You need to  identify the hardware devices, ... the video card and the
modem. If they don't identify themselves in Device Manager, then pull the
card and look it over. If you don't see a manufacturer and or model number
look directly on the chip.

Once you know what they are, hunt down the correct drivers and install them.
If they are generic, then determine what chip they are using, and install
generic drivers for that chip.
For example a generic S3 driver for a S3 Video card or a generic Rockwell
driver for a modem with a Rockwell chip.

Rode
The NOSPIN Group


>#1.  After reformatting the HDD and installing Win98 the modem driver did
>not load.
>
>#2.  The video res. is stuck on 16 colors and 640X480.  The onboard video is
>supposed to max at 256 800X600 (I think???).

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