nego-oh-oh

this may be of some help to you.
i have a dell 110 that just will not die,
so i keep using it.

it has the same audio,graphics,and ethernet controllers as
your 115.

your service tag # is the key you need to download all
drivers you will need on the dell website
it usually is at the top of the screen on your bios setup screen

if you cannot find your tag # use this one BK89001
everything you need is on the dell site
DO NOT FORGET TO DOWN-LOAD THE BIOS UPDATES

loninappleton

Thanks,

The service tag illustration at Dell looks like it's something marked
by a UPC code on the case.


I have new headache today: disk won't be recognized after running
yesterday and cd not recognized either.


Do you know anything about the IBM Deskstar that comes with these
things?

I'm not using that one because I can't figure out all the jumper crap
listed on the drive. I had to move cd _off_ of the secondary channel, then use a standard cable to use slave and master channels on primary to get any
action out of this box. The deskstar that came with the used computer
was wiped from some office setup.


I'm about ready to throw in the towel on it. But then I make a little
progress and keep going.

kodi

Jumper settings for IBM Deskstar HERE

nego-oh-oh

a added note that just may help also !?!?
whenever i replaced a cd,my machine had trouble
recognizing the new replacement.

the fix was to,remove the old cd=> go through the bios setup,
and full system start-up,then shut down windows,un-plug
the power supply,attach the newer cd=>plug in power supply,
turn machine on,=>run bios setup again.

for some strange reason this has worked for me 99%
of the time.On other machines i could just replace the cd
run bios setup and all would workjust fine,
rather than remove cd,run bios,add new cd,run bios setup again.

ps.---replace you bios battery,and reapply thermal heat sink compound

loninappleton

Well, one thing at a time.

I took a new tack on this job today (I also thought of putting a Linux
on the box but got a bad burn from the download.) The new tack was to
install Windows 2000 pro. It is apparently installed correctly (I'm using it now myself on my desktop machines) and it found the 3com NIC onboard the
motherboard by itself. Trying to find that stuff from Dell for old Win98 was
driving me up the wall. It was like going down the rabbit hole with one
error leading to another. This machine is for a user who knows nothing and
just wants to run email and the net down in the basement once in a while.
But she needs it for our organizational work.


So something of a fresh start today. I may have learned something about
Stop errors in Win2k as well.

I also found an old extra long IDE cable which may allow me to stuff
everything back in the case the way it's supposed to be.


But for the moment, I am going to put on Firefox. Then give the service
code at Dell and see if that will find the audio and video drivers needed
which Device Manager in Win2k tells me are still not working.


While I'm doing the Firefox can you give a step by step for what to
do at Dell?

loninappleton

Greetings from the Dell GX150.


I got it connected to my router and switch using Windows 2000.

Next step is to go to Dell Support.


I don't know if I'll have a lot of problems with this. I'm going to power down and copy off the
service tag from the screen at setup like the guy said.

loninappleton

Well, I managed to get to the Dell site, opened the Intel integrated graphics driver download. Got that. Then it said install now. It didn't install, it
_downloaded_ another setup program. This setup program is on the
desktop not in the Dell folder. The setup program cannot find what it is supposed to install.


I tried moving the setup file but it still hasn't found anything.

Who has done this operation before on here? NGO? :-)


I'm getting closer but it's procedures like this that make me crabby. One download per driver without all this screwing around should be enough.

After video, there is still audio left to do, plus some unknown PCI device unspecified by Device Manager in Win2k.

kodi

Grat to see that you are making real progress at last.
Go to your device manager (not sure with win2000) and right click on your display adapter and choose update driver and then point it to the drivers you have downloaded

nego-oh-oh

all of the downloads are self extracting.when you do download,
save them all to a folder like (C:dell\drivers) so you know where
to find them.click on each one and follow the instructions that pop
up in each new window.
navigate to the file where they extracted to,
and click on the setup file.BE SURE THAT YOU READ THE .txt files
( readme.txt ) etc.
if i recall ?!?!,win2000 has some extra instructions to follow.
don't give up---you are almost there!
not only will you have a nicely working computer,you will have
a good idea of what the sevice tech at the local computer shop
goes throuh almost every day !!!!

loninappleton

Because I am almost there makes it more frustrating.

