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Old September 13th 04, 03:03 AM
Keith
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Default Only Two Options in Display Properties

I basically have the same problem as a previous post. I installed a new
hard drive and then installed Windows98se and ended up with only two options
in my display properties. My computer is telling me that I have a video
adapter and the driver for it is installed. I checked and my computer is
telling me that I have the most recent driver installed. I read in the
other post that you would need the following info so you would be able to
help me and your help is greatly appreciated. I have the same video card as
the prior post but I'm not sure if the other components make a difference.
Thank You. Keith.
Operating System
Windows 98 SE (build 4.10.2222)
System Model
No details available
Processor a
450 megahertz AMD K6-2 w/3DNow!
64 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache
Main Circuit Board b
Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5A REV 1.XX
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
BIOS: Award Software, Inc. 4.51PG 07/16/99
Controllers
Standard Floppy Disk Controller
ALi M5229 PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
Display
Standard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA)
[Display adapter]
Princeton Graphic Systems Ultra 72 [Monitor] (15.7"vis, s/n LCAX5202043,
December 1998)


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Old September 13th 04, 03:26 AM
Joe727
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You didn't quite provide all the needed information. What is the Brand and
Model number of your computer?

Joe

"Keith" wrote in message
...
I basically have the same problem as a previous post. I installed a new
hard drive and then installed Windows98se and ended up with only two
options
in my display properties. My computer is telling me that I have a video
adapter and the driver for it is installed. I checked and my computer is
telling me that I have the most recent driver installed. I read in the
other post that you would need the following info so you would be able to
help me and your help is greatly appreciated. I have the same video card
as
the prior post but I'm not sure if the other components make a difference.
Thank You. Keith.
Operating System
Windows 98 SE (build 4.10.2222)
System Model
No details available
Processor a
450 megahertz AMD K6-2 w/3DNow!
64 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache
Main Circuit Board b
Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5A REV 1.XX
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
BIOS: Award Software, Inc. 4.51PG 07/16/99
Controllers
Standard Floppy Disk Controller
ALi M5229 PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
Display
Standard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA)
[Display adapter]
Princeton Graphic Systems Ultra 72 [Monitor] (15.7"vis, s/n LCAX5202043,
December 1998)




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Old September 13th 04, 03:57 AM
Keith
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My computer is not a name brand computer it is one that was put together by
a private computer store in my local area. Keith


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Old September 13th 04, 04:13 AM
AlmostBob
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that is quite definitely not the correct display adaptor, that is the default
adaptor winodws installs when it has no idea what you have, there should be a
cd containing the display drivers, or you can open the case and read the make
model numbers off the display adapter card. If the display adaptor is mounted
on the motherboard then the drivers should be on the motherboard cd. drivers
for either should be available from the manufacturers websites, or
driverguide.com

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Old September 13th 04, 12:48 PM
Joe727
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IC - Here is the display adapter in my PC:

Device Description Device Type
nVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 Video Adapter

Everest should report something similar.

Also, the P5A Asus motherboard you report having is a brand new motherboard
since it has PCI express instead of AGP. Are you sure that's the correct
number?

Joe

"Keith" wrote in message
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My computer is not a name brand computer it is one that was put together
by
a private computer store in my local area. Keith




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Old September 14th 04, 01:16 AM
Keith
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I ran the Everest Program and this is what it showed for my computer:
It also showed a video driver of vga.drv

Field Value
Computer
Computer Name KEITH (KEITH)
DirectX 4.09.00.0902 (DirectX 9.0b)
Internet Explorer 6.0.2800.1106 (IE 6.0 SP1)
Operating System Microsoft Windows 98 SE
OS Service Pack -
User Name Keith

Motherboard
BIOS Type Award Modular (07/16/99)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM2)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)
Communication Port Printer Port (LPT2)
CPU Type AMD K6-2, 450 MHz (4.5 x 100)
Motherboard Chipset ALi M1541 ALADDiN 5
Motherboard Name Asus P5A (2 ISA, 5 PCI, 1 AGP, 3 DIMM)
System Memory 160 MB (SDRAM)

Display
3D Accelerator S3 Trio3D
Monitor Princeton Ultra 72 (LCAX5202043)
Video Adapter Standard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA)

Multimedia
Audio Adapter Creative SB PCI128 (Ensoniq ES1371) Sound Card

Storage
Disk Drive GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE47
Disk Drive IOMEGA ZIP 100
Floppy Drive GENERIC NEC FLOPPY DISK
IDE Controller ALi M5229 PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
IDE Controller Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
IDE Controller Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
Optical Drive ATAPI 44X CDROM (44x CD-ROM)
SCSI/RAID Controller Iomega Parallel Port Interface
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions
C: (FAT32) 32239 MB (31601 MB free)

Input
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
Mouse PS/2 Compatible Mouse Port

Network
Modem Creative Modem Blaster Flash56 PCI DI5630
Network Adapter PPP Adapter. (12.107.141.109)


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Old September 14th 04, 03:55 AM
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These are the drivers for your S3 Trio 3D video card:

9x26106.zip 422k 1998 Sep 17 Binary-Trio 3D Win 95/98 MS Logo'd v.
2.61.06 -Prod

You can get them he

http://ranger.s3graphics.com/swlib/365drv/

Create a folder on your desktop called Video Drivers.

