formatting my laptop - help needed please

[KenB]

Yes - that's the "card" ( it is actually a chip )

 

Drivers are here:

http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/intel852gm/sb/cs-009059.htm

 

Win98 SE is supported so you are in luck :)

 

EDIT:

Just realised that you are working with Win 95 !!

[gem-stone24]

Thank you so much KenB. I am working with windows 98 as windows 95 once installed gave me a windows protection error that i could not fix so i decided to try windows 98 which has worked well. Thanks again for all of your help and I will let you know how things gor with the graphics.

[gem-stone24]

Hi KenB

 

Just got the graphichs installed and restarted the laptop but the laptop is now asking for an Intel Corporation Installation Disc #1. Is there anything on the intel website that can be used for this?

[KenB]

Intel Corporation Installation Disc #1

???

The driver should be it.

 

What error message are you getting ?

[gem-stone24]

It was a "please insert Intel Corporation Disk #1" when the laptop restarted the configurate the system for the graphics, but i had a look on the internet for this and found that the missing file could be skipped without harming the laptop, which is what i did. I managed to get my games working but one of them Litil Divil runs through dos and keeps putting up a message when i try and play it saying "Error not enought Expanded memory Available" is there anything for this?

[KenB]

"Error not enought Expanded memory Available

Should this read "Extended memory ..... ?

 

How much RAM do you have in this machine ?

[gem-stone24]

Hi KenB

 

It was definately Expanded Memory, this computer system says it has 495MG of RAM and I've just had a look on aida which says 361MG is free.

[KenB]

Hi

 

Try this:

(It works for Win2K and should for Win98)

• Click Start, click Run, type System.ini, and then click OK.
  
• Find the EmmExclude or NoEMSDriver statement in the [386enh] section, and then type a semicolon ( ; at the beginning of the line.
  
• Save the file and then restart your computer.
  

If this doesn't work it is a simple task to take the ; out again :)

[gem-stone24]

Hi KenB

 

I've had a look at the system.ini but in the [386enh] section there wasn't any EmmExclude or NoEMSDriver. I had a look on the internet and someone said about going into the DOS game properties and into the memory section to alter the EMS memory. I had a look at this and under EMS memory it said: The computer is not configured for expanded memory in MS-DOS sessions. I clicked on the details tab which put up a box saying: Third-party memory-management software has not been configured for expanded memory. Consult the product documentation for instructions on how to enable expanded memory. Would i need bigger memory or is there anything to download or type into the laptop to fix this?

[KenB]

Hi

Would i need bigger memory

I don't think so.

it has 495MG of RAM

You have 512 MB installed and Win98 will run on 16MB

 

Take a look here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/134399

 

I will ask Bluesplayer to take another look here as he is better with Win98 than I am :)

[Bluesplayer.]

My expertise in DOS is completely zero.

But these are from old notes on 98se - I have not used them but nothing should be lost by trying them.

That said, you proceed at your own risk.

 

In System configuration utility = msconfig

 

Autoexec.bat

If this is not present - add the entry.

 

C:\windows98\EMM386.EXE

 

Config.sys

If these are not present add these entries.

 

DEVICEHIGH=C:\windows98\himem.sys

DEVICEHIGH=C:\windows98\EMM386.EXE RAM

DOS=HIGH,UMB

 

A reboot will be needed.

See if that makes any difference - if not, remove all recently made entries above and then try.

Again under Config.sys - if these are not present, add these entries.

 

C:/windows/Himem.sys

C:/windows/Emm386.exe

 

Himem.sys will need to be listed first.

[gem-stone24]

Hi Bluesplayer

 

Thank you very much for this information, I will give this a try this weekend.

[gem-stone24]

Hi

 

Have tried the autoexec.bat and config.sys but the autoexec.bat and the frst to config.sys when i restarted a message came up saying that the file is missing or corrupted for both the autoexec.bat and config.sys. I removed these and tried the other two lines in the config.sys but they when i restarted they came up as unrecognised command.