Guest GeorgeW6 Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 Hi, My video card was working great until a crash required my reloading Windows 98. From then on I never was able to make it work correctly, despite lots of help here and originally from Dell before the Windows 98 support went off. (The sound is not working, either, but it is the picture quality I need fixed) Since this is an old obsession, I have to revisit the situation. I would like to know if starting over by replacing the video card for a new one with its new software would likely solve my problem. I feel there is no sense in going through all the steps to repair again and again, as I did before. Also, are video cards specific to the computer and operating system, as I think they are? My reason to do this is that I have many 3 1/2 discs with family photos and they are all compacted using a Windows 98 DOS program that does not work on Windows XP, my current laptop OS. The photographs come up so bad on the screen that I cannot even see if they are worthwhile to save. I know how to do the save and use them on the laptop, although it is not easy and I do not want to bother with a bunch of pictures of no use. I'll give the computer away as soon as I know there is are no further use for it. Thanks, George
Guest philo Posted February 11, 2008 Posted February 11, 2008 Re: Video Card for an older Dell - Should I install a new one? "GeorgeW6" <GeorgeW6@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CAC0F157-70B1-4FF5-B4F2-44EB37EB793E@microsoft.com... > Hi, > > My video card was working great until a crash required my reloading Windows > 98. From then on I never was able to make it work correctly, despite lots of > help here and originally from Dell before the Windows 98 support went off. > (The sound is not working, either, but it is the picture quality I need > fixed) Since this is an old obsession, I have to revisit the situation. > > I would like to know if starting over by replacing the video card for a new > one with its new software would likely solve my problem. I feel there is no > sense in going through all the steps to repair again and again, as I did > before. Also, are video cards specific to the computer and operating system, > as I think they are? > > My reason to do this is that I have many 3 1/2 discs with family photos and > they are all compacted using a Windows 98 DOS program that does not work on > Windows XP, my current laptop OS. The photographs come up so bad on the > screen that I cannot even see if they are worthwhile to save. I know how to > do the save and use them on the laptop, although it is not easy and I do not > want to bother with a bunch of pictures of no use. > > I'll give the computer away as soon as I know there is are no further use > for it. > > Thanks, George No need to get a new video card... all you have to do is install the drivers for it. You can get them from the website of the Mfg
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