I have a Gateway Brookings motherboard with an
integrated 8Mb video.  When I first tried to get my
system running I found myself in the same position.
With only 16 color showing and a real grainy look to
the monitor. I had to install the video drivers for
the onboard 810e chipset to get to normal operation.
I just installed a new hard drive last week and it was
the same experience.  I do run win98se.  Which was why
I made the suggestion that the problem was lack of
video drivers especially if he has integrated video on
the motherboard.  The other thing I've found is that
when you go to Windows Update one of the updates it
offers along with all the patches for 98se at least
for me is a newer driver for my 810e chipset from
Intel.  So possibly if he had web access on the new
computer he might have luck there without having to do
any tracking down of drivers from other sites.


John

--- Peter Shkabara <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Open the box and inspect the video card. You should
> be able to identify the
> make and model of the card, or at least identify the
> chipset that produces
> the video. It is also possible that the video is
> built-in on the
> motherboard. What is the model of motherboard that
> you have? It is a bit
> unusual for Win98se not to properly recognize at
> least the chipset on a
> video interface. You might want to get a copy of
> Fresh Diagnose at
> http://www.freshdevices.com - it is free and can
> help you identify the
> devices in your computer. SiSoft Sandra is another
> utility that might help.
> Of course, you may have trouble using either one of
> them, given you current
> video problems. If you still need help, gather the
> hardware info and tell us
> about it.
>
> Peter
> -----------------------------------------------
> The NoSpin Group
> [log in to unmask]
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Hi,  I installed Windows 98se.  I tried to install
> XP
> > but had problems. I asked Microsoft for help and
> am
> > waiting.  The video is listed as, " standard PCI
> > adapter". It is inf\msdisp.inf.  It is on auto
> setting
> > for resources. The display only has b&w or 16 bit
> > color.
>
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