Upgrades for The New Windows 98 PC

Time to get some more parts in the New Windows 98 PC!
Wow, that Soyo USB card sucked. I'm glad I didn't get around to putting it in the first time. If I find another better Front USB solution I'll be looking to put that in. It would be cool if I could find a hub that I could plug into the CompUSA card I have.
While being completely out of the realm of being reasonable "period" that Gigabit card will be really useful. I do bulk data transfers to and from my server frequently so I can archive games or get data from it I need for a project. So that is going to be immensely useful.
(PS, I'm not meaning to release this near LGR's video. I recorded this last Friday. Unlucky timing.)
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[@rwdplz1]

Cutting yourself on the case is 100% 1998 computer building authentic.

[@eduardoavila646]

Yeah blood, sweat and tears!

[@mafia2boy33]

Everytime I open up my Windows 98 PC I cut myself, everytime.

[@duraker1]

i still have a scar on the back of my hand from removing a 5.25" bay plastic cover. hand flying on razor sharp rail inside the bay.

[@Burger_pants]

I cut myself on my case I bought in 2016, those things are always sharp.

[@7cleverboys]

i always get cut and never notice. i wonder why you never notice it. maybe it cuts nerves or something?

[@jangelelcangry]

The system looks so new that it feels like you travel to the past and bought the parts.

[@ColtSSR]

He did, he is part of project blue beam

[@jangelelcangry]

+Sausage Skeleton Is Blue Beam linked to Negative Druaga1 (That guy with the dark glasses from the Temple OS video) and the Dark Lord?

[@randomwrestlingthemes524]

@@ColtSSR it was all Andrew Basiago's idea!!!

[@alifmahmood4387]

But I'm thinking He went to the past and shot the video with modern camera.

[@michaelsimkins7078]

"travelled"(past tense) not "travel"(present tense)!

[@LGR]

_Nice._ Upgrade vids are always fun. Did the exact same thing popping out a panel on my recent Win98 build, ha. Did not even notice until that moment of "why is there blood on this card? Oh." Decided to just get rid of spinning hard drives on that build as well, replaced with SD cards. I figure if I'm needing a beefy HDD that isn't period-correct anyway, SD interfaces/cards are so cheap and convenient it makes too much sense to ignore. However, I'll always kinda miss the sounds a spinning drive makes, that's for sure.

[@TechTangents]

For the first video of this computer I was somewhat locked in to using a spinning disk drive. This Seagate was actually a Goodwill find that I had got before the WD drive I originally put in there. I felt that the packing wasn't "90's" enough on this one so I got the other drive after. So I figured I may as well use both drives anyway. Eventually I plan on getting an SD adapter and modifying a blank drive plate to access it from the front so I can easily swap the bootable drive for other OS's.

[@HoboVibingToMusic]

Well atleast, you won't have to worry bout the hard drive getting really noisy over time. To the point that it's sound of your hard disk screaming. Lol

[@LGR]

Yeah it makes sense to stick with classic drives for this build, especially in that first part! Really is an admirably accurate machine.

[@getxyzzy]

as all old skool pc techs should know, a successful upgrade or repair always requires a blood sacrifice (or at least a blood offering).

[@tOSdude]

I would hope the amount of cuts and scratches I've gotten from various cases and cards in the past year alone should be enough sacrifice.

[@Reloaded2111]

I didn't know making a Windows 98 PC requires blood sacrifice.

[@adamfitzpatrick2162]

Reloaded2111 I've bled for an ide cable for my floppy drive on trashy pentium 75 desktop :_(

[@IanC14]

Blood for the Blood God! Which would make Microsoft Khorne. Which makes a lot of sense...

[@nilswegner2881]

adam fitzpatrick of course you did, because IDE cables definetly are for floppy drives. And a Pentium 75 is definitely a shitty processor. You don't have any right to comment on this channel, you moron. Or you don't until you look up what you actually want to say.

