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I recently had to reformat & reinstall Win98SE on my Mothers PC. Now all I can get is "16 colors" on the monitor. She does not have all the original CD/software from DELL. (lost?)
I'm sure I need to update the video driver but.....where and which one???
This PC no longer has internet access. But I do have one I can get a download onto.

This is the PC's system summary:

It is a DELL Dimensions XPS T800r
Quantity Parts # Part Description

1 27HRF CARD (CIRCUIT), PLANAR (MOTHERBOARD), W/O-AUD, TXXXr, COPPERMINE
1 421HU PROCESSOR MODULE, 80526, 800, 256K, 100, SLT1, B0
1 1968D KIT, DOCUMENTATION, TXXX, ENGLAND/ENGLISH
1 5120P CORD, POWER, 125V, 6FT, SPT2, UNSHIELDED
1 25515 DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE, 128, 100M, 16X64, 4K, 168
1 0827T KIT, MODEM, 3COM, CONTROLLER, DIMENSION
1 46XVP MODEM, V.90, INTERNAL, CONTROLLER, DATA/FAX/VOICE, UNITED STATES
1 5740C CABLE, AUXILIARY, INTERNAL, MODEM, 4C
1 1377P COMPACT DISKETTE, BLANK, COMPACT DISKETTE WRITER, 1X/4X
1 4377P COMPACT DISKETTE, BLANK, COMPACT DISK RECORDABLE, 1-PK
1 74EJV KIT, COMPACT DISKETTE, COMPACT DISK READ WRITE, ADAPTEC, SOFTWARE, V4.02
1 979NK COMPACT DISK READ WRITE, 680M, I, 5.25" FORM FACTOR, 8X, SONY, 1.0N
1 413PE DIGITAL VIDEO DISK DRIVE, 680M, 12X, I, 5.25" FORM FACTOR, SAMSUNG
1 98483 CABLE, DORADO/ATHENS/TUALATIN/ALMODOR, COMPACT DISK DRIVE, ENHANCED INTEGRATED DRIVE ELECTRONICS, DUAL, KLINGER
1 57589 CABLE, AUDIO, MOLEX TO MOLEX
1 9455U CARD (CIRCUIT), MULTI-MEDIA, AUDIO, CRTV-4780
1 9830U CARD (CIRCUIT), VIDEO, 32M, NV10, 4X AGP
1 3544T CARD (CIRCUIT), CONTROLLER, PROCESSOR MODULE, ATA-66
1 4740C CABLE, CONTROL, SCSI (SMALL COMPUTER SYSTEMS INTERFACE), HARD DRIVE, LIGHT EMITTING DIODE, 2C
1 6860E FLOPPY DRIVE, 1.44M, 3.5" FORM FACTOR, 3MD, NO BEZEL, TEAC
1 98480 CABLE, DORADO/ATHENS/TUALATIN/ALMODOR, FLOPPY DRIVE, KLINGER
1 5828D ASSEMBLY, CABLE, ATA66, 2DROP, KLINGER
1 65YWW HARD DRIVE, 30G, 7.2K, I, 1IN, NO CONTROLLER/NO CABLES, QUANTUM OLYMPUS
1 7418T KIT, SOFTWARE, OFFICE SBE 2000, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MFGR., UNITED STATES, REVB
1 66FRH KIT, SOFTWARE, NAV-2K, 5.25" FORM FACTOR, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MFGR., ENGLAND/ENGLISH
1 60UWD KIT, SOFTWARE, AOL5.0, BACKUP, MONTHLY, UNITED STATES
1 1998R KIT, SOFTWARE, BSHELF-2K, 5.25" FORM FACTOR, UNITED STATES, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MFGR.
1 76PFK KIT, COMPACT DISKETTE, OPERATING SYSTEM, DELL 98, SECOND EDITION, ENGLAND/ENGLISH

Thank you so much for ANY help......
Theresa
what is the service tag number found on the side or back of the pc ?

davey6 Wrote:
what is the service tag number found on the side or back of the pc ?


Service Tag: 7JPW20B

sod it dell list 3 possible video cards for that model.

download everest from this link.

http://www.davesdrivers.com/everest

don't worry its a free download as thats my site.

install and run that program.
in the left hand list click the little + next to display.
then click GPU, let me know what everest tells you as i have two of the very last drivers for two of the cards listed i just need to know what is in that pc.
Amazing program!

it showed:
AGP 4x: nVidia GeForce2 GTS

everywhere else I've ever looked listed a
Standard PCI Graphics Adapter VGA


That's for all your help








davey6 Wrote:
sod it dell list 3 possible video cards for that model.

download everest from this link.

http://www.davesdrivers.com/everest

don't worry its a free download as thats my site.

install and run that program.
in the left hand list click the little + next to display.
then click GPU, let me know what everest tells you as i have two of the very last drivers for two of the cards listed i just need to know what is in that pc.

ok i have the last driver for that card listed on my site but first make sure the pc is running direct x 9

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.mspx

then download and install this driver for your video card.
http://www.davesdrivers.com/drivers/video/tnt2%209x.zip

if you get stuck i will be on my own forums for a while have a few post's to update on there before i come back here.

http://www.davesdrivers.com/forums


everest is a very good little program shame they now charge for it thats why i keep the old version that was free at the time
THANK YOU DAVE!!!!

That fixed it! You are THE BEST!

I can't thank you enough for all your help! I truly appreciate it.
Theresa




davey6 Wrote:
ok i have the last driver for that card listed on my site but first make sure the pc is running direct x 9

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.mspx

then download and install this driver for your video card.
http://www.davesdrivers.com/drivers/video/tnt2%209x.zip

if you get stuck i will be on my own forums for a while have a few post's to update on there before i come back here.

http://www.davesdrivers.com/forums


everest is a very good little program shame they now charge for it thats why i keep the old version that was free at the time


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