NeoMagic drivers for XP

[ssyl]

I upgraded my Dell Latitude to XP, and the multimonitor function no longer works. I can use either an external monitor, or the bulit-in one, but not both for multiwindows. I believe i need to upgrade my drivers, can't find updated drivers. Can anyone help

Latitude CS 400XT
NeoMagic MagicGraph256zx driver 3.8212890625Mb

TIA,
Steve

[NooNoo]

Intel Pentium PII 400MHz Processor
128MB Ram
6.4GB Hard Disk Drive
13.3"TFT Display
External Swappable CD-Rom And 3.5" Floppy Disk Drive Via Caddy
External FDD Lead Supplied
16 Bit Sound
AC Adapter
Li-Ion Battery
1 Parallel Port
1 USB Port
2 PCMCIA Slots
PS2 Port
External Monitor Port
Touchpad Mouse
US Keyboard


Why put XP on this? It must be quite slow to boot and run...

According to realtimesoft.com - only the 256AV has the correct driver support for this function.

[Low_Level_Owl]

Actually Noo, I've installed XP on a Latitude CPi PII 400 w/ 256MB and it runs just as good as Windows 2000 ran on this machine which was damn good!

So it is possible!

[Low_Level_Owl]

ssyl, why not go to premiersupport.dell.com and try the Windows 2000 drivers, I know those have the function you need.

Who knows? They may take on XP.

But remember...you do this at your own risk.

[confus-ed]

Originally posted by Low_Level_Owl
Actually Noo, I've installed XP on a Latitude CPi PII 400 w/ 256MB and it runs just as good as Windows 2000 ran on this machine which was damn good!

So it is possible!

XP likes to eat memory for dinner, lunch & breakfast !

The original questioner only has 128, which was why at a guess Noo asked .... the difference between the two would be 'quite' noticeable if you ask my opinion (which you didn't but you are getting it anyway ! )....

But yeah 'usually' 2000 drivers are good to go under xp

[Low_Level_Owl]

Originally posted by confus-ed
XP likes to eat memory for dinner, lunch & breakfast !

The original questioner only has 128, which was why at a guess Noo asked .... the difference between the two would be 'quite' noticeable if you ask my opinion (which you didn't but you are getting it anyway ! )....

But yeah 'usually' 2000 drivers are good to go under xp

Well, actually the original poster never posted his current specs. Noo posted the "default" specs which may not be what ssyl has.

So......

Ssyl,

Yeah to settle this once and for all. How much RAM do you have installed on the laptop?

[confus-ed]

Hey ho ... whatever ssyl has it was his/her decision to put xp on it, for whatever reason ... Noo seemed quite rightly to me, (anyway) pointing out that wasn't really 'good' enough ... I was just explaining a bit 'why' .....

It must go, 'if slowly' .... maybe there's a good reason why he/she wants it that way, which is none of mine or come to it yours !

...don't bite now ! .... but we are way off the point & this isn't our decision to make anyway.... the 'bare minimum' is 64 meg, 128 recommended ... 314865 - System Requirements for Windows XP Operating Systems ... these if you ask me these are 'optomistic' to say the least ...

[Low_Level_Owl]

[robocop]Yes....I understand.[/robocop]

[ssyl]

Thx Owl, i wasn't aware of the premierdell service. Have downloaded them and will try them out.

Re RAM, i had upgraded to 256 or 384 (approx). But yes, it is moderately slow. Much better running slow than crashing as it did under 98 ME.

Thx for the help board. BTW, I bought a new laptop anyway. Never can have enough computing power.