[@nilswegner2881]

adam fitzpatrick I don't want to insult anyone but what you wrote is just plain incorrect, and makes you sound like you've never seen an IDE cable an a floppy drive cable side by side. An IDE cable has 40 or 80 wires, while a floppy drive cable has only 34. Also IDE is a whole different story on how it works, while the floppy drive gets controlled via the floppy drive cable, the IDE hard drive only transmits and receives data over the IDE cable. I know it does not have anything to do with your bleeding but it just annoys me that people don't do research before they write something

[@adamfitzpatrick2162]

DJ Slinus I understand, I simply made a mistake no need to flip out.

[@pockets8108]

Part 3 : installing a water cooling system made of straws from 1998

[@christopherhauck4702]

80's water cooling ftw in a more serious note a 100% custom water cooled 98 pc would be sooo memeworthy "I watercooled my 98 pc because my frames were so low""it didn't help"

[@HunkeyPunk]

If you jump through the Video, you can hear the CPU Fan increasing in RPM. Aaah the good old jet engine times waking up your parents at night...

[@taufox4419]

haha i have jet engine fans on my budget starter pc, when i finally turn my pc off after a day of gaming or working i can hear the abcense of sound on my room.

[@Keullo-eFIN]

And those high-speed CD-drives which sounded also like a jet engine.

[@FlyboyHelosim]

I remember my first PC back in '98 where the fans were on all the time. I was blown away, pardon the pun, when I got a later PC where smart technology was coming into fruition where the fans would only come on when needed.

[@renemarcelofernandezmerlo8278]

True

[@vwestlife]

Try loosening the bracket on that PCI card. Sometimes the screw holes in the bracket have enough free play that you might be able to adjust it to fit better in the slot.

[@maverick23121979]

Don't worry about not being period correct with the storage I had 500gb of storage back in 2001, on my Windows 98 machine. The joys of a custom build is you can always go overkill...

[@User-do9vu]

I have 500 GB now on windows 7.... I think about Windows 7 better than Windows 10

[@BetterCallBigShotAutos]

@@User-do9vu really seems like every other windows release is good starting from win 3.1 3.1: great 95: revolutionary but unfortunately really buggy 98: peak of non-NT windows me: dumpster fire when it came out xp: a system truly deserving of the praise/nostalgia vista: like me 7: like xp 8: win me 3: revenge of the godawful os design 8.1: kinda cool, fixed lots of 8.0 issues 10: *_no_* 11: constantly improving in the insider builds, i'm sure it'll be awesome in a year or two

[@shottysteve]

oh no, the pc from 98 has drawn blood! now you will gradually turn into an old computer nerd... wait a second

[@shottysteve]

bad joke. anyway love the vid thanks

[@christopherhauck4702]

@@KillingPeople dammit does that mean all computer nerds who lost blood to pc parts at least 5 years outdated will die virgins? don't fuck me then

[@ronnyramirez2432]

S H O T T Y ST E V E ! ! !

[@hazel2409]

@@christopherhauck4702 What?

[@stanikyoutuber]

wtf?

[@senpaidarken9410]

AkBKukU: "SCSI card" KZbin: "scuzzy card"

[@Renegade666]

"scuzzy" is the way you say it though. Also its "snez" not "ess en ee ess"

[@drsounds]

8:37 Dark mode for Windows 98 - I am so astonished!!!!!!!!!! So outstanding cool to see how 2019 design already was implemented back in 1999.

[@Samsenggalaci]

Surprised

[@BetterCallBigShotAutos]

and even better than 10 dark mode, being sent by the sticky keys shortcut to the control panel with dark mode on was pure eye torture plus some really old window designs didn't work with dark mode, ruining eyes even more in 98 it's all consistent

[@georgesalvan8294]

Your win98 setup is so perfect! love that monitor and PC case. Thanks for sharing.

[@Tombowolf]

About your GamePort issue on your SoundBlaster Live! The reason why the Gravis GamePad Pro did not work... it did work! You used the wrong mode. On the back of the GamePad there is a switch for legacy Player 1, P2 or Gravis IP. On GrIP the Gamepad sends weird commands back to the gameport which look like random button mashing. I recommend you to use either the legacy mode or install the GrIP Software. And I recommend the Gravis Profiler of the Terminator Gamepad. It seems more stable under 98 than the original 95 software. For the SideWinder... no clue. My SW ForceFeedback Pro doesn't like it at all, if there are more than one Gameport or Soundcards in the system. Getting this thing to work in 98/ME is some kind of magic. It works on my Packard Bell and I have no frikkn clue why. But it might have to do something with MIDI capabilities since the SideWinders use MIDI for advanced commands to the peripherial and the system. So, good luck getting SideWinders to work. :D

[@Sploshification]

He needs to see this!

