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robletham
August 23rd, 2003, 05:24 AM
I formatted my laptop and reinstalled windows 98, it is a pretty old time laptop but none of the default display drivers do much good, and they produce black bands across the screen when i load up word etc. Is there anyway to find out the necessary driver, or a decent default one that should work?

thanks
NooNoo
August 23rd, 2003, 05:39 AM
If you let us know the make and model of laptop I am sure we can track down a suitable driver. :)
robletham
August 23rd, 2003, 06:22 AM
It is a time laptop, i can't see a model type on it, there are a lot of random numbers on the base but i'm not sure if any of them refer to the model
NooNoo
August 23rd, 2003, 06:24 AM
Lets have them then - first rule of driver hunting, you can never have too much information!

Here are the time video drivers (http://www.timesupport.com/timesupport/drivers/display/display.html)

It is quite likely to be the Neomagic driver based on what you have said so far.
robletham
August 24th, 2003, 08:42 AM
it appears to say Model No: 2000, FCC ID:EUN2000

I know i'm idiot for not noticing that before.

Also which Driver do you mean?

Thanks
robletham
August 24th, 2003, 09:55 AM
Okay i found the bit on the time website where it tells you whats inside the computer. But my code is 160NE11GB2B and i can't find that
NooNoo
August 24th, 2003, 01:16 PM
Neither can I....

However if you can tell us what the specification is of your machine - processor, screen size, hard drive size, we can have a pretty good stab at narrowing it down some....
robletham
August 25th, 2003, 07:45 AM
AMD-K6-III-500mhz, 124 RAM, 11 gig hard drive screen about 12 inches(that's a guess
NooNoo
August 25th, 2003, 09:12 AM
Woohooo found it (http://pcg.fic.com.tw/2000/2000downlo.htm)

Was originally made by fic and rebadged.

You want the link to vga driver - bottom right, or from the time computer drivers, the trident 8400 link.


At time support (http://www.timesupport.co.uk/) click on whats inside your pc, then nb series, then the FIC NB2 link. It looks to be the same, except you have the slightly better spec.
robletham
August 25th, 2003, 02:08 PM
Amazing, thanks very much- it's working perfectly now.

Cheers:)
NooNoo
August 25th, 2003, 02:10 PM
My Pleasure :)
confus-ed
August 31st, 2003, 05:17 AM
Originally posted by robletham
Amazing ...

That's 'our' girl Noo for you ! ;) :kiss: ... she's physic I'm sure ! ....
jbh
April 1st, 2008, 07:41 PM
Ive also picked one of these laptops up with the same model number ive tried the above links for drivers to no avail can any one help ?
apa
January 27th, 2009, 05:14 PM
I was lucky enough to score one of these beasts a couple of days ago - they must have been pretty bad-*** when they were released.

Anyway, it came with a driver disk (covering Win 9x, NT and 2000), and the zipped up drivers only come to 13.5Mb so if anyone wants me to email it to them, just send me your email address.

Cheers
NooNoo
January 28th, 2009, 03:30 AM
Welcome to Windrivers apa

I'll have a set for my collection... please check your profile - you have email and private messaging turned off, so no one can contact you!
apa
January 28th, 2009, 04:05 AM
Sorry, didn't realise it was off by default.

Have another go!
NooNoo
January 28th, 2009, 04:31 AM
Thanks... it's easier to leave the private messaging on with an email to tell you that you have one... but email is on its way.