bloom25 need some advice

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bloom i got the k7n420 pro mobo with an athlon 1.3 266 and 256k of ddr ram have a 52x cd rom and a 20g 7200rpm hd when setting up this mobo any tips to optimize it such as what vid drivers to use ,do i have to install 4 in 1 drivers , do i need directX 8.1 or not i will be using win98 as my os any othe advice would be helpful  btw overclocking not an option for now dont feel comfortable with that.  also any body else got any tips on this  can chime in also.








thanks in advance

[bloom25]

You don't need the VIA 4 in 1 drivers, since the K7N420 uses a nVidia chipset.  The drivers you need come on the CD that is in the motherboard box.  Just load Windows, drop the CD in there and you will see a list of items.  I believe the first one says "Load Chipset Drivers" or "nForce chipset drivers", just load them and you'll have to reboot a couple times.  Next, do the second thing on the list (if you plan on using the onboard video), which is "Load nVidia graphics driver" or something like that.  (You can also use the new Detonator XP series on nVidia's website.)

After that you should be all set.  

If you want you can load the PCcillin antivirus it comes with (on that same CD), and the PC monitoring software.

There aren't really any performance tweaks that you need to do, the board seems to perform well right out of the box.

[bloom25]

Oh, I forgot one thing:  Yes, you do still need to load DirectX.  DirectX 8a comes on that same motherboard CD, but if you want 8.1 you'll have to download it from http://www.microsoft.com/directx .

(I've found 8.1 gives slightly higher framerates than 8a.)