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dimension 4550 for w98?
need to run w98 se on the dimension 4550
where to get drivers for it and what drivers I have to look for in fact? did not find anything useful on dell website |
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"Otto Sykora" wrote in message ... need to run w98 se on the dimension 4550 where to get drivers for it and what drivers I have to look for in fact? did not find anything useful on dell website Good luck, as it's not advisable. Try WinMe drivers where possible and cross your fingers....... Stew |
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dimension 4550 for w98?
The 4550 has an Intel 845 chipset, for which the chipset drivers are available
on the Intel web site. Same for video and audio drivers, I think. Not sure what the network chip is, but there may be Win 98 drivers for it, too. This is a challenge, but it may not be impossible... Ben Myers On Fri, 12 May 2006 12:19:33 +0200, Otto Sykora wrote: need to run w98 se on the dimension 4550 where to get drivers for it and what drivers I have to look for in fact? did not find anything useful on dell website |
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OK, where to take ME drivers?
I tried some nVidia drivers, found some driver for the monitor on the dell website. However I am not sure what nVidia it is, it is not detected . I have installed the driver from nvidia website, stating it is for w98 as well. It did install somehow, the monitor driver from dell did also install somehow, but now I am stuck as the setting of the resolution can not be done anyway. It says I have the nvidia 4200 at dell 1800df, but when I try to change the resolution away from standard vga, it jumps back to vga , no help. anybody with some experience on that? I really need the w98 running, since this has still full operational and accessible dos in it. I am surprised that not even some standard windows drivers do work here, all seems to be somehow blocked by dell?? need particularly driver for the nvidia but I am not sure which one it is and want to get it work with the dell monitor 1800df which came with box. |
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dimension 4550 for w98?
if i were yo, i would boot off of a portable operating system like
bartpe, and then look at what it says are all the devices, since it will know. why wouldnt you just install xp or win2000? instead of ME. ME is a terrible operating system. Otto Sykora wrote: OK, where to take ME drivers? I tried some nVidia drivers, found some driver for the monitor on the dell website. However I am not sure what nVidia it is, it is not detected . I have installed the driver from nvidia website, stating it is for w98 as well. It did install somehow, the monitor driver from dell did also install somehow, but now I am stuck as the setting of the resolution can not be done anyway. It says I have the nvidia 4200 at dell 1800df, but when I try to change the resolution away from standard vga, it jumps back to vga , no help. anybody with some experience on that? I really need the w98 running, since this has still full operational and accessible dos in it. I am surprised that not even some standard windows drivers do work here, all seems to be somehow blocked by dell?? need particularly driver for the nvidia but I am not sure which one it is and want to get it work with the dell monitor 1800df which came with box. |
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"Jay B" wrote in message ... if i were yo, i would boot off of a portable operating system like bartpe, and then look at what it says are all the devices, since it will know. why wouldnt you just install xp or win2000? instead of ME. ME is a terrible operating system. He's installing Win98, not WinMe. |
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i saw that after i posted,
why win98 or ME? a 4550 should be strong enough to handle win2k or xp very nicely. S.Lewis wrote: "Jay B" wrote in message ... if i were yo, i would boot off of a portable operating system like bartpe, and then look at what it says are all the devices, since it will know. why wouldnt you just install xp or win2000? instead of ME. ME is a terrible operating system. He's installing Win98, not WinMe. |
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On Fri, 12 May 2006 12:19:33 +0200, Otto Sykora
wrote: need to run w98 se on the dimension 4550 where to get drivers for it and what drivers I have to look for in fact? did not find anything useful on dell website I'm not sure why you need to do anything. I needed Win98 for some of my old programs that would not run with XP Pro. I partitioned part of a drive to use FAT32, set up dual-boot, and I was off and running. My computer worked just fine without messing with video drivers, etc. I wonder if you are making this too hard? |
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On Fri, 12 May 2006 16:30:49 -0700, Dick wrote:
On Fri, 12 May 2006 12:19:33 +0200, Otto Sykora wrote: need to run w98 se on the dimension 4550 where to get drivers for it and what drivers I have to look for in fact? did not find anything useful on dell website I'm not sure why you need to do anything. I needed Win98 for some of my old programs that would not run with XP Pro. I partitioned part of a drive to use FAT32, set up dual-boot, and I was off and running. My computer worked just fine without messing with video drivers, etc. I wonder if you are making this too hard? Of course I should have added that I installed Win98 on the FAT32 partition. The installation took care of whatever drivers I needed. |
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dimension 4550 for w98?
The OP said several times he needs to run Windows 98SE. I interpret this as he
has programs which will not run under Win 2000 or XPee... Ben Myers On Fri, 12 May 2006 15:27:07 -0400, Jay B wrote: i saw that after i posted, why win98 or ME? a 4550 should be strong enough to handle win2k or xp very nicely. S.Lewis wrote: "Jay B" wrote in message ... if i were yo, i would boot off of a portable operating system like bartpe, and then look at what it says are all the devices, since it will know. why wouldnt you just install xp or win2000? instead of ME. ME is a terrible operating system. He's installing Win98, not WinMe. |
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