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Only allows 2 Colour or 16 Colour Choice in Display Settings

Mar 6, 2004 4:19AM PST

Our monitor looks fine while booting up but once
Windows 98 is running the coloring and size of everything is awful. When in display properties/settings there are only 2 and 16 colour to choose from. The others are no longer there.
Is this our video card??? If it is it will be the
3rd video card replaced in 3 years.......??

HELLLLPPPPP!!!!

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Re:Only allows 2 Colour or 16 Colour Choice in Display Settings
Mar 6, 2004 4:43AM PST

Get the diskette or CD that came with your current videocard. Then reinstall the drivers.

If that doesn't help, boot into Safe Mode, go into Device Manager, delete the video card, and reboot. Windows will see the new hardware and ask you for the drivers. Which you conveniently have at hand.

This most likely is a driver problem, and this procedure will solve it.

Kees

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Only allows 2 Colour or 16 Colour Choice in Display Settings
Feb 27, 2006 4:45PM PST

I'm reading this at work!
I will do as you advised tonight and keep you informed.

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Re:Only allows 2 Colour or 16 Colour Choice in Display Settings
Mar 6, 2004 12:16PM PST

Thank you so much for your help. Seems to have done the trick.
'preciate it.

Shell

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(NT) Glad I could help.
Mar 7, 2004 3:01AM PST

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You need a display driver - suffered the exact same problem
May 21, 2006 3:05AM PDT

Just days ago I put Windows 98 onto my Toshiba Portege 7020CT after Windows XP messed up. I quite honestly prefer 98 to XP except for one thing: Windows XP loads and applies drivers automatically - 98 you need them on disk. How times have changed. When I set up my computer, the icons were huge and, like you, I had only 2 or 16 colours to choose from, so many apps wouldn't install properly. Then I found www.driverguide.com, and I've got 4 drivers from there (Modem, Display, Sound, CD-RW drive) and they ALL worked. I guarantee you'll find what you need. www.driverguide.com

You need to sign up for a free account in order to download your driver, and the process is quite strung out but it's either that or pay for it on CD.

Another good method is simply to search google using your computer name and problematic device (the display in this case) and driverguide is usually one of the first listings you'll see. Very best of luck to you - remember to back up any drivers you have on CD or Floppy Disk.

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Sounds hard, but I think I figured it out..
Oct 2, 2006 7:52PM PDT

I was recently having the same problem, spent two days trying to figure it out.. and I think there is a simpler way..

go to: display properties - settings tab -
now chances are that you have a plug and play monitor, that is okay. but it's the adapter that you need to change so hit the - Advanced... - (reminder-make sure your Microsoft 98 disc is in your drive) hit the - Change button - click the second option that says: Display a list of all the drivers.. - click the HAVE DISK.. button - There it should say: Install from disk -
Hit the Browse button - then select the D drive (or where ever your Windows CD is in) at the bottom - select DRIVERS - then select DISPLAY - finally select INTEL (which should bring up a folder that says -i810- select that and then hit OKAY.
this should say something like: your comp might not support it.. continue. and then it should restart your computer..

Hopefully this helps you out!