Win 98SE Display Problem.

[Rob]

After re-installing win98SE on an old IBM PC 300GL I now only get 16 colors
(640x480).
I went to ibm.com and the driver site automatically detected I had a Cirrus
Logic 6561-34F
There were two files to download both labelled QB3T17A. I downloaded these 2
files to my desktop and when I open them they open to what appears to be a
DOS window. Before I proceed any further and try to run them does anybody
know if these are in fact the correct drivers that I need, and if so how in
fact I install them correctly.

Thanks for any help

Rob

[Jeff Richards]

The desktop is not a suitable place to these files. Move them to a new
folder that is labelled so you know why you created it (eg VIDEO_DRIVERS).

You should have downloaded three files - QB3T17A.exe, QB3217A.exe and
QB3T17A.txt. If you double click the TXT file it will open in Wordpad and
you can read the installation instructions.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (DTS)
"Rob" > wrote in message
...
> After re-installing win98SE on an old IBM PC 300GL I now only get 16
> colors
> (640x480).
> I went to ibm.com and the driver site automatically detected I had a
> Cirrus
> Logic 6561-34F
> There were two files to download both labelled QB3T17A. I downloaded these
> 2
> files to my desktop and when I open them they open to what appears to be a
> DOS window. Before I proceed any further and try to run them does anybody
> know if these are in fact the correct drivers that I need, and if so how
> in
> fact I install them correctly.
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> Rob
>
>

[Rob]

Thanks for the info . I downloaded the three files into a video driver
folder like you suggested. I then extracted the two .exe to a 1.44Mb floppy.
I then tried to follow the txt file instructions for installation (the
instructions were for win 95 and Iam running win 98SE, but I think they are
fairly similar). When it came time to put in the disk into the A drive I got
an error message saying it could not detect my hardware. Also I see listed
when I search my hardware under cirrus logic different numbers (which I
belive are model #'s) but none refer to 6561 which the ibm site says I have
installed.

I realize this is not a very clear message that Iam writing but Iam more
than a little confused and would appreciate any help that you can give me.

Thanks
Rob
"Jeff Richards" > wrote in message
...
> The desktop is not a suitable place to these files. Move them to a new
> folder that is labelled so you know why you created it (eg VIDEO_DRIVERS).
>
> You should have downloaded three files - QB3T17A.exe, QB3217A.exe and
> QB3T17A.txt. If you double click the TXT file it will open in Wordpad and
> you can read the installation instructions.
> --
> Jeff Richards
> MS MVP (DTS)
> "Rob" > wrote in message
> ...
> > After re-installing win98SE on an old IBM PC 300GL I now only get 16
> > colors
> > (640x480).
> > I went to ibm.com and the driver site automatically detected I had a
> > Cirrus
> > Logic 6561-34F
> > There were two files to download both labelled QB3T17A. I downloaded
these
> > 2
> > files to my desktop and when I open them they open to what appears to be
a
> > DOS window. Before I proceed any further and try to run them does
anybody
> > know if these are in fact the correct drivers that I need, and if so how
> > in
> > fact I install them correctly.
> >
> > Thanks for any help
> >
> > Rob
> >
> >
>
>

[Jeff Richards]

What procedure are you using to search your hardware and what are the
'different numbers' you are seeing? It's possible that you might be seeing
information about the current drivers, not the actual installed hardware.

