Ron,

Your basic assumption is correct.
You need newer drivers.

Since the HP was designed for '98, that means the hardware
is all newer than Win 95, so naturally Win95 will not have
drivers for any of your cards. (Just as Win2000 doesn't have
drivers for devices that will be developed next month or next year)

You need to open the case and look at the cards themselves.
Find out the brand, model and revision level for each card,
then visit the manufacturers web sites -- or go to www.drivers.com
and download the appropriate drivers for each device.

Win 95 **WILL** work correctly on your box,
you just need to do some extra work to get it going.

Jim Meagher

----- Original Message -----
From: "R Paddock" <[log in to unmask]>


> Moderator: I don't know if this is hardware of
> software. I can send to software if you want to reject
> it.
>
> I have a Hewlett Packard computer with a tag on the
> front that says it is designed for Windows98. I
> thought I could put Windows95 on it as I don't have a
> W98 disk. Maybe not. I have installed this version of
> W95b on this old 486 and everything works fine but on
> the Hewlett Packard I am having problems.
>
> At this point I have W95 installed but I can't get it
> to recognize the modem. I used "standard modem" on old
> computer but that won't work. I guessing I'll have to
> find a driver for the modem?? Windows searchs for
> modem but says no modem was found. The modem hasn't
> been touched since before my W98 became corrupted and
> was removed.
>
> No 256 color option. Only 16 color and monochrome. It
> also wasn't that way on the older computer so I
> thought it should be the same on this one.
>
> The sound card doesn't work and again I'm guessing I
> need a driver?

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