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Win98se Nvidia driver hangs

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by dopper1

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I have a Gateway Win98se machine, PIII 450 w/256MB,that successfully POSTs, but hangs before the video driver loads. I need to reboot in safe mode- 16 color/640x480- restart to the warning that
"the adapter settings are not supported", change to 640x480 256 color, reboot and then switch to 800x600 16 bit. This happens with the OEM driver and the update (both from Gateway)and with the updated driver from Nvidia's website. Any suggestions, aside from buying a new video card?

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by thechas

Check your BIOS settings for video. The Nvidia cards can be very picky about settings such as assign an IRQ for VGA. Gateway should have instructions, or an FAQ on this issue.

Also, check for conflicts with other devices.
Moving a new card to a different slot, or dissableing unused comm ports can free up resources, and reduce conflicts.

Second, download and install the latest mother board drivers for your system. Having the latest version of the AGP mini-port driver is critical to having Nvidia cards work (even if the card is a PCI card, the AGP mini-port driver is needed)

Third, clean out all stray files that you can find for the video drivers, and start from scratch with the latest W98 driver.

It is possible that there are remnants of alternate drivers in the registry. A good registry cleaner should be able to clean them out for you. (Norton WinDoctor, Meijenix Fix-It)

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