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Screen area slider won't move
I recently have re-installed Microsoft Win 98 Second Ed.
and after installing I re-installed my dsl service with my provider, but now my picture quality within my screen is dicey. Nothing is crisp, picture wise. The screen slider in the Display area won't slide. I went to the support.microsoft troubleshooting section and followed the instructions to correct this, but the problem remains. If their is something corrupted can you pls help me to correct the problem. |
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If you just reinstalled Windows, or you cannot change to 256, 16 bit, or 32
bit color, you probably need to reinstall your video card drivers. To reinstall your video card drivers, you need to know the exact make and model of your video card in order to install the correct/updated drivers. There are several ways to determine what kind of video card you have. 1. Check the manual that came with your PC. 2. You can open your PC tower to look at the video card and note the name and numbers printed on it. 3. You can download and run this free program. It might be able to determine what kind of video card you have: Everest Home Edition http://www.lavalys.com/products/down...ng=en&pageid=3 To find the Everest info you need to post, run the Everest program, and click the + sign next to Computer on the left side of your screen then click Summary. Then Right click the information on the *right* side of your screen and select Copy. You can then paste the information in Notepad or paste it directly to this newsgroup. Everest will tell you a lot about what's inside your PC. In addition to telling us the *Brand and Model Number* of your computer, please post back the information Everest reports for your: Motherboard CPU Chipset Display PCI/AGP Video Display GPU This information will assist us in finding the correct video drivers, and directing you to the video card manufacturer's website so you can download and install them. *** IMPORTANT *** Remember to tell us the *Brand and Model Number* of your computer which is printed on your PC case or is listed in the manual that came with your computer. Joe "Reggie" wrote in message ... I recently have re-installed Microsoft Win 98 Second Ed. and after installing I re-installed my dsl service with my provider, but now my picture quality within my screen is dicey. Nothing is crisp, picture wise. The screen slider in the Display area won't slide. I went to the support.microsoft troubleshooting section and followed the instructions to correct this, but the problem remains. If their is something corrupted can you pls help me to correct the problem. |
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Here is information from Everest Home Edition that should
will assist you in finding the correct video drivers, and directing me to the video card manufacturer's website so I can download and install them. Field Value Computer Operating System Microsoft Windows 98 SE OS Service Pack - Internet Explorer 6.0.2800.1106 (IE 6.0 SP1) DirectX 4.06.03.0518 (DirectX 6.1a) Computer Name H0X3N6 User Name Sanders Motherboard CPU Type Intel Celeron-A, 533 MHz (8 x 67) Motherboard Name Biostar iDEQ 200S (P4SBA) (1 PCI, 1 AGP, 2 DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN, IEEE-1394) Motherboard Chipset SiS 620 System Memory 311 MB (SDRAM) BIOS Type Award Modular (09/08/99) Communication Port Communications Port (COM1) Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1) Display Video Adapter Standard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA) 3D Accelerator SiS 86C306 Multimedia Audio Adapter ESS Technology ES1938/ES1941/ES1946 Solo-1 (E) AudioDrive Storage IDE Controller Primary IDE controller (dual fifo) IDE Controller Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo) IDE Controller SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller Floppy Drive GENERIC NEC FLOPPY DISK Disk Drive GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE47 Optical Drive ATAPI-CD ROM DRIVE-50MAX (50x CD-ROM) SMART Hard Disks Status Unknown Partitions C: (FAT32) 16433 MB (15732 MB free) Input Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard Mouse PS/2 Compatible Mouse Port Network Network Adapter D-Link DFE-530TX+ PCI Adapter (169.254.66.128) Network Adapter NTS PPPoE Adapter (66.72.160.61) Network Adapter PPP Adapter. Network Adapter PPP Adapter. Network Adapter PPP Adapter. Peripherals USB1 Controller SiS 7001 PCI-USB Open Host Controller -----Original Message----- If you just reinstalled Windows, or you cannot change to 256, 16 bit, or 32 bit color, you probably need to reinstall your video card drivers. To reinstall your video card drivers, you need to know the exact make and model of your video card in order to install the correct/updated drivers. There are several ways to determine what kind of video card you have. 1. Check the manual that came with your PC. 2. You can open your PC tower to look at the video card and note the name and numbers printed on it. 3. You can download and run this free program. It might be able to determine what kind of video card you have: Everest Home Edition http://www.lavalys.com/products/download.php? pid=1&lang=en&pageid=3 To find the Everest info you need to post, run the Everest program, and click the + sign next to Computer on the left side of your screen then click Summary. Then Right click the information on the *right* side of your screen and select Copy. You can then paste the information in Notepad or paste it directly to this newsgroup. Everest will tell you a lot about what's inside your PC. In addition to telling us the *Brand and Model Number* of your computer, please post back the information Everest reports for your: Motherboard CPU Chipset Display PCI/AGP Video Display GPU This information will assist us in finding the correct video drivers, and directing you to the video card manufacturer's website so you can download and install them. *** IMPORTANT *** Remember to tell us the *Brand and Model Number* of your computer which is printed on your PC case or is listed in the manual that came with your computer. Joe "Reggie" wrote in message ... I recently have re-installed Microsoft Win 98 Second Ed. and after installing I re-installed my dsl service with my provider, but now my picture quality within my screen is dicey. Nothing is crisp, picture wise. The screen slider in the Display area won't slide. I went to the support.microsoft troubleshooting section and followed the instructions to correct this, but the problem remains. If their is something corrupted can you pls help me to correct the problem. . |
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Hi - you can get the video driver for your SiS 620 chipset at Biostar:
Windows 9x 1.01b/1.03a(WHQL) 1999/08/07 11.9MB http://www.biostar.com.tw/support/dr...A%20Driver&os= or you can dowload a newer version from SiS: SiS620 Graphic Driver File name: 620_107.zip Version: v1.07 Release date: 2002-11-14 Product supported: SiS620, File size: 19,471KB OS supported: Windows 98, Windows NT4.0, Windows 95, Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, http://download.sis.com/download_ste...=8352&x=23&y=6 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 Once extracted follow the installation instructions in the text document. Joe "Reggie" wrote in message ... Here is information from Everest Home Edition that should will assist you in finding the correct video drivers, and directing me to the video card manufacturer's website so I can download and install them. Motherboard CPU Type Intel Celeron-A, 533 MHz (8 x 67) Motherboard Name Biostar iDEQ 200S (P4SBA) (1 PCI, 1 AGP, 2 DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN, IEEE-1394) Motherboard Chipset SiS 620 System Memory 311 MB (SDRAM) BIOS Type Award Modular (09/08/99) Communication Port Communications Port (COM1) Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1) Display Video Adapter Standard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA) 3D Accelerator SiS 86C306 snip |
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