Trouble Installing Win98 PCI-128 Drives With Epox P55

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CryptidWorks
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Trouble Installing Win98 PCI-128 Drives With Epox P55

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I'm trying to use the Epox P55 motherboard to test something and ran into this issue where it can't find the drivers the Soundblaster 128 needs on the WIndows 98 SE ISO. This particular failure only happens when I try to build a system with this particular motherboard.

The ASUS boards also get stuck in a "press a key to reboot" loop when you try to enable large disc support but that's another issue entirely
Host system:

MSI x570-A Pro Motherboard
Ryzen R5-3600X (Precision Boost enabled, hitting 4.1Ghz all-core and up to 4.3Ghz single core)
Deepcool GAMMIX 400 CPU Cooler
16GB DDR4 (2400Mhz)
RTX-2070 Windforce Edition (Max boost around 2Ghz)
Windows 10 Professional
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Emulated Machine:

Epox P55-VA
Pentium MMX 233Mhz
Voodoo 3 3000 (16MB)
128MB of RAM
Soundblaster PCI 128
10GB HDD
Windows 98SE

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Re: Trouble Installing Win98 PCI-128 Drives With Epox P55

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Win98SE doesn't come with any AudioPCI 128/ES1371/ES1373 drivers (win98se drivers are generally current to Dec 1997+DirectX 6.1). They started adding those in Windows 2000 and Me.

Also remember, if something's asking for the Win98 cd, you'll want to correct the path to read D:\WIN98 rather than the root.
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Re: Trouble Installing Win98 PCI-128 Drives With Epox P55

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leilei wrote: Fri 01 Jan, 2021 8:17 pm Win98SE doesn't come with any AudioPCI 128/ES1371/ES1373 drivers (win98se drivers are generally current to Dec 1997+DirectX 6.1). They started adding those in Windows 2000 and Me.
Then how come the disc works fine when the installer asks for it on other motherboards?
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