Full drivers for PCChips M598LMR

[AjStone]

I have the specified motherboard and I need new drivers for it. The special property is that everything is built-in (sound, modem, LAN, etc.) I have read user reviews and the like it. Well, so do I. But all the user review have 9x as the OS. I used to have ME and it performed well. Now I have the WinNT interface. I think this board wasn't built for this application. Strange slowdowns are happening. Just using Winamp will bring the system down to it's knees. The chip is an AMD K6-2 450. With that and 192MB RAM, I don't think that's the problem. Task Manager reports that processer usage even when idling is never below 50%. Most of the time, it is maxed out at 100% with the kernel at about 80%. It is extremely aggravating. For awhile, I was running WinXP. Then extreme slowdowns happened during startup, logon, usage, shutdown. Win2k is a little bit better. That is what I'm on now. I want to keep the WinNT interface but this performance is terrible. Btw, the slowdowns start from the first login after Windows Setup. I keep my computer clean and don't have any junk loading. That is not the problem. It has to be the drivers. I have searched far and wide, but with limited Internet usage (I must go to my local library) I haven't found a new driver package. I am asking for more seasoned Internet users to please find and link me to new drivers if they exist. I am sure that no troubleshooting will help. I am very experienced in that matter. For more information on the motherboard goto http://www.pcchips.com.tw/M598LMR.html Please! If you could see how slow my comp is, you would understand. Thank you in advance.

[Silverman]

http://www.stud.fernuni-hagen.de/q3998142/pcchips/ check the link has a vast knowledge base for many PCChips motherboards and links to all drivers.

[Mad Machinist]

Send me a PM with your address and I'll burn you a copy of the CD that comes with the board...has everything but the lan driver on it but I have the 1.44 floppy for that too......

[AjStone]

Okay, thanks for the link, but it doesn't have XP drivers. If it does, I didn't find it. As for the 2nd reply, I already have the OEM disk. That's what is giving me trouble. However, now I think that just the video is causing problems so I'll gladly settle for just SiS 530 drivers for WinXP. Thanks.

[Darren Wilson]

[quote]Originally posted by AjStone:
Okay, thanks for the link, but it doesn't have XP drivers. If it does, I didn't find it. As for the 2nd reply, I already have the OEM disk. That's what is giving me trouble. However, now I think that just the video is causing problems so I'll gladly settle for just SiS 530 drivers for WinXP. Thanks.

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The WIn2K ones should work fine

[AjStone]

Nope, sorry. I tried those.

[Silverman]

Thats strange because WINME has native video drivers for the SiS 530 just no good 3D. Check MS HCL and see if there are WINXP drivers for the 530 available.

[Mad Machinist]

There was a batch of the OEM disks that came out when I bought the first one of these that were a nightmare.....flat a$$ didn't work......I have the replacement that does work......if you are interested...............

[AjStone]

Alright, here's my reply. I have two different drivers. The OEM on CD (that is for 2k), and the built in XP drivers for a SiS 530. Currently I'm using the OEM drivers. Here's the Windows XP Beta2 HCL entries for Display Adapter:

Silicon Integrated Systems Corp.
SiS 300/305
SiS 630
SiS 630/730
SiS Compatible VGA
SiS630

They didn't have the HCL for the final release of XP yet. Does that help? Thanks, again.

[Silverman]

Same video core for 530 and 630 perhaps?

[AjStone]

Yeah, the WinXP native drivers says "SiS 530/630". Btw, usual work tasks (Word, Excel and the like) work fine, but when it comes to 3D games, it's slower than a 486. However, in Win9x, it is fine. Need any more info?