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Only 16/256 colors for 65545 Chips & Tech. video card
Hi,
I've got an old laptop, AcerNote Light 350PCX. It has a 65540/545 Chips and Technologies video card. In windows 95, I can get it at 16bit color no problem. However, in Windows 98, with the 65545 driver that comes with windwos 98 I can only get 16 colors! I tried the Chips and Technologies Super VGA driver instead and I've got 256 colors. However I can't seem to find a driver that will give me 16bit color. What can I do? I've tried all the drivers I could find on the internet and none seem to work. Is there a general driver someone can give me like a Super VGA driver that has 16bit color support? Intel seems to know this problem, and I tried their solution but it doesn't work: http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/mobile/sb/CS- 011282.htm I'm lost, please help, Flaviu |
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Only 16/256 colors for 65545 Chips & Tech. video card
It may be due to the Acer machine not being compatible
with 98. Go to Acer website. You can read the Owners manual for free for your specific model. You may have to do a bios flash update on the laptop. But this needs to be done with caution. I don't even know if it is possible or available. If it is? Read the Acer's instructions and follow them to the letter. -----Original Message----- Hi, I've got an old laptop, AcerNote Light 350PCX. It has a 65540/545 Chips and Technologies video card. In windows 95, I can get it at 16bit color no problem. However, in Windows 98, with the 65545 driver that comes with windwos 98 I can only get 16 colors! I tried the Chips and Technologies Super VGA driver instead and I've got 256 colors. However I can't seem to find a driver that will give me 16bit color. What can I do? I've tried all the drivers I could find on the internet and none seem to work. Is there a general driver someone can give me like a Super VGA driver that has 16bit color support? Intel seems to know this problem, and I tried their solution but it doesn't work: http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/mobile/sb/CS- 011282.htm I'm lost, please help, Flaviu . |
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Only 16/256 colors for 65545 Chips & Tech. video card
Try here to see if you can find one, registration is free:
http://www.driverguide.com/ --=20 Brian A. Jack of all trades, Master of none. One can never truly be a master as there is always more to learn. "Flaviu" wrote in message = ... Hi, =20 I've got an old laptop, AcerNote Light 350PCX. It has a=20 65540/545 Chips and Technologies video card. In windows=20 95, I can get it at 16bit color no problem. However, in=20 Windows 98, with the 65545 driver that comes with windwos=20 98 I can only get 16 colors! I tried the Chips and=20 Technologies Super VGA driver instead and I've got 256=20 colors. However I can't seem to find a driver that will=20 give me 16bit color. =20 What can I do? I've tried all the drivers I could find on=20 the internet and none seem to work. Is there a general=20 driver someone can give me like a Super VGA driver that=20 has 16bit color support? =20 Intel seems to know this problem, and I tried their=20 solution but it doesn't work:=20 http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/mobile/sb/CS- 011282.htm =20 I'm lost, please help, =20 Flaviu |
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Only 16/256 colors for 65545 Chips & Tech. video card
Ya, i've tried there. Nothing good.
-----Original Message----- Try here to see if you can find one, registration is free: http://www.driverguide.com/ -- Brian A. Jack of all trades, Master of none. One can never truly be a master as there is always more to learn. "Flaviu" wrote in message ... Hi, I've got an old laptop, AcerNote Light 350PCX. It has a 65540/545 Chips and Technologies video card. In windows 95, I can get it at 16bit color no problem. However, in Windows 98, with the 65545 driver that comes with windwos 98 I can only get 16 colors! I tried the Chips and Technologies Super VGA driver instead and I've got 256 colors. However I can't seem to find a driver that will give me 16bit color. What can I do? I've tried all the drivers I could find on the internet and none seem to work. Is there a general driver someone can give me like a Super VGA driver that has 16bit color support? Intel seems to know this problem, and I tried their solution but it doesn't work: http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/mobile/sb/CS- 011282.htm I'm lost, please help, Flaviu . |
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Only 16/256 colors for 65545 Chips & Tech. video card
http://www.video-drivers.com/companies/211.htm
Try one of the Windows 98 drivers there, or even a Windows 95B/OSR2x driver. One of the more generic Toshiba drivers may also work. http://www.video-drivers.com/drivers/68/68204.htm Log in with username: drivers password: all -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm wrote in message ... Ya, i've tried there. Nothing good. -----Original Message----- Try here to see if you can find one, registration is free: http://www.driverguide.com/ -- Brian A. Jack of all trades, Master of none. One can never truly be a master as there is always more to learn. "Flaviu" wrote in message ... Hi, I've got an old laptop, AcerNote Light 350PCX. It has a 65540/545 Chips and Technologies video card. In windows 95, I can get it at 16bit color no problem. However, in Windows 98, with the 65545 driver that comes with windwos 98 I can only get 16 colors! I tried the Chips and Technologies Super VGA driver instead and I've got 256 colors. However I can't seem to find a driver that will give me 16bit color. What can I do? I've tried all the drivers I could find on the internet and none seem to work. Is there a general driver someone can give me like a Super VGA driver that has 16bit color support? Intel seems to know this problem, and I tried their solution but it doesn't work: http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/mobile/sb/CS- 011282.htm I'm lost, please help, Flaviu . |
