problems with M754LMR video

hi

i just re-installed windows 2000 on my computer, which is an M754LMR

now i've installed all the drivers for it and everything works fine except the video disply

i went and installed drivers for Invidia TNT 2 which i thought would do the trick but no deal

i am still left with only "16 colours" resolution

any idea what i've done wrong?

here are the specs on my computer
Summary

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Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 1
Internet Explorer 5.00.3103.1000 (IE 5.01 SP1 - Windows 2000)
DirectX 4.07.00.0700 (DirectX 7.0)
Computer Name LIAM
User Name Administrator

Motherboard:
CPU Type Intel Pentium IIIE, 933 MHz (7 x 133)
Motherboard Name PCChips M754LMR (3 PCI, 2 DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN, Modem)
Motherboard Chipset ULi/ALi M1631 ALADDiN TNT2
System Memory 240 MB (SDRAM)
BIOS Type AMI (03/06/01)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:
Video Adapter nVIDIA RIVA TNT2
3D Accelerator nVIDIA RIVA TNT2

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter C-Media CMI8738 Audio Chip
Audio Adapter Creative SB Live! Player 1024 Sound Card

Storage:
IDE Controller ALi M5229 PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive SAMSUNG SV4084H (37 GB, 5400 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100)
Optical Drive CD-R/RW CW099D CD-R/RW
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 18928 MB (4106 MB free)
D: (NTFS) 20002 MB (18461 MB free)

Input:
Keyboard PC/AT Enhanced PS/2 Keyboard (101/102-Key)
Mouse Microsoft PS/2 Mouse

Network:
Network Adapter SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (192.168.0.100)

Peripherals:
USB1 Controller ULi/ALi M5237 USB Open Host Controller


thanks in advance

L

This appears to be the driver you need

hi

thanks for that link

unfortunately i've already tried that .. it installs and reboots, but does nothing

i go to device manager - then there is a yelllow question mark next to "other devices"

then when i click that there is a 'Video controller' (VGA compatible) icon with a little yelllow question mark next to it

it says there are no drivers installed for it and i need to reinstall - strangely, when i try to update the driver off of the river cd that worked for everything else, it says one couldnt be found

ditto for windows update

so ya that TNT2 driver dont work for some reason

i saw
any ideas - cuz this is the second time i've had to reformat and i know i got it going the last time i just cant remember how

here i've cut and pasted this from a motherboard forum question .. could this be what i have to do? i thought i'd already tried this though already

Quote:

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help!

hamtramck
Your video driver is here: http://www.pcchipsusa.com/vga/gfxpro_w2K.ZIP
You may also need the ALi driver for your chipset: ftp://www.ali.com.tw/driver/Integrated207.exe
Dear hudsonsmith--

Thanks again for your response. I loaded the video driver, but not the ALi driver. The video driver does not work. When I tried to load the ALi driver, my system responded by saying that I need to load that ALi driver BEFORE loading the video driver. Should I uninstall the video driver, then load the ALi driver?

Also, in the video driver README file, I am instructed to go to settings, select display, select advanced, select adapter, select properties, select driver, then select update driver. I do not have the "update driver" option on that screen.

Thanks in advance for your response. Best, slant6

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hudsonsmith
Yes, uninstall the video driver, then load the ALi driver.

Don't know why you wouldn't have the update driver option. Are you logged in as administrator? In device manager, is there a yellow ! or ? next to the display adapter?

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hamtramck
Yes, uninstall the video driver, then load the ALi driver.

Don't know why you wouldn't have the update driver option. Are you logged in as administrator? In device manager, is there a yellow ! or ? next to the display adapter?
Dear hudsonsmith---

SUCCESS! YOU ARE DA MAN! I finally got the damn thing to install and run, and I could not have done it without you! A million thanks! Best, slant6

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cheers

L

can anyone help?

i'm at my wits end having uninstalled and installed drivers multiple times and am still stuck with only 16 colour resolution

i am a bit of a newbie to this sort of thing so any experts out tehre i'd love to hear it

cheers

L

Did you try the drivers and loading sequence from the quote you posted?
That would seem the best place to start.

I have used several PC Chips (A.K.A. Matsonic, Eurone, etc.) motherboards and have always had problems getting the onboard video to cooperate and work properly. If you absolutely can't get it working, I would suggest getting a decent PCI video card, plugging it into the top PCI slot and changing the BIOS to initialize PCI video instead of AGP (or onboard) video. You may also need to disable onbard VGA (if that option exists in the BIOS).
If you cannot disable the onboard video in BIOS, then install the PCI video and go into Device Manager and disable the onboard video in Windows (I had to do that with a Matsonic M571),

Hope I've helped more than confused you.
Good luck. :)

Doesn't that board use the ALI GFXpro chip (M754LMR)?

http://www.pcchipsusa.com/download-mainframe.asp


Win9x/NT/2K

ok update

i think i'm getting to what the problem is, but still dont know

i uninstalled the drivers and VGA thing in my hardware device manageer

then i went to the GFXPRO which i already have on my