Here's the problem:

I have downloaded things in the normal manner and a group of folders
including one called graphics and such got extracted there.

A screen opens and says this and that and below is the 'install now'
button. So far it all makes sense.

But the 'install now' button doesn't install anything. A downloader
screen opens to go get a setup program which lands on the desktop
(where all my downloads go.)

Running this setup program from the desktop produces an error
which states that setup cannot find the language to run correctly.


This whole sequence of steps is either incorrect or if it is correct,
it is hooey.

Setup has to go somewhere else but I don't know where. It likely
wants to open a dialog that asks you to select your language like
'english' to continue.


I moved 'setup' to the folder where I figured it should go with the
graphics one and the rest of the initial unzipped package from Dell.
But the same error persisits. I'll go copy it out (was hoping to avoid it.)


And yes, some people like those in the business have more patience
than I do. I found my way through the hardware problem of getting a
none working machine going (with my own parts) but this software thing
should be a lot easier... like going through an upgrade at Microsfot where
one your hardware is known you select what you need from a menu
and it auto installs.

Meanwhile I'm out here with my thumb up my.... never mind. :-)

loninappleton

A couple of new things.

I reran the driver installer and the screen tells me this driver is for
Windows ME and 98, 95 etc but does not list Windows 2000 Pro.

Well, my lack of attention I suppose but out of 115 files that unpack,
something should be in there for Win2k.


I then registered at Dell tech forum and posted a question there.


The traffic looks low there so I have no idea of when I response will come
through.

nego-oh-oh

i,ll fire up OLD 110, and see if i can get something for you to work with
i,m old,tired ,slow to respond,been running like an idiot the last couple days,
and sleep is something i think i did about 2 months ago!
i,ll try to get back soon--------???

nego-oh-oh

WOW!----every thing you said, just happened to me!!!!!!!
those downloads are multi language,multi operating system,
multi computer model.at one time i had 98,me,2000,&xp all
running on OLD 110,at the same time.they ran perfect,
and the downloads worked perfectly on them.
ill reload 2000,and try to come up with something later,
it will be a while---

loninappleton

Thanks for staying with this. I did get a response from Dell today:

That response sent me here:

http://support.dell.com/support/down...os=WNT5&osl=EN



But I couldn't get the download to start up.

Let me know your progress.

loninappleton

I got the download to run from the specified link for Windows 2000 for the
graphics driver of the GX150.

FYI as there's a difference in the amount of downloaded files:

Win 98 ME etc goes 115.

For Win 2000 the file count in 108.

Same screen pops up that says language support not available.

But I took the next step and actually went back into > Settings > Display > Settings (tab in Display Monitor) and tried the color range and adjustment
index. Color range remains at 16 colors. But display index pointer can be
adjusted now to 800x600!


What a relief. That is enough for most text applications.

I do not know what the color range of the onboard Intel 81x graphics
VGA is. You can't watch the news on this thing but you can read
websites and mail without too much difficulty.


With all the fiddling around, the case doesn't want to both snap shut and
runt he hard drive, so I have it canted up like the hood of a car. That's
a small price to pay for the alterations of cables, connections and hard drive
replacement.

If asked why the case won't close, I'll tell the owner "this computer wants
to be free."


;-)


Please continue with any findings you get for the GX150.


A question I have on the resolution would be: Is there a way to run the
drivers wizard for new hardware which can find a 256 color resolution on the
GX150?

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!!

loninappleton

I'm not going to quote all of the above.

I was doing another project today and the Dell is sitting
ready to be picked up. I am not a professional either and
it became dreary finding things that didn't work.

The screen resolution is still 16 colors.


Can you go through that simply and I may give it another try.

I have a cd made with the zip file on it but what I'd need for any discovery process is to find
c:/dell drivers/whatevs which rarely works for me at all.


Plus my net was off all day today and just back on now.


:-/

nego-oh-oh

you need to tell me 2 things

did you get your tag# ???

did you fin AIDA32 ???

kodi

What is not working Properly now?
Did you manage to get the case closed properly?

loninappleton

My service tag is on the back of the machine and also
displays on the BIOS screen.


AIDA32 is not familiar from any of these discussions so
is it on the computer or at support.dell?


Right now the machine is waiting to be picked up. At the time of pickup I was going to go through with the
user how to plug things in and such.