Locked into 16 colours.

[Guest Rod]

Newbie.

 

Loading Win98se on an old clone.

I cannot get anything but 16 colours.

 

Gigabyte 7zx 1.00 motherboard

I assume with onboard graphics.

 

What steps do I need to identify and load

graphics driver?

Manual suggests VT82C686B PSIPC

but lots of other confusing display details

I am totally lost here :(

Thanks

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"Rod" <pookiethai@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message

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> Newbie.

>

> Loading Win98se on an old clone.

> I cannot get anything but 16 colours.

>

> Gigabyte 7zx 1.00 motherboard

> I assume with onboard graphics.

>

> What steps do I need to identify and load

> graphics driver?

> Manual suggests VT82C686B PSIPC

> but lots of other confusing display details

> I am totally lost here :(

> Thanks

 

I see nothing online that suggests in any way that this motherboard had onboard

graphics, so I am not sure why you assume that. Where on the back of the computer

is the video connector for the monitor? If it is up with the USB ports, printer

ports, and mouse/keyboard ports, then it is likely integrated. If it is down below

that in a horizontal slot, then you have a video card.

 

Download, install, and run EVEREST Free Edition:

http://www.majorgeeks.com/EVEREST_Free_Edition_d4181.html

 

You can use it to find the true identity of your display adapter.

Expand the Display section in the left-hand pane of Everest, then select Windows

Video and note what is listed there, and what is listed as the Video Adapter

Manufacturer.

Then select PCI / AGP Video and note what is listed for Video Adapter and for 3D

Accelerator.

Next select GPU, and note the video Adapter Name.

 

Post back with that info.

--

Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+

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"Rod" <pookiethai@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message

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>

> "glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message

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>

>> I see nothing online that suggests in any way that this motherboard had

> onboard

>> graphics, so I am not sure why you assume that. Where on the back of the

> computer

>> is the video connector for the monitor? If it is up with the USB ports,

> printer

>> ports, and mouse/keyboard ports, then it is likely integrated. If it is

> down below

>> that in a horizontal slot, then you have a video card.

>

> Indeed, thanks Glen.

> therefore I presume I have a GA GF 2000 display card

> suitable for 2000 and XP only.

> I am running through your instructions and will post.

>

> After that, I guess I'll need a graphics card support list for Win98se

 

The Ga-GF2000 GeForce2 AGP video card from Gigabyte is not "suitable for 2000 and XP

only". It is suitable for Win98....in fact this review is based on testing in

win98:

http://guru3d.com/review/gigabyte/gagf2000/

 

Awaiting your details to confirm what is installed.

--

Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+

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"glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message

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> I see nothing online that suggests in any way that this motherboard had

onboard

> graphics, so I am not sure why you assume that. Where on the back of the

computer

> is the video connector for the monitor? If it is up with the USB ports,

printer

> ports, and mouse/keyboard ports, then it is likely integrated. If it is

down below

> that in a horizontal slot, then you have a video card.

 

Indeed, thanks Glen.

therefore I presume I have a GA GF 2000 display card

suitable for 2000 and XP only.

I am running through your instructions and will post.

 

After that, I guess I'll need a graphics card support list for Win98se

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"Rod" <pookiethai@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message

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>

> "glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message

>

>> Awaiting your details to confirm what is installed.

>> Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+

>

> Goodness,

> I only open my mouth to change feet.

>

> http://cjoint.com/data/mcdD7zcZTa.htm

>

> looks like nVIDIA RIVA TNT2 M64

>

> next instruction :)

 

All that info I asked for, and this is all you are going to give me? ;-)

 

It looks like this is going to be the driver package for that display adapter:

 

NVidia ForceWare Version: 71.84

http://www.nvidia.com/object/win9x_71.84.html

 

Products Supported:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/71.84_9x_supported.html

 

Driver Installation Hints

http://www.nvidia.com/object/driver_installation_hints.html

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Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+

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"glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message

> Awaiting your details to confirm what is installed.

> Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+

 

Goodness,

I only open my mouth to change feet.

 

http://cjoint.com/data/mcdD7zcZTa.htm

 

looks like nVIDIA RIVA TNT2 M64

 

next instruction :)

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"glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message

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> It looks like this is going to be the driver package for that display

adapter:

> NVidia ForceWare Version: 71.84

> http://www.nvidia.com/object/win9x_71.84.html

 

 

Wow! 98 is flying..........! Thanks a whole bunch Glen.

 

IIRC monitor is something like 1026x768 @70mhz ...beautiful :)

 

Don't know how you arrived at that driver package,

I searched and clicked, got "Bikini desktop" or other crap

and no less than 16 cookies to disable, there were so many

drivers to choose from my eyes glazed over.

 

Tinkering is becoming fun, cannot wait to load my

5 mill record database and see how that runs.

 

I also bought a $3 HP scanner ADF, but will not be tinkering with that

I had no idea HP had such a bad reputation.

One site the blogger suggested a defragment would disable

the scanner software.

I threw the scanner in the dumpster.

 

Regards, and thanks again.

Rod.

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Re: Locked into 16 colours.

 

 

"glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message

 

> It looks like this is going to be the driver package for that display

adapter:

> NVidia ForceWare Version: 71.84

> http://www.nvidia.com/object/win9x_71.84.html

 

 

Just one more query, if I may.

This motherboard has a dual bios, and I can update

the bios, by going on line to Gigabyte (when I bring it in from the garage)

 

Any comments on that process? is it regarded as safe to do?

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"Rod" <pookiethai@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message

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>

> "glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message

>

>

>> It looks like this is going to be the driver package for that display

> adapter:

>> NVidia ForceWare Version: 71.84

>> http://www.nvidia.com/object/win9x_71.84.html

>

>

> Just one more query, if I may.

> This motherboard has a dual bios, and I can update

> the bios, by going on line to Gigabyte (when I bring it in from the garage)

>

> Any comments on that process? is it regarded as safe to do?

 

GIGABYTE - Support - How to reflash Motherboard BIOS

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/HowToReflashBIOS.aspx

 

"If you do not encounter any system instability or bugs with the current BIOS

version, we suggest that you keep it."

 

Unless there is some feature or fix in the newer BIOS version that you need, don't

flash.

 

You need to determine what board you have for sure....there is both a GA-7ZX (Rev.

1.x), and a GA-7ZX-1 (Rev.1.x), as well as other Revisions of both those models.

Also you need to determine what BIOS version you have now. The Gigabyte online

utility may be able to find that for you.

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Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+

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"glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message

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> "If you do not encounter any system instability or bugs with the current

BIOS

> version, we suggest that you keep it."

> Unless there is some feature or fix in the newer BIOS version that you

need, don't

> flash.

> Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+

 

Thank you very much for replies to both queries.