>At 7:07 AM -0400 9/30/02, Mark D. Chapman wrote: >> > It appears to be an ATI mach 64 chip (at least that > is what >>WIN98 > thinks it is). I could not find an updated driver > for it >>on ATI's > site (it says to use the one on the Win98 disk. > >>However, when I tell > Win98 to look for an updated driver it just >>tells me > that the one I > have is best - ATI video Expression >>+). Furthermore > WIN98 won't let me uninstall it. >>
>Can you boot the card into Safe Mode? There you can delete the entry >for the video card from Device Manager. You may then be able to run >the setup for the ATI Mach 64 driver. Some drivers' installers >refuse to run in safe mode. > >Running 98 or 98SE? 98SE can use WDM (Windows Driver Model) drivers, >which is Microsoft's idea for making drivers that _should_ work in >98SE/2000/XP. Quite often they don't. It can often be a real PITA to >get 98SE to accept a non-WDM driver for a device after the WDM one >has been installed. (Fortunately on the box I just built it was easy >to replace the WDM modem driver that caused a BSOD with the VXD >version "for win 9x".) > >You may have to resort to moving any files out of the c:\windows\inf >(and the "other" folder there too) that are for ATI to make it let >you install the Mach 64 driver. Thanks for the suggestions. I give them a try later on in the week when I have some free time. -- Mark Chapman - Centre for the Study of Religion - University of Toronto -- Mac-N-DOS is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac-N-DOS list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-n-dos.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-n-dos%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
