Originally Posted by nego-oh-oh

first thing
did you download ALL the files from dell???
did you get the AC'97 audio to work properly???
second thing
download a program called aida32 a link is somewhere
here at the forum.it will tell you everything about
your computer.(free and really good)
third thing
go to display properties window=>settings tab
left click on advanced =>then adapter=>list all modes
see what it says there???? also, left click on
properties=>left click on driver=>left click on
update drive =>follow on though with the driver up date
make sure you point the wizard to the folder where you
un-packed the video driver file from dell at.the rest
is done automaticall by windows

do the same with all the downloads from dell(through
the device manager)

you cant really screw it up too much(that's what the
cancel button on the lower right is for) !!!
if you do manage to do just that,you can
scream,pull some of your hair out,run around your house
2 or 3 times,and do something disgusting to the neighbors
garbage can!!!!!! (dont do it to you own)

what your video will end up as depends alot on what your
moniter can handel

always keep in mind that the downloads can be bad(corrupt)
just go through it again until you find something that
does work

(((after you read all of this and decide you are a real
glutton for punishment ?!?!?! let me know,and i'll keep
posting )))

the reason for this => got old 110 fired up,installed
an old 6gig hard drive,installed an old 2x cd reader that
had only the analog sound cable,hooked up my spakers,
found my win 2000 cd,loaded her up,found my dell downloads
i had saved to cd,-----did this,that, and the other,

STILL NO DAM AC'97 AUDIO

THE SAME THING THAT HAPPENED TO YOU, GOT DONE TO ME

i started recalling the really hard time i had,
countless downloads that didn"t work,lots of time
on the net,nothing that really worked,--bla,bla,etc.

but i also remembered that i got her to work perfectly
without having the original dell setup cd.(could't
find one for $1mil (now probably $20 mil)

some down loads are not up-grades they are down-grades!!

while i'm doing all this i decided to check out
the newest firfox,down-loading,and doing dell&intel
yep seems ok,decided to download a free firewall,
to see how that checked out.

walked away,started on old 110 again,came back ten
minutes later, about 12 pop-up windows telling me
about all the spyware,virus and bad stuff that they
just down loaded on my computer!!!!!
hjt just sits there after the scan window comes-up,
looks at me kinda stupid and don't do nothing!!!!!
ie is only half there,(kind of par for the course),
firefox is somewhere over the rainbow!!!!

my new project FRESH INSTALL XP

i forgot that i had turned off my antvirus and firewall
while i was messing around with ie&firefox

---old people do stupid things sometimes---and i just
added one more to my list.!?!?!?

any waaaay ,she's up and running,100%,purrrrring like
a little kitten. Now it's your turn! please keep in mind
that this is just a hobby for me,i'm not a professional!!