Video Card PROBLEM.....HELP PLEASE !!!!

[MAME nut]

I have an old Compaq computer (PIII ??) that I picked up at a Rummage Sale recently.  It had Windows 2000 on it, but I chose to put Windows 98 on it instead....like my other MAME cabinets.  After the Win98 install, the monitor ended up only being 16 color....which won't let me run MAME.  (The original video card drivers were erased and Win98 chose the wrong driver for the Dell monitor I'm using.) 

My problem.....I don't know what driver I need.  I went the www.hp.com website and downloaded several drivers, but nothing works.     ANY IDEAS??!?!

Thanks,
MAME Nut

[SirPeale]

Crack it open and see what's inside.

[Kevin Mullins]

It's not the monitor you need drivers for..... it's the video card chipset you need drivers for.

I'm assuming this PC has onboard video that you are trying to use ?

Any idea what model of Compaq that unit is?
Or what motherboard it has?

[MAME nut]

Sorry.....not sure where to look for the Video Card.  I can't find a model number anywhere, only a S/N number.

Can you tell me what to look for??  Or, should I post a picture??

Thanks,
MameNut

[SirPeale]

You have to open it up.  Look for the card that your monitor plugs into.  That's your video card.

If it's on the motherboard itself, check out and see if there are any identifying marks on it silkscreened somewhere.

[MAME nut]

Pearle,

It is opened.  I just can't ID the video card.  I put a card in about 10 years ago...and it was a "card".  This does not appear to have a card. 

See pictures below.

[SirPeale]

Who the heck is Pearle?

You have an onboard chipset.  I can see one of them (the southbridge I think) and it's an Intel chip.  I don't know what the northbridge is (it's covered by the green heatsink), but there's a good bet it's an Intel one as well.

If this was made by a major manufacturer (Dell, Compaq) what's the model number?

[Carlito]

Just a guess but it looks like you have the 815e chipset.
try these drivers.
for 98 SE
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=N&ProductID=797&DwnldID=4666&strOSs=18&OSFullName=Windows*%2098%20SE&lang=eng
for 98
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=N&ProductID=797&DwnldID=4666&strOSs=17&OSFullName=Windows*%2098&lang=eng

[northerngames]

there should be a board number in white on the motherboard write down those numbers and letters and do a google search and your board should show.

once you find what board it is do another google search for the motherboard drivers.

[retrometro]

Which games do you think you'll play the most on this computer?

[MAME nut]

Sorry Peale.......not sure where the heck that came from!!  It an old Compaq machine....but I can't find any model numbers on it.

Carlito....I used your link for a driver and it works now....THANKS!!!!

BUT.....I have NO SOUND.....anyone have a link for the correct sound driver??  Would it be with the 815e chipset drivers??

Thanks,
MAME nut

[SirPeale]

BUT.....I have NO SOUND.....anyone have a link for the correct sound driver??  Would it be with the 815e chipset drivers??

I doubt it.  It's likely one of the other chips on the motherboard.  I can't see it clearly enough to make it out.  It should stand out as one of the major (usually) sound chip manufacturers.  ESS is one such manufacturer, Yamaha is another.  So is Creative Labs.

[Kevin Mullins]

I'm guessing from a little research that the mother board is from a Evo D300v or similar model.

So try these drivers for your audio:
AC97 Audio Drivers

Main List of Drivers for that model:
Ala Carte Drivers

Let us know how it goes.