[@NicholasMarkovich]

but it did work after he reinstalled the drivers

[@BilisNegra]

That color scheme on that installation of '98 is really cool, and matches the 3dfx wallpaper so well!

[@alternassyy]

I gotta say I admire all your efforts in building a Windows 98 desktop PC in this day. It's a remarkable effort. Judging from ur enthusiasm, it sure rocks to get the PC running and enjoying ur fav games😉 I always have a soft spot for Windows 98, bcos my first experience with a computer was through this OS. We had loads of fun games on the laptop even though the graphic card was not that good😂

[@enigma776]

I would kill for a computer like that, reminds me of the one I had during the 90s which just got scrapped for parts or given away over the years. Why didn't we keep these things instead of regretting it and buying it all again for inflated prices by the people who did keep things around.

[@Toxic2T]

I got all of mines from the trash. Just built a Pentium III system, now I have to install XP on it so I can surf the internet lol.

[@Toxic2T]

Lol some do sadly

[@IzludeTingel]

If you have an x58 motherboard, DONT SELL IT!!!!!! These are the last good Mobos for vintage gaming, DOS bootable, win 3.1, sound support included, internal speaker or sound blaster (you can put an ISA card in the old PCI slot with a riser)

[@einardivision]

Finally found some good content on youtube. Started to watch another video and then found this one, really like how well you go into details. Cheers from Iceland

[@RenanSpolon]

When you were installing the FAN in the cabinet I realized that the parts were still powered by the LEDs of the network card, careful handling so as not to burn the parts, it is ideal to cut off the power completely. Congratulations on the upgrade, I really enjoyed it. **** Quando você estava instalando o FAN no gabinete percebi que as peças ainda estavam energizadas pelos LEDs da placa de rede, cuidado na hora de manusear para não queimar as peças, o ideal é cortar por completo a energia. Parabéns pelo upgrade, gostei bastante.

[@visionofdisorder]

i love that you recorded the room sound lol. that gentle vacuum cleaner hum brings back comfortable memories...

[@tofu1888]

Nice to see this kind of vids, seeing how pcs back then were like and how specs have advanced and accessories use to have back then.

[@injamamulhaque3703]

18:37 I like the "CABLE MANAGEMENT" :3

[@DigiFootageFX]

Your videos bring me back to a great time in my life, when the computer revolution was in full swing and I was the only one in my area with a computer and internet access! All my friends wouldnt follow suit until much later, after 2000! I was literally the only one of all my friends who not only owned a computer but had access to the internet back in 1998! I actually had a computer since 1986, but didn't do anything with that one outside of word processing documents for class in high school and maybe play some very basic DOS games like Leisure Suit Larry. I finally upgraded to a new computer in 1995! I started with Windows 3.1 but soon upgraded that to Windows 95, then finally Windows 98. I kept using Win 98 until I bought another new system in 2002 and was forced to use Windows XP, which I ended up using all the way until 2010!

[@Lucian_Andries]

Oh, the nostalgia... :D Yep, when something stopped working, you just needed to reinstall its driver. :)

[@rik.2293]

Aw, I remember when I was little I use that exact same Sidewinder controller to play emulated SNES and Sega Genesis games. The button layout on that controller works really well for both. If you're into emulated retro games I highly recommend you get this controller.

[@satiroglu44]

This is legendary and greatly fun to watch. All these equipment still seem like a huge deal to me, even thinking they are overaged...

[@aztecabo1]

Awesome video. Really enjoyed the nil status of driver at the end. Thank you.

[@FoxerTails]

Nice, I was wondering about how this PC was doing since the last video. Great stuff as always.

[@bnelson333]

I did a lot of PC builds during this period and changing the USB pinouts was common! It also had the possibility of causing damage if you did it wrong. I was happy when they came out with a standard pinout.

