Video Card for an older Dell - Should I install a new one?

[Guest GeorgeW6]

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]

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