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i have just did a clean install of windows 98 se on fresh formated drives the problem i am having now is i cant even install any software for my dsl because of only having 16 colors i found out (i think) that i have a s3 savage 4 graphics card(on the board?)i guess i need a driver for it so i downloaded one and its all these files that the sys doesnt reconize or cant open how do i install a driver for this on this bare bones o.s
Go to the HP/Compaq website & download them
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?dlc=en&tool=softwareCategory&lc=en&product=93571&cc=us&os=20
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If that's not what you need, try here:
http://www.s3graphics.com/en/resources/drivers/legacy/software_archive.jsp
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the link http://www.s3graphics.com/en/resources/drivers/legacy/software_archive.jsp was dead page not found(after i clicked to download the file i need) i already tried the hp site found some other drivers but not the one i need it a compaq presario 5712 466 celeron win 98 (new clean install)here the specs i can find on it (graphics)s3 savage 4 128-bit accelerated 3d/2d ive heard of a program called everest to see for sure what chipset i have but i cant get online or even install any software to get this started ive been hooking the hard drive up to my other computer and puttin files on it (my cd rom wont read a data CDr?<and no floppy in new com)i downloaded savage4win9x.zip for drivers guide but i dont know how to get it to work i click on any icon and it says open with? i use the dos names in dos invalid? i really am stuck here thank for all the help so far
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You need a program to unzip it, then you can access the file(s). Try WinZip. Just download & install the evaluation version:
http://www.winzip.com/downwzeval.htm?wzdm
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i tried that the zipping worked i installed it changed settings but windows said its the wrong driver im not sure what graphics card i got i got the idea of this on from the hp site 5712 specs i heard of everest(not free anymore)but i really cant do or use anything on the com i keep putting stuff on using my other com this is getting old quick what other way can i find out what the graphics card i have the cover off please help 0nce i get the graphics rigth i can change the color settings and install my dsl software and do updates online and all that good stuff also is there any way my new xp based pc has this driver on it and if so how can i get it off thanks again
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The Everest freebie is still out there somewhere but try this (it's before it got changed to Everest but just as good):
DerekW
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what info do i need off of aida 32? heres what i got only what i thought would matter mother board chipset: intel whitney i810-dc100/3d accelerater:intel i752 also intergrateg graphics controller i really dont know if that helps but maybe it at least says its not a savage 4 or does it ? tell me what to look for and ill run it again
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its all good now got the driver i needed i never had a savage 4 stupid hp web site thank everyone for the help i have a few more problems like no drivers for the rest of my com ill start a new thread if i need more help so keep a look out and thanks again
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Everest is getting hard to find but Major Geeks still has it.I'd put up a copy for later.I sure did.>http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html
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"its all good now got the driver i needed i never had a savage 4 stupid hp web site"
Uh, the HP website doesn't say ANYTHING about the S3 Savage4...you did! My guess is the link in response #1 has all the drivers you need (or needed)
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http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&cc=us&docname=c00031088&product=93571&dlc=en&lang=en this is the spot that says savage 4 after closer inspection its specs for the pentium 3 version my fault the real specs page is ishttp://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?dlc=en&tool=softwareCategory&lc=en&os=20&product=93571&cc=us&docname=c00008738...
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and no the link in response 1 did not have what i needed or i couldnt find it the intel site did intel 810 chipset graphics driver driver heres heres the site that may help someone else in the future http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df-external/Product_Filter.aspx?ProductID=798 thanks everyone for all the help on to the next problem
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"no the link in response 1 did not have what i needed"
Look again at the link in response #1...what exactly do you think "Presario Whitney 810/810e Video Driver for Windows 98/ME" is?
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After you get the video problem solved, we can try to help with the keyboard problem as it appears none of the punctuation keys on the right side of your keyboard are working.
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Look again at the link in response #1...what exactly do you think "Presario Whitney 810/810e Video Driver for Windows 98/ME" is? the problem with that driver which i did download was when i installed it during the file transfer screen or what ever its called error messages popped up file not found which made me think it may have been an update for an existing driver i may be wrong but for my situation it didnt work
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by the way i asked for help not attitude i thought this was a friendly help forum maybe i was wrong i guess now a days thank you just isnt enough but again thanks for the HELP
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I don't think you can blame a "forum". It all depends on the reaction of different contributors.
Please don't take this the wrong way, but it can be very difficult for folk to understand properly when there is one long sentence which slides from one thought to another.
I had to struggle and many people might not bother.The clearer the post the easier the understanding, hence the better chance of the right help. Just break it up a bit, that's all it amounts to. I'm sure we all want to help if we can.
DerekW
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