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Identifying a on-board video card.
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Original Message
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Name: Madman
Date: August 17, 2003 at 13:18:28 Pacific
Subject: Identifying a on-board video card.
OS: win 98 se
CPU/Ram: 128sdram
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Comment: I am trying to Identify the on-board video card. I am currently stuck with 16 colors. The computer is unidentifiable as well. The only thing it says on the tower is the win98se sticker says Logisys - Goldstar I installed a new crystal sound card so I have sound now but the new video card I bought (diamond stealth 64 pci) freezes the computer after a restart. I must have uninstalled it and reinstalled it a hundered times and every time it gets to the desktop it freezes on the first thing I click. If I knew what kind of on-board video it has I could easily find a driver for it. To the best of my knowledge here is all I know about this comp. Motherboard says: Micro Star N1996 but it also says: ms 6178 ----this is the actual board model. It has a on-board soundmax card which I have uninstalled and disabled. It has a 700 series celeron processor. It has 128 m of ram. How do I find out what on-board video card it has? Why does the diamond stealth card freeze the computer after startup?
It is compatable with windows 98se Someone help please, Tony
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Response Number 1
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Name: Dave02
Date: August 17, 2003 at 13:45:01 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Go to www.belarc.com/download.html It will identify your video card and give a whole wealth of info about your computer.
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Response Number 2
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Name: MaadhuriMN
Date: August 17, 2003 at 14:07:24 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)You may find
user's manual filesMS-6178. This MicroStar Mainboard has Intel 810 GMCH [Graphics and Memory Controller Hub]chipset for the Onboard Video.
Hope this helps in your troubleshoot.
You may probably need to enter the BIOS (AWARD) by pressing Del key during Startup and disable the onboard Video for the installed Videocard to override it.
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Response Number 3
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Name: Merciful_Madman
Date: August 17, 2003 at 14:44:03 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)How does knowing the chipset help me?
I need to know the manufacture of the on-board video card. Or better yet can someone direct me to where I can download a driver for it? Still stuck,
Madman
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Response Number 4
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Name: Merciful_Madman
Date: August 17, 2003 at 14:45:52 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)The only thing belarc tells me is it is a generic VGA/AGP video adapter. Need to know the brand name of this on-board video card.
Help,
Madman
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Response Number 6
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Name: Merciful_Madman
Date: August 17, 2003 at 19:39:44 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)I don't know who you are exactly but I owe you big time! Thanks so very much! If I want to upgrade to the diamond card what is the best way to do it? Madman
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Response Number 7
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Name: DAVEINCAPS
Date: August 17, 2003 at 22:09:41 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)You're welcome. I'm glad it worked for you. The freezing when you use the diamond card is probably due to the drivers. You may want to go to their site to see if they have any newer drivers. You'd then need to uninstall the intel video drivers and set up the video adapter as one of the standard PCI video adapters. Then run the installation program for the diamond card. Sometimes you can reserve an IRQ in cmos for the vga adapter. You may want to check that also. If, after all this, it still freezes you may need to settle for the onboard video.
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