[@Norm3Show]

Nice Video. I really wanted that InWin case in the early 2000's. Your frustration with Creative's drivers is genuine. Had that same keyboard too, loved it, but wish the layout was standard. I would go with some Noctua fans for filming and sanity purposes. Keep up the awesome work.

[@djdjukic]

Dude. That HP ScanJet 4c just brings the whole build together. Every DTP shop in '99 had one. Even multiple ones for spares. Now for the printer (because of course :), there are so many good choices (5L was a favourite), but I would get something with Postscript, period-correct and you can write PS programs! Oh yeah, and don't worry about your DVD drive, it has a smooth-eject mechanism where it intentionally slows down part-way, I have a Plextor that does the same thing. I guess Emprex, like many, sold rebranded drives!

[@michaelsimkins7078]

DTP?

[@djdjukic]

@@michaelsimkins7078 Desktop Publishing.

[@LegendaryK4]

Im glad you showed the driving test at the end. That used to be the bane of my existence on the PS1 port.

[@steelscooter]

Loosen the screws on the usb card back plate, they usually have a bit of play to relax the fit.

[@tzviasegal3003]

THIS. GD knows how many times I have done this.

[@XCVGVCX]

I'm honestly surprised he was so shocked and appalled that the card was out of spec and didn't fit properly. I've bent and bodged so many cards in because the card was out of spec or the bracket was misshapen or the case was bent it's not even funny.

[@christopherhauck4702]

@@XCVGVCX yup even in modern pc's slightly misshapen card slots are still a problem but mainly with low-budget cases or niche expansion cards I even had to cut a cheap case because the slot 7 was literally only half as large in the backplane so the nub at the end of the bracket wouldn't slide into the metal underneath the mobo SteelScooter is correct though often if a card is out of spec loose screws might help but I would recommend actually doing the "no bracket" method due to it only being an internal usb card with no external connectors perhaps with lumps of hot glue or thick wires soldered to the card and back plate to allow slight adjustments just make sure to only connect the wires to ground or cut traces to the unpopulated rear connectors

[@lockpickingmen]

What good memories that game brings back to me, when I was younger, passing that exam was a task of many repetitions. Too bad that first version isn't in GOG.

[@HorrorUberAlles]

Surprisingly, I feel that as hard as that tutorial felt back in the day, it definitely prepared you for the rest of the game. At some point in a level you'd find yourself doing some of those stunts to get away from the cops.

[@Chris-techgamesfood]

Great video man, these videos take me back to my childhood 🎉

[@andresbravo2003]

Sounds great. hope you get your Win98 PC Up and Running!

[@Josh.Davidson]

I really enjoy your videos, very entertaining and informative!

[@jtifrl4978]

I like old games more then newer games lol

[@DonForceFeedback]

Such an amazing couple of videos! kinda feels weird to watch the old tech when i look to the right at my tower (full glass side panel with i7 9700k, rgb h100i, rgb dominator Ram, and msi 2080 ti gaming trio x,) so yea, we have come a looong way in computer tech! nostalgic bit of sim city 2000 on the old systems as well.

[@GTFour]

I loved my MS sidewinder pad, was always so good to use. Microsoft Motocross Madness 2 with it is a real great experience.

[@MrValz0]

That rig is a thing of beauty, great video.

[@LoftechUK]

Banging video and brought back some memories. Thank you 😊

[@runrin_]

nice cable management. beautiful and clean. its so much nicer to work with a large case. also wanted to say i'm a big fan of your perfectionism. nice to see you not just throwing stuff in there if it doesnt meet your standards. also love that you're using all microsoft accessories. my hands are jacked up from years of games and computers, so ergonomic keyboards are basically pornographic to me.

[@godchi1dvonsteuben770]

Man, your channel has GREAT sound, for such a little channel!

[@psychoticgiraffe]

Gorgeous case, I used an inwin a500 for mine because I needed a more compact unit, I opted for the geforce 4 when I upgraded to spread out my range of games, but those voodoo cards are gorgeous, 1998 cutting yourself on the case aesthetic is strong here.

