek ALC655 5.1 channel https://oemdrivers.com/sound-realtek-alc655
LAN: Realtek RTL8201BL; 10/100 PHY
Back Panel I/O Ports: 1 x PS/2 mouse
1 x line-in / line-out / MIC ports
1 x PS/2 keyboard
1 x parallel
1 x RJ45
1 x COM
4 x USB 2.0
1x VGA port
Internal I/O Connectors: 1 x USB 2.0 headers support 2 ports
CD IN header
BIOS Features: 2Mb flash ROM, PnP, DMI 2.0, WfM 2.0, SMBIOS 2.3, ACPI 1.0b
Standards/Manageability: PCI 2.3, USB2.0, WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by PME, LPC 1.1 Interface, PC2001
Form Factor: Micro ATX (9.4” x 8.4”)


Possible Drivers

Chipset SiS 741GX
https://theretroweb.com/chipsets/672#driver

Integrated Video SiS Real256E
https://archive.org/download/sis-legacy-drivers

https://oemdrivers.com/graphics-sis-integrated


Objective

  • Install Windows 98

Configuration

Drive Preparation

  • Connect the SSD drive to my main PC and use Rufus to image the drive with DOS
  • Copy the WIN98 setup files across
  • Connect the SSD to the old machine and run the WIN98 setup

OS Preparation

  • Install nusb36e.exe / 7-Zip
  • Install IDE drivers
  • Install uvga3_363a.zip (manually)
  • Install Sound Drivers (manually)


Drivers

IDE

AGP - This appears to fail

VGA - This must be installed manually from uvga3_363a.zip

USB2.0

AUDIO

LAN


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