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Only 16/256 colors for 65545 Chips & Tech. video card
Ok, here's the deal. If I do what you said with the
windows 98 driver on the website you gave me or with the 98SE driver, when I finally boot into windows expecting it to work I get this message. "Windows protection error. You must restart your computer" This is the same thing I get with all win98 drivers I've tried. I have win98SE (second edition) This probably means the drivers don't work at all. I think the only driver that actually works is the Super VGA one (look at first post) because it actually displays info about the video card on the adapter page when it is installed unlike the other drivers of which none I can get past 16 colors or they just don't work at all. Thanks for trying to help, Flaviu -----Original Message----- http://www.video-drivers.com/companies/211.htm Try one of the Windows 98 drivers there, or even a Windows 95B/OSR2x driver. One of the more generic Toshiba drivers may also work. http://www.video-drivers.com/drivers/68/68204.htm Log in with username: drivers password: all -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm wrote in message ... Ya, i've tried there. Nothing good. -----Original Message----- Try here to see if you can find one, registration is free: http://www.driverguide.com/ -- Brian A. Jack of all trades, Master of none. One can never truly be a master as there is always more to learn. "Flaviu" wrote in message ... Hi, I've got an old laptop, AcerNote Light 350PCX. It has a 65540/545 Chips and Technologies video card. In windows 95, I can get it at 16bit color no problem. However, in Windows 98, with the 65545 driver that comes with windwos 98 I can only get 16 colors! I tried the Chips and Technologies Super VGA driver instead and I've got 256 colors. However I can't seem to find a driver that will give me 16bit color. What can I do? I've tried all the drivers I could find on the internet and none seem to work. Is there a general driver someone can give me like a Super VGA driver that has 16bit color support? Intel seems to know this problem, and I tried their solution but it doesn't work: http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/mobile/sb/CS- 011282.htm I'm lost, please help, Flaviu . . |
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Only 16/256 colors for 65545 Chips & Tech. video card
If you read my reply more closely, I said to also try the Win95 drivers.
-- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm wrote in message ... Ok, here's the deal. If I do what you said with the windows 98 driver on the website you gave me or with the 98SE driver, when I finally boot into windows expecting it to work I get this message. "Windows protection error. You must restart your computer" This is the same thing I get with all win98 drivers I've tried. I have win98SE (second edition) This probably means the drivers don't work at all. I think the only driver that actually works is the Super VGA one (look at first post) because it actually displays info about the video card on the adapter page when it is installed unlike the other drivers of which none I can get past 16 colors or they just don't work at all. Thanks for trying to help, Flaviu -----Original Message----- http://www.video-drivers.com/companies/211.htm Try one of the Windows 98 drivers there, or even a Windows 95B/OSR2x driver. One of the more generic Toshiba drivers may also work. http://www.video-drivers.com/drivers/68/68204.htm Log in with username: drivers password: all -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm wrote in message ... Ya, i've tried there. Nothing good. -----Original Message----- Try here to see if you can find one, registration is free: http://www.driverguide.com/ -- Brian A. Jack of all trades, Master of none. One can never truly be a master as there is always more to learn. "Flaviu" wrote in message ... Hi, I've got an old laptop, AcerNote Light 350PCX. It has a 65540/545 Chips and Technologies video card. In windows 95, I can get it at 16bit color no problem. However, in Windows 98, with the 65545 driver that comes with windwos 98 I can only get 16 colors! I tried the Chips and Technologies Super VGA driver instead and I've got 256 colors. However I can't seem to find a driver that will give me 16bit color. What can I do? I've tried all the drivers I could find on the internet and none seem to work. Is there a general driver someone can give me like a Super VGA driver that has 16bit color support? Intel seems to know this problem, and I tried their solution but it doesn't work: http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/mobile/sb/CS- 011282.htm I'm lost, please help, Flaviu . . |
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