What was the process that you used to identify the correct download site?
You indicated that the site 'automatically detected' your hardware, but was
this through some sort of investigation of your system or was it by you
entering model numbers or serial numbers?
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (DTS)
"Rob" > wrote in message ...
> Thanks for the info . I downloaded the three files into a video driver
> folder like you suggested. I then extracted the two .exe to a 1.44Mb
> floppy.
> I then tried to follow the txt file instructions for installation (the
> instructions were for win 95 and Iam running win 98SE, but I think they
> are
> fairly similar). When it came time to put in the disk into the A drive I
> got
> an error message saying it could not detect my hardware. Also I see listed
> when I search my hardware under cirrus logic different numbers (which I
> belive are model #'s) but none refer to 6561 which the ibm site says I
> have
> installed.
>
> I realize this is not a very clear message that Iam writing but Iam more
> than a little confused and would appreciate any help that you can give me.
>
> Thanks
> Rob
> "Jeff Richards" > wrote in message
> ...
>> The desktop is not a suitable place to these files. Move them to a new
>> folder that is labelled so you know why you created it (eg
>> VIDEO_DRIVERS).
>>
>> You should have downloaded three files - QB3T17A.exe, QB3217A.exe and
>> QB3T17A.txt. If you double click the TXT file it will open in Wordpad and
>> you can read the installation instructions.
>> --
>> Jeff Richards
>> MS MVP (DTS)
>> "Rob" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > After re-installing win98SE on an old IBM PC 300GL I now only get 16
>> > colors
>> > (640x480).
>> > I went to ibm.com and the driver site automatically detected I had a
>> > Cirrus
>> > Logic 6561-34F
>> > There were two files to download both labelled QB3T17A. I downloaded
> these
>> > 2
>> > files to my desktop and when I open them they open to what appears to
>> > be
> a
>> > DOS window. Before I proceed any further and try to run them does
> anybody
>> > know if these are in fact the correct drivers that I need, and if so
>> > how
>> > in
>> > fact I install them correctly.
>> >
>> > Thanks for any help
>> >
>> > Rob
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

[Rob]

Happy to say all is now working ok. I went to driverguide.com and found the
correct driver and it installed ok.
Thanks for your help.

Rob


"Jeff Richards" > wrote in message
...
> What procedure are you using to search your hardware and what are the
> 'different numbers' you are seeing? It's possible that you might be
seeing
> information about the current drivers, not the actual installed hardware.
>
> What was the process that you used to identify the correct download site?
> You indicated that the site 'automatically detected' your hardware, but
was
> this through some sort of investigation of your system or was it by you
> entering model numbers or serial numbers?
> --
> Jeff Richards
> MS MVP (DTS)
> "Rob" > wrote in message
...
> > Thanks for the info . I downloaded the three files into a video driver
> > folder like you suggested. I then extracted the two .exe to a 1.44Mb
> > floppy.
> > I then tried to follow the txt file instructions for installation (the
> > instructions were for win 95 and Iam running win 98SE, but I think they
> > are
> > fairly similar). When it came time to put in the disk into the A drive I
> > got
> > an error message saying it could not detect my hardware. Also I see
listed
> > when I search my hardware under cirrus logic different numbers (which I
> > belive are model #'s) but none refer to 6561 which the ibm site says I
> > have
> > installed.
> >
> > I realize this is not a very clear message that Iam writing but Iam more
> > than a little confused and would appreciate any help that you can give
me.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Rob
> > "Jeff Richards" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> The desktop is not a suitable place to these files. Move them to a new
> >> folder that is labelled so you know why you created it (eg
> >> VIDEO_DRIVERS).
> >>
> >> You should have downloaded three files - QB3T17A.exe, QB3217A.exe and
> >> QB3T17A.txt. If you double click the TXT file it will open in Wordpad
and
> >> you can read the installation instructions.
> >> --
> >> Jeff Richards
> >> MS MVP (DTS)
> >> "Rob" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> > After re-installing win98SE on an old IBM PC 300GL I now only get 16
> >> > colors
> >> > (640x480).
> >> > I went to ibm.com and the driver site automatically detected I had a
> >> > Cirrus
> >> > Logic 6561-34F
> >> > There were two files to download both labelled QB3T17A. I downloaded
> > these
> >> > 2
> >> > files to my desktop and when I open them they open to what appears to
> >> > be
> > a
> >> > DOS window. Before I proceed any further and try to run them does
> > anybody
> >> > know if these are in fact the correct drivers that I need, and if so
> >> > how
> >> > in
> >> > fact I install them correctly.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for any help
> >> >
> >> > Rob
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

[Jeff Richards]

Thanks for letting us know that you got it sorted out.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (DTS)
"Rob" > wrote in message ...
> Happy to say all is now working ok. I went to driverguide.com and found
> the
> correct driver and it installed ok.
> Thanks for your help.