Computer help graphic board installation

[llfish]

I am trying to install a graphic board and the computer will not let me install the driver. The card in a Nvidia (sp) with tnt2 chips. When I choose the drive that I want installed and finish the operation nothing is changed. This is on the windows 98 platform. Where did good old Dos. go.<br /><br />Thanks for the help/<br /><br />Larry

 

[Xcusme]

Re: Computer help graphic board installation

What brand computer?? Is the card PCI or AGP?? What video card are you replacing??<br /><br />DOS??? What's that?? (just kidding)<br />You just time dated youself with a question like that!! Sadly, most folks don't have a clue what DOS is.

 

[ndemge]

Re: Computer help graphic board installation

The TNT uses different drivers for 98 that it does for all 2k/xp. <br />Did you download them or have the disk?<br /><br />.....I used to have a TNT2, if you can't find the right drivers, I might still have the disk

 

[llfish]

Re: Computer help graphic board installation

The computer is a HP. Did down load the driver from nvida for windows 95/98. Card is AGP. Not sure of old card it died and I through it away.<br /><br />Never thought about people not knowing what dos is.<br /><br />Thanks Larry

 

[Xcusme]

Re: Computer help graphic board installation

Typically, when you wanted to change video cards, you would go to video properties for the old card and change it to read 'VGA Mode" (simple vanilla VGA mode) before you replaced the card. Since you don't have your old card, it's a mute point.<br /><br />You can go into Control Panel, System, hardware/Device manager and click on Display Adaptors. Highlite the video adaptor and right click, press delete, confirm OK.<br /><br />Go back to Control panel, click on Add Remove Hardware and let Windows redetect your 'new' video card. Since you have already loaded the drivers, it should find your new card.<br /><br />It would be a good idea to go to into your Bios at bootup and set the default video format to AGP too. Save and reboot.<br /><br />I assuming you got the drivers from here.. Nvidia

 

[ndemge]

Re: Computer help graphic board installation

xcusme's method is what I would do... cept, after the delete old card, reboot.... it's 98, gotta reboot after everything you do<br /><br />.... DOS - I still use it daily.<br /><br />Remeber once I had a MONSTER zip file that winzip was puking on, used PKUNZIP.... worked like a charm...remember that one?

 

[Xcusme]

Re: Computer help graphic board installation

PKzip ! What a hoot...older than dirt..BUT, it works. I still have a customer with Win98se that uses a batch file I wrote to backup their DOS accounting files. It dovetails nicely with the KISS principal.<br /><br />As an after thought,(on the video card thing), boot into Windows safe mode, go back to Device Manager and see if there are multiple entries in the Display Adaptors category, and delete those as well. For that matter, I'd check ALL of the hardware categories for similar extraneous entries too.

 

[BoatBuoy]

Re: Computer help graphic board installation

Don't laugh at DOS. I still run Windows File Manager on my XP - also on Win2K and Win3K.

 

[llfish]

Re: Computer help graphic board installation

People I am sorry!!! I bought this card on ebay and bought it as an tnt2 chip set. I had already done everything that has been suggested except check for multiple drivers installed. checked and only one installed.<br /><br />My conclusion is that this is not a tnt2 chip set. The seller will not answer my emails.<br /><br />I like dos!!

 

[KRS]

Re: Computer help graphic board installation

Also check your device properties, be sure to disable on-board graphics. If they aren't turned off it won't work.<br /><br />Not sure if graphics cards need to match the bus speed of your motherboard or not.<br /><br />Good luck!