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s3 trio vid card wont work with 98se

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by irelan

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have read all the previous statements on this subject.....have gone goofy tryin to resolve this conflict....isnt a matter of life and death but I am always up to a challenge!!!! have down loaded sooo many diff drivers none seem to correct prob anyone who has done this and won e mail me soon TY, ps followed all step shown previously , would like at least 256 colors back on .....any ideas please let me know

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by philldmc

What you may want to do first is boot into safemode by pressing f8 during boot up...Once into safemode remove all video card drivers. Most likely you have more then one loaded....Reboot and allow Windows to set the driver as a Super VGA Adaptor. Then install the new driver. You might want to make sure you download the correct driver from
https://ranger.s3graphics.com/?license=accept
User ID is archive
Password is archive

The correct drive is the s3-trio 3D/2x

Hope this helps.

Phill

by irelan

Thank you phil you are totally correct! I spent alot of time fixing this particular prob I to found the correct driver at ranger's . Driverguide lead me in circles But did give me the flashbios which I;m certain helped enormously !! everything is OK now colors back to 256 thank you Phil PS...... I had the system correct days ago but I wont forget the paths I took thanks , Rick

by wfs1946

I concur with the previous answer, but if you don't have or can't find a driver you can go to www.driverguide.com.

This is a user supporting user site, you have to sign up but it is free. I do not get any junk mail from them.

I have not failed to get a driver from them for whatever I have needed. I am a repair technician and this site has be a life saver many times.

by irelan

wfs thanks for the answer's a bit late but thank you anyway, I had to get other drivers that were missing from the raneger s3 site driverguide kinda lead me in circles but I managed to get the main driver and the flashbios from them thanks anyway Dude !!!! , Rick

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