Display Adaptor Trouble

All you can really do is to look at the card for a manufacturers name and Part number.
If you cant find a manufacturers name you can try the FCC ID which will translate into the original manufacturers Name. Here is 1 link to search for FCC id's. http://www.driverzone.com/fcc_id_search.htm

Download Belarc Advisor and run it. It is a free program for home users. It will list your computer parts, programs, etc.

Belarc Advisor may not be able to provide details if the video device is not recognized by Windows.

Nothing beets opening up the case and actually verifying what you have.
While you are in there, you should identify the chip-set used on your motherboard.
These will be the 2 largest ICs other than the CPU.

For proper video operation under Windows 98, you need up to 4 drivers.
In order of installation they are:

Chip-set drivers for the motherboard. These are CRITICAL if you have AGP graphics.

DirectX. You can download DirectX from Microsoft.
Check which version is supported / required for the display adapter driver, and do NOT install a newer version.

The actual driver for the display adapter.

The monitor driver.

Be careful with Windows Updates. If you have an older video card that does NOT support DirectX 9, I recommend against installing IE 6.

Chas

I do not know if this help or not, but give it a try. Right Click-My Computer-Click Hardware-Then Click Device Manager and see if your adapters are conflicting. You would probably see and exclamation mark or a red x.

Some video Bios's will show their ID on the screen when your PC first boots up. Look for it. It may say SIS6326 or Diamond Stealth 2000 or whatever. Your mainboard BIOS screen comes up afterward. Some video's don't do this and you will have to open your case.

Could you confirm 16bit or 16 color ?

Try to see if it helps when you reduce the resolution to, say, 680x480.

1. Got to Control Panel, System, Device Manager, Display Adaptors to check if the graphics card is properly installed. If it is, then that may be maximum display that you can get.

Otherwise:

1. Open up your pc and locate the graphics card.
2. See if you can find a sticker with the brand and model of your card.
3. Go to the web and locate the site of the card manufacturer OR http://www.drivercollection.com to download the correct driver.