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VIDEO DRIVERS?

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I upgraded a system from win 95 to 98. Something is wrong with the display though. I tried loading the drivers from a cd that I think came with the computer but I'm not 100% sure what to do.In the display I cant go higher than 16 colors and 640 x 400. What should I do?

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by nascar fan

Sounds like you need an updated Video Driver. If you know what kind of card it is go to the companies website and download the drivers for the card. If not power down your system open the computer and look at the card for the name of the manufacturer and sometimes even the model of the card. Then get the drivers. Had this problem many times trying to use Windows 95 drivers on Windows NT Download the right driver and it works great.

by dmiles

Check for the manufacturer name of the video card that you have installed,then go to the manufacturers web site and locate the driver specified for that card,download and install the driver.
another site to locate drivers is www.windriver.com

by bionicdog

yeah, you definitely need to update the video drivers and in most cases, you can get them from the manufacturer's website, as soon as you get them, them update the current drivers you have with these new ones. If you don't know how to do this, then right click on my computer, go into device manager, click on the (+) by the display and then double click on the video driver and then select driver and then click on update driver and you should follows the screen and choose the new drivers that youdownloaded. I hope this solves your problem

by vn

Everyone gave you great answers...and the ONLY answers available. The only thing I can point out is IS YOUR VIDEO CARD PART OF THE MOTHERBOARD???? If so, you need a whole new set of answers. If NOT, they you MUST get the CHIPSET type off the video card. Meaning get inside of the computer, and READ the card. Go to the VIDEO card's web site and get the new drivers. Otherwise, it will be the motherboards web site if it is attached to the board (built in video). Latez-

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