[@wmbauer2]

-the GUI version of FDISK would be PartitionMagic by PowerQuest (later Norton). Get it, it's a great tool for DOS and Win9x! -i've often got SoundBlaster emulation only to work when I've had the card put into the last PCI slot. Maybe because of IRQ sharing, idk, but a friend told me. Just in case you stumble across this issue -when restarting 98, keep pressing shift. Win98 will reboot without going to BIOS, which speeds things up

[@wallflips]

Huge amount of nostalgia going on here, thanks!

[@kjrchannel1480]

I have had to bend brackets to make things fit or even ream out mounting holes just enough. It is usually the bottom that is not quite straight or bent enough to rest where the case wants it to.

[@14dgamez]

Keep doing vids about this computer and all the updates you do to it!!! Also post the videos of the set up parts from the first vid you made of this computer that you said you were going to post later but never did.

[@2dfx]

Those InWin full towers are SEXY. I loved working with them back in the day when they were new. Built a Pentium Pro server and an Athlon XP system in that exact case.

[@FlyboyHelosim]

It's crazy to think that all the components in this monster rig, except for the second DVD drive and 5.25" floppy drive, can now be found in a laptop form factor. Again it's crazy to think that many of these components such as a separate graphics card and sound card are now just chipsets built into the motherboard... and now have even more features... and the fact that pretty much all the functionality of the Voodoo card can be replicated with a piece of lightweight software in the form of a glide wrapper. How far we have come in 20 years.

[@zevolex2260]

These computers gives me nostalgia. I miss them days.

[@Boemel]

All the early computing frustrations are coming back to me ;D

[@RetroBerner]

why didn't you grab a scsi drive rather than the ide drive to go with that snazzy scsi card?

[@pip5528]

Dang, I can never beat the parking lot test in Driver. I'm amazed that you're able to. I will try your strategy.

[@mimnunvav1mimnunvav195]

Good, reliable,functional update. Good looking,healthy,strong PC. Thanks for your work.

[@johnlemus7921]

This was a great series. I'm actually thinking about doing something similar. The only major difference is I am going to be trying to get and IDE SSD to run windows 8 off of.

[@seanc.5310]

I love that "Professional" China Brand USB hub and controller. I swear they have reused that same box to this day. Lol

[@tHeWasTeDYouTh]

17:31 that sounds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY CHILDHOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MandrakeProducciones]

We need a part 3!!!!

[@oldNavyJZ]

I used to build and sale Windows 98 PC's. Enjoying the nostalgic build!

[@Saturn2888]

Dude, I couldn't beat that level in Driver San Francisco. No clue how you did it for this vid so well.

[@XodiumLabs]

Ah, Driver. Both it and Driver 2 were the banes of my existence when I was a kid. Couldn't make it past the tutorial in the first one, and we rented Driver 2 to have some fun with that and while it was definitely the better game by far there was some mission in Rio that was stupidly hard to get past and we ended up giving up on it. Didn't even know it was on PC, either.

[@NiGhtPiSH]

I remember when I rocked two optical drives. Back in the day copying CDs and DVDs was the thing to do in our neck of the woods.

[@Gigidag77]

23:34 "Stay tuned, there will be more on this in the future" *None on this in 5 months*

[@MYSEGAISBROKEN]

Ran smoothly much like a psone or better. It was really cool to see.

[@georgez8859]

Nice Video. It`s no fun unless you bleed a little, makes it all worthwhile.

[@xicelinkx]

You should install a tv card ! It was the best feature of my windows 98 !! Thanks for the great time and nostalgia. Your hard work has brought a smile to my face. Growing up and going through this era of computing was truly and genuinely the greatest time of my life. My pc was 300mhz cpu with 4gb hardrive and I though my I was the man lol . I just built a 2700x hero470 water cooled gtx 1080 64mb ram lol. It's just amazing how we have advanced. But I'll always say, windows 98 se was the bomb! None of my buddies has se lol.

[@xicelinkx]

Had*

[@zenkim6709]

tony stark > You should install a tv card ! Only makes sense if he also has one of those wretched Digital TV to analog RF converter boxes, the ones that (usually) came with their own remote controllers, or an old school camcorder or VCR that he might want to hook up. An alternative would be one of ATI's models from their All-In-Wonder series -- SVGA adapter, 3D graphics accelerator and TV card all in one. Unfortunately, the included dongle cabling could easily get broken or lost, and if you couldn't obtain a replacement you were SCREWED.