Download the video drivers to it. Right click and extract the files to the
*same folder*, or extract it using one of the free zip utilities from the PC
World Magazine website:

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/fil...id,6531,00.asp

**If you already have the drivers extracted in a folder you can find, then
start here.**

Since the drivers do not have a self-installer so you will have to follow
these installation instructions for Example 2 or Example 3:

DRIVER INSTALLATION PROCEDURE

Click Start, then Settings, then Control Panel.

Start the "Display" applet program.

Select the "Settings" page, push the "Change Display Type" button.

Push the "Change" button in the "Adapter Type" area.

Push the "Have Disk" button and press "OK".

Specify the path to the new driver and press the ENTER
key:

Example 2: Type in the name of the directory where you copied
the drivers, either on your local hard drive or
on a network share.
(***This will be the Video Drivers folder you created
on your Desktop***)

Example 3: If you're not sure exactly where the drivers are,
choose the "Browse..." button are find them.
(***This will be the Video Drivers folder you created
on your Desktop***)

The "Select Device" dialog box will appear. Select the adapter that
corresponds to the one you installed in your machine and click OK.

Windows 95 (or Windows 98) will copy the display drivers to the proper
directories
on your system.

Continue choosing Close until asked to restart your machine from the
"Systems Settings Change" dialog box.

After the system has restarted, you can go back into the Display
applet and select alternate screen resolutions and color depths.

Make sure you *temporarily* disable your anti-virus program since it can
interfere with the video drivers installation process. Reboot your
computer.

Joe

"Keith" wrote in message
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I ran the Everest Program and this is what it showed for my computer:
It also showed a video driver of vga.drv

CPU Type AMD K6-2, 450 MHz (4.5 x 100)
Motherboard Chipset ALi M1541 ALADDiN 5
Motherboard Name Asus P5A (2 ISA, 5 PCI, 1 AGP, 3 DIMM)
System Memory 160 MB (SDRAM)

Display
3D Accelerator S3 Trio3D
Monitor Princeton Ultra 72 (LCAX5202043)
Video Adapter Standard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA)

Multimedia
Audio Adapter Creative SB PCI128 (Ensoniq ES1371) Sound Card

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Old September 14th 04, 05:46 AM
Keith
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I downloaded the driver to a desktop folder, started the display applet
program, selected the settings page and that is as far as I can go. There
is no "change display type" button located on that page. All there is are
two little windows, one that reads "colors" and one that reads "screen area"
with an "advance" button. The only thing that says anything about display
is text above the little windows that reads: Display: Princeton Ultra 72 on
Standard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA). I tried going to the Adapter Type area
and push the "change" button but it doesn't give me a "have disk" button.
Is there anything else I can do? Thanks. Keith


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Old September 14th 04, 12:43 PM
Joe727
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I am confused about exactly what you did. You must follow the instructions
I posted because the drivers for your video card do not have a
self-installer.

Did you follow the installation instructions exactly? Those instructions
are in a text file that can be accessed after you "unzip" the zip file you
downloaded.

Joe

"Keith" wrote in message
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I downloaded the driver to a desktop folder, started the display applet
program, selected the settings page and that is as far as I can go. There
is no "change display type" button located on that page. All there is are
two little windows, one that reads "colors" and one that reads "screen
area"
with an "advance" button. The only thing that says anything about display
is text above the little windows that reads: Display: Princeton Ultra 72
on
Standard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA). I tried going to the Adapter Type
area
and push the "change" button but it doesn't give me a "have disk" button.
Is there anything else I can do? Thanks. Keith




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Old September 14th 04, 05:03 PM
Keith
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I did exactly as the instructions stated. The problem I have is that when
I push the settings tab in the display applet program the only button on
that page is an "Advance" button no "Change Display Type" button available.
When I push the "Advance" button I get another applet that has 5 more tabs:
General, Adapter, Monitor, Performance and Color Management. I click on the
Adapter tab and the page shows that I have a Standard PCI Graphics Adapter
(VGA) and also has a "change" button. When I push the "change" button it
starts the " Update Device Driver Wizard". I follow through that and get to
the page that shows me two choices, one that searches for a new driver and
one that will allow me to select the driver from a list. I choose the
select a driver from a list and I scroll to the manufacturer "S3" and in the
models column it does not have my model, it has a list and in that list it
has the following models that are close to what you said I have: "S3 Trio32
PCI (732)", "S3 Trio 32/64 PCI (732/764)", "S3 Trio64UV+ (767)", "S3
Trio64V+ PCI (765)", "S3 Trio64V2-DX/GX (775/785)". The model you said I
have is a S3 Trio 3D video card. I'm at a stand still and I hope I
explained it a little better this time. I appreciate you sticking with me
through all this. Thanks again. Keith


 




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