Driver update problem

Breakers50 · 05-01-2005, 01:42 PM

I run Win98SE & until a few hours ago had color display choices of up 32bit. Now hoever, I am down to a whopping 16 colors. I am only slightly computer savvy, so any answers you can offer will need to be in baby language, sorry.

I have a PC game I want to run that requires 3D hardware accelerator card - 100% Direct X 9.0b-compliant 32 MB video card & drivers in order to run. I think I have an NVIDIA GeForce256 VGA display driver already installed, yet it doesn't appear under the add/remove section. Under Device Mgr, it says I have a SiS 300 & it seems to think I have the best driver installed already. I tried going to NVIDIA, SiS, & Microsoft to download updated drivers & that's how I've ended up with only 16 colors.

Any help would be awfully appreciated.

**norin** · 05-01-2005, 02:04 PM

we need more info. what have you done before the problem occured. have you got new drivers? can you be more specific with what happened before this occured.

Breakers50 · 05-01-2005, 02:41 PM

How can I tell what I installed? I'm not sure where to look. I downloaded NVIDIA's nForceWin98ME driver option, but when I tried to select it using the update driver wizard, it said it was not compatible & did I want to use it even though they did not recommend it. I said yes & after restart I only had 16 colors. I had no idea how to undo it, so I went to SiS & under GPU Graphics Driver picked the SiS300/305 series for Win98 & downloaded it. I used the wizard to install it but other than a color change to my desktop & the driver listed under device mgr, I see no difference. Maybe I picked the wrong category? There is a choice (at SiS website) under Chipset software for an AGP (GART) driver (or for an 'other IDE & AGP drivers'). I seem to have lost my 'SVGA' color choices. Both driver updates required restarts which have been done. Does this help?

05-01-2005, 01:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
Breakers50 Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 2 OS: Win98SE	Driver update problem I run Win98SE & until a few hours ago had color display choices of up 32bit. Now hoever, I am down to a whopping 16 colors. I am only slightly computer savvy, so any answers you can offer will need to be in baby language, sorry. I have a PC game I want to run that requires 3D hardware accelerator card - 100% Direct X 9.0b-compliant 32 MB video card & drivers in order to run. I think I have an NVIDIA GeForce256 VGA display driver already installed, yet it doesn't appear under the add/remove section. Under Device Mgr, it says I have a SiS 300 & it seems to think I have the best driver installed already. I tried going to NVIDIA, SiS, & Microsoft to download updated drivers & that's how I've ended up with only 16 colors. Any help would be awfully appreciated.

05-01-2005, 02:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
norin TSF Veteran Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: L-Town, Maine Posts: 1,748 OS: WinXP Pro SP3 My System	we need more info. what have you done before the problem occured. have you got new drivers? can you be more specific with what happened before this occured. __________________

05-01-2005, 02:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
Breakers50 Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 2 OS: Win98SE	How can I tell what I installed? I'm not sure where to look. I downloaded NVIDIA's nForceWin98ME driver option, but when I tried to select it using the update driver wizard, it said it was not compatible & did I want to use it even though they did not recommend it. I said yes & after restart I only had 16 colors. I had no idea how to undo it, so I went to SiS & under GPU Graphics Driver picked the SiS300/305 series for Win98 & downloaded it. I used the wizard to install it but other than a color change to my desktop & the driver listed under device mgr, I see no difference. Maybe I picked the wrong category? There is a choice (at SiS website) under Chipset software for an AGP (GART) driver (or for an 'other IDE & AGP drivers'). I seem to have lost my 'SVGA' color choices. Both driver updates required restarts which have been done. Does this help?