[@xicelinkx]

Yes I had the all in wonder ati !!!!! Perfect option lol

[@nbrowser]

Holy crap....a Q500! I had one of those back in the day...hell I'd give my left...you know what for another to build up a competent modern machine in....with a FDD just there for shits and giggles. Those were awesome cases back in the day, huge and the removable motherboard tray was a nice touch.

[@jhonrock2386]

Maybe you should install at least a heatsink on the motherboard chipset. Anyway, great video. Im loving the nostalgia feeling. Pls, show more games.

[@RetroGamingWithEdgarRivera]

Oh yes that's Super awesome my friend.

[@mrmerlin6287]

This is my first time witnessing any other version of Driver than the PS1 version... Looks incredible.

[@domhuj]

That Warning is cool! Wouldn't have expected that from an Intel board!

[@lanuhsislehswolfchild146]

That rig is hella dope!

[@CJODell12]

I didn't even know they made 120 GB hard drives back in 1998.

[@pip5528]

And they still do. Haha

[@dmtd2388]

what does 120gb has to do with 1998 cause of windows? 1998 avarage high hdd was 2.5gb to 6gb then 1999 i started growing fast 10-40gb to 1999 , 2001-2002 was when 120gb started getting into bigger market

[@bkrich]

“I’ve really been waiting to get into some SCSI shenanigans here” 🤣😂

[@mrflamewars]

That power supply window is pretty rad, never seen that before.

[@C_Wheeler00]

I'd love to see more updates on this PC, especially putting in those Noctua fans

[@eltopograph2450]

This System is 90% simular to my that i had in the end of the 90ies. Nice to see it.

[@JonTheGeek]

I love the angry rant at the designers of the usb card XD I love the quick jump up to the side of the case when the temp warning hit,,,,, wait is that the blue led fan from the old Linus Tech Tips windows vista build???

[@spaziovuoto3032]

The best windows UI

[@davidboston4136]

The memories: I love it, thank you !!!

[@darklord2703]

love it, u had the same issues i had back in the day, lol keep it up!

[@tomcat9078]

Really old'n'cool stuff bro!

[@NightSprinter]

With the Gravis, for regular Gamepad function, move the switch under it to the Player-1 position. This makes it very compatible for DOS games. Some later games like "Bubble Bobble: Also Featuring Rainbow Islands" and "X-Men: Children of The Atom" supports thr GrIP mode the pad was set to (and the actual controllers for the GrIP MultiPort Adapter). Hope that helps some.

[@victorkam_vlog]

That’s totally my childhood, missing those time

[@majorp6084]

what a cool build very nice!!!

[@mr.pcprofessor9337]

Beautiful computer upgrades..

[@cedricvreekamp1928]

i love seeing this machine run only i think one component to make it period correct is missing and that is one of those hideous and inconvenient pc desk with those flimsy sliding keyboard trays. that would complete the experience.

[@josephneale10215]

Awesome video as always

[@CattaRappa]

I have that same Antec fan in my main rig, works pretty well for how old it is.

[@RoundenBrown]

That case is HUGE!

[@dave4shmups]

Great update video!

[@j0ltc0lajunki3]

I love the fact you have still mylar sealed gear in this machine.

[@etaxalo]

I find scsi and interesting thing to work with. Mostly because i only used one functional scsi drive. But internally the thing is stupidly fast, and its like it doesn’t matter how many file one throw in to a folder it loads instantly.

[@Jerryman15]

Cool! Driver is one Of my favorite games! AND looks great the vídeo Of the 98 PC

[@casualpotato4766]

Upgrades! Yay! Nice video :).

[@SoundFantasy]

The computer fan is so damn loud lol. This is definitely a cool video 😎💨

[@az_tinkerer_gamer]

Sidewinder brings back memories... didnt work on mine either back in the day lol.

[@princepeterwolf]

You are now the coolest dude of all time in my book

[@iremiabliss]

We want more! This is great