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win98 install that went wrong

by jonah jones May 22, 2005 5:11AM PDT

win98 build 4.10.1998
AMD K6-2 w/3DNow 450 mghz
MB=Asus P5s-VM
128M RAM
BIOS phoenix 1.06
SiS 5513 dual PCI IDE controller
SiS 7001 PCI to USB
Creative SB16
Realtek RTL8139 PCI ethernet

all this in an HP pavilion 4530 (with none of the original CD/floppy setup/recovery disc/s) Sad

after fdisk/format/install device manager was almost obliterated by yellow ? or !

fixed all of them, but for ONE major problem, screen is stuck on 480x640 16 colours $%#%#^^

according to the Asus manual, it has "onboard AGP VGA" but none of the cards listed in the device manager--> change driver has AGP VGA listed

right now im using 'generic' vga
if i try to use 'generic' super-vga, the slider allows me to set 768x1024 or 600x800 @256 colours, but after reboot, i get a "your definitions are wrong/wron video card error and it resets to 480x640....

i have this "going round in circles" feeling Sad

which way do i go to look for a solution?


jonah "slowly losing it" jones

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Still need drivers.
by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator May 22, 2005 5:28AM PDT

Such don't come on that Windows 98 CD. See if HP has them for download.

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they only have 2 files for download Bob
by jonah jones May 22, 2005 6:11AM PDT

for keyboard and 'floppy disk controller software update'

jonah

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go to
by TONI H May 22, 2005 6:27AM PDT
http://www.belarc.com and run an online scan to have it tell you the actual maker and model number of your 'video card'. Let us know, and we'll get you to the drivers somewhere else. HP isn't the only source.

Or go back to HP and see if they have the manual for it available that will tell you what it is in PDF format, but I think it's easier to get it from Belarc to be honest.

TONI
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belarc
by jonah jones May 22, 2005 6:50AM PDT

says "generic" vga (thats what was installed at setup)

HP says

videop graphics UMA-chipset internal AGP
controller SiS 530/5595
video memory 8M shared with bsystem memory-not upgradeable


i say "almost midnight and i have to be at work at 05:00 Sad"

i'll check back tomorrow...

thanks y'all

jonah

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SIS Video drivers then.
by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator May 22, 2005 7:28AM PDT

You collected enough information to go find SIS video drivers for that model. Try that.

Bob

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SIS drivers here for download
by TONI H May 22, 2005 8:59PM PDT
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too late :-(
by jonah jones May 22, 2005 9:26PM PDT

blurry eyed from a late night and a %$^$# day at work i downloaded what i "thought" was a "AGP graphics card driver" -about 6.8M- and as a result, all the YELLOW ? are back and i have a "windows protection error-restart your computer" message ....

as there is nothing on the HD (apart from a mess) i'm all set for a fresh format and install of win98 again.....

question: where do i start?
i have the 1.4 floppy with "start with CD support" on it
the win98 CD
and the realtek 1.4 which gets me on the net

jonah "whatever happened to the easy life?" jones


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If you have the belarc reading and
by TONI H May 22, 2005 10:38PM PDT

printed it out, you should have the maker and model number for all the hardware.....get on the net, download the latest drivers for all of them, including getting motherboard drivers, burn it all to a cd if you can and then format the drive, reinstall windows and use the cd for the drivers.

You can put the Belarc report on a floppy disk by saving it as a file, take it to another computer and print it from there

TONI

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installing as i type
by jonah jones May 23, 2005 4:25AM PDT

fdisk=normal
format=normal
install=(so far) normal
blood pressure=(so far) normal Happy

i downloaded the various SiS drivers and burned to CD...

i'll let you know what happens...


jonah "starting to hate modern technology" jones

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everything went well .....until
by jonah jones May 23, 2005 5:03AM PDT

i tried installing the SiS AGP driver(s)

there was a "something something failed" window that appeared for about 3 seconds and now i have the "windows protection error" message...

i rebooted into safe mode but there is no "system restore" Sad to help me out .....

do i format/install again? or is there a way to "go back"?

jonah

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Video Drivers for it
by TONI H May 23, 2005 5:59AM PDT
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thanks Toni
by jonah jones May 23, 2005 6:13AM PDT

i also remembered "scanreg /restore" (system restore for cavemen?) Happy

toni, you have email...


jonah

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scanreg didn't help
by jonah jones May 23, 2005 8:46PM PDT

so... it's format and install, only this time i'll leave that AGP file alone Happy

at least i can get decent resolution/# of colours now!


jonah


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If everything fails ...
by Kees Bakker May 22, 2005 6:42AM PDT

(even with such excellent help from Bob and Toni that's possible, in principle) consider buying a new PCI videocard (a basic videocard nowadays has much better specs than you had, and isn't very expensive) and disable the onboard one in the BIOS.

Kees

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Maybe this will help
by Glenda May 23, 2005 2:14PM PDT
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If you want more problems keep that 128 MB ram
by Earth9111 Jun 3, 2005 11:19PM PDT

Get more ram or you're problem will only get worse.Too little ram is always a big problem.System low in resources is no fun.Once you add more too you're hard drive,the more that 128 MB ram can't handle.See how much
ram you're system can handle then bump up too more ram.

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