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by eagl

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does anyone know whether or not you can find update drivers for integrated motherboards for playing pc games? I have a pentiumlll 533B. The only info I could find on my computer is that the audio card portion is by SIS630 and the sound card portion is by Microsoft Corp. Neither are certified, whatever that means. If I can't upgrade, can someone give me advice on a good 3d card to save up for so I can have it insttalled and whether or not I'll need anything else to go along with the 3d card?

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by cajundon

Hi, You need to know the manufacture of the motherboard (Intel, Abit, Giga-Byte, etc) to get the latest drivers and BIOS updates. The SiS 630 is the Chipset that your motherboard is using.

You can find most BIOS and Drivers updates at:
www.windrivers.com

It will link you directly to the manufacture's website.

The SiS drivers are compatiable with Windows 9x, they just have not been tested by Microsoft for certification.

I have the SiS 530 Chipset and do not have any problems with it.

Good luck and have a great day.

Don Thibodaux, Computer Technology Consultant.

by eagl

Hello there; in the future if you see a question posted by eagl, could you please explain things a little easier for me as I haven't computer know how yet. Example; how would I know where to locate motherboard manufacturer's name without taking my computer apart? and have no idea what bios is? thanks eagl.

by tbradley

generally, the chip manufacturer will provide the latest drivers. In your case, the sis630 can be found at :
http://www.sis.com.tw/support/download/630.htm

you would have to contact or find the web site of your motherboard manufacturer to find out if there were some other patches or drivers, but generally, the chipset manufacturers take care of most compatibility issue....

by eagl

Hello; I went to the site you gave me, which was pretty amazing by the way, it brought me exactly where I had to be instead of searching for an hour; greatly, greatly appreciated from this newbie! Anyhow, there are 2 boxes on that page, one read;"sis630/540 Integrated Audio Driver"
and the other box read;
"windows 95/98 VXD Driver File" and
"windows 98 SE WDM Driver File".

Do I download all three of this to a folder and then just open them all and they'll go where they're suppoed to? or do I just need to download one of these? I have a Pentium lll with windows 98 SE. And, am I supposed to start another question and award you more points? Is asking you questions in this comment box legal? Thank You; eagl.

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