I haven't even tried to use Win2K or ME for games yet, simply because of all
the bad I heard of them at first.

Don't know how patches/service packs have helped, but I'm still sticking
with my trusty Win98 for now. :)

At

-----Original Message-----
From: Talies the Wanderer [mailto:snicker@...]
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 1:51 PM
To: eqbards@egroups.com
Subject: Re: [eqbards] (OT) Tech problem, any suggestions?

At 01:23 PM 1/24/2001 -0500, you wrote:

>I know this is OT, but its driving me nuts. gotta get back ingame asap
>before i get withdrawal symptoms.
>
>I have a celeron 300 overclocked at 466 running on an abit bh6 or bx6

mother

>board for about 2 years now runnin on win98. Run a voodoo 3000 vid card and
>an sb live, oh and a 1* 128meg sim of 100mhz ram.

<snip>

>Does anyone have any suggestions as to what the prob may be, I have a
>feeling my cpu might be nearing retirement but i'm really hoping this isnt
>the case because i dont have the cash to buy a new chip/board cause that
>would run me about 350$ canadian for a 700mhz/board

Minkin, you said it yourself: You're overheating. And it sounds like more
than just the processor, too. You may have overheated your video card as
well. Simply downclocking it may not solve the problem if the damage has
already been done. Start saving pennies, it may be time for a new MB and
processor. I'm in the same boat myself right now.

As long as we're off-topic, though, anyone out there gaming on Win2k, and
which do you feel is better (for gaming): Win2k, WinME, or Win98?

Talies the Wanderer

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