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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 harold.smit

have you tried it with a clean install of win98, and with a clean installation I mean, format c put the S3 in and install win98 from scratch.

by irelan

harold i got the prob solved about 4 hrs after i posted the prob I agree with what you say BUT I didnt have a 98se disc to pull from only a 3 1/2 floppy so i was very limited , anyways i think i have found a typical prob with the system after talking to several enthusiasts the solution was this: delete all existin copies 1st
even after installing , I would end up with an improper driver and selection that still puzzles me ?BUT I installed w9521103(1) 1st then sdv8x1en.exe that got the system reacting properly i knew i had made head way then next I installed sdbz3en , the system started reacting differently than i had ever seen before ! .. i finished up with a flash on the bios and there ya have it bios flash was labeled sdbzen.exe .. everywhere i went recomended not flashin the bios But honestly it ran so much faster afetr the bios was done there is a base file that came up over and over .. this could warn you if you have the same prob I had its labeled (s3.dll DRIVER12.CAB )anyone who has this type of prob can e mail me and i will send the files neccesary for the repair of your colors .....

by thechas

Are you sure you have downloaded the correct Trio drivers?

On S3's driver page, there are 5 different sets of drivers described as Trio.
http://www.s3graphics.com/

You need to look at the graphics chip itself, and verify which version you need.
Also, just because the chip is an S3 Trio, does not mean that the S3 reference drivers will work properly. If you can identify who actually made the card, their drivers may work better.

Additionally, your MB may require a chipset driver in order for the video card to function properly.
This is very true if the MB has an AGP port.
You must install the MB / chipset drivers before you attempt to install the video card drivers.

I also agree with the other respondant, that starting over may be the next step.
After installing several wrong video drivers, the registry may have too many links to the wrong drivers to be able to allow the correct driver to function.

If you are a good sleuth, it is possible to clear the registry links, and delete all the bad files from the Windows folders, but it can be a lot of work.

by irelan

Chaz I appreciate the thought . you are correct in saying that s3 is a general name but i ran a dos prompt to declare which chip set I have..the message was very vague indeed in dos prompt so yes I went staright to the chip it came up with #9545 that sent mer to the proper driver ... also the ranger html is where i got the final proper parts .....Thanks all who have offered advice , Rick Irelan

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