dimension 4550 for w98?

The 4550 likely came with an nVidia MX420 (both of mine did), which means
the latest nVidia drivers will work fine.

The network card is an Intel Pro/100 VE, so if 98 doesn't have the drivers
built-in (and I'd guess it would), then the Intel site will have them. As
mentioned Intel has the chipset drivers (which are absolutely required).

Doubt if USB2 will work.
Doubt if a drive over 127GB will work.

It would have come with either a Santa Cruz sound card (where drivers can be
found at www.turtlebeach.com) or a Soundblaster Live Value Digital, where
the www.soundblaster.com drivers should work.

Everything else, 98 should install.

Tom
"Ben Myers" <ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net> wrote in message
news:...
> The 4550 has an Intel 845 chipset, for which the chipset drivers are
> available
> on the Intel web site. Same for video and audio drivers, I think. Not
> sure
> what the network chip is, but there may be Win 98 drivers for it, too.
> This is
> a challenge, but it may not be impossible... Ben Myers
>
> On Fri, 12 May 2006 12:19:33 +0200, Otto Sykora <> wrote:
>
>>need to run w98 se on the dimension 4550
>>
>>where to get drivers for it and what drivers I have to look for in
>>fact?
>>did not find anything useful on dell website
>>
>>
>

OK thanks friends.

I have installed the w98se on a separate fat32 partititon. naturaly I
have also separte data partitiopn in fat32 format to exchange data
between this and xp and linux.

The need for w98 is , it is the most convenient OS when you need some
real time work, you just drive it down to DOS mode, then you can any
time run it up to windows again for convenient file handling, webacces
etc.
OK pure dos, freedos or what ever will do th ejob too, but w98 will
nicely understand harddisk of more the 8GB and reads fat32 volumes,
where the pure dos 6x will not.

w2k will allow hardware access ok, but will not work with any real
time communication is there not possible, which I need for some
communication devices an controll of real time apparatus.
For w98, even real time controll driver is avaiable, for other (higher
MS-OS) it is not possible unless you change the whole kernell as it
was possible with NT4.

The XP preinstalled does not show the components by name in the
hardware manager unfortunately, it seems the text strings were removed
in the registry prior creating the recovery CD (??).

So yes, I will have to run some Baart or Hiren or what ever util to
sort the hardware out.

Tried so far the w98 driver from nvidia, and the 1800 monitor driver
signed for w98 from dell, but had still no luck in setting up some
more reasonable resolution of the display more the the VGA standard.
Simply it refuses to accept any changes for more resolution , even no
way to select any other standard monitor etc.

is it in this case essential to install the intel drivers first?

1. It is not a "Dell recovery CD". It is a standard XP installation CD.
2. The Intel chipset software must be installed immediately after the OS
and before any drivers.

"Otto Sykora" <> wrote in message
news:...
> OK thanks friends.
>
> I have installed the w98se on a separate fat32 partititon. naturaly I
> have also separte data partitiopn in fat32 format to exchange data
> between this and xp and linux.
>
> The need for w98 is , it is the most convenient OS when you need some
> real time work, you just drive it down to DOS mode, then you can any
> time run it up to windows again for convenient file handling, webacces
> etc.
> OK pure dos, freedos or what ever will do th ejob too, but w98 will
> nicely understand harddisk of more the 8GB and reads fat32 volumes,
> where the pure dos 6x will not.
>
> w2k will allow hardware access ok, but will not work with any real
> time communication is there not possible, which I need for some
> communication devices an controll of real time apparatus.
> For w98, even real time controll driver is avaiable, for other (higher
> MS-OS) it is not possible unless you change the whole kernell as it
> was possible with NT4.
>
> The XP preinstalled does not show the components by name in the
> hardware manager unfortunately, it seems the text strings were removed
> in the registry prior creating the recovery CD (??).
>
> So yes, I will have to run some Baart or Hiren or what ever util to
> sort the hardware out.
>
> Tried so far the w98 driver from nvidia, and the 1800 monitor driver
> signed for w98 from dell, but had still no luck in setting up some
> more reasonable resolution of the display more the the VGA standard.
> Simply it refuses to accept any changes for more resolution , even no
> way to select any other standard monitor etc.
>
> is it in this case essential to install the intel drivers first?
>
>
1. It is not a "Dell recovery CD". It is a standard XP installation CD.
2. The Intel chipset software must be installed immediately after the OS
and before any drivers.

>2. The Intel chipset software must be installed immediately after the OS
and before any drivers.<

OK this I thought would be right in fact.
Have run some HW report utility from Hiren CD, it says intel 845 chip
set.

got already something from the website, however they have number of
files there and I am still not quite sure what hast to be installed
really.
But will try to find out, if not working will reinstall w98 again.

do you have an experience what hast to be installed in which order of
those intel files?

Chipset first
Followed by everything else.

"Otto Sykora" <> wrote in message
news:...
> >2. The Intel chipset software must be installed immediately after the OS
> and before any drivers.<
>
> OK this I thought would be right in fact.
> Have run some HW report utility from Hiren CD, it says intel 845 chip
> set.
>
> got already something from the website, however they have number of
> files there and I am still not quite sure what hast to be installed
> really.
> But will try to find out, if not working will reinstall w98 again.
>
> do you have an experience what hast to be installed in which order of
> those intel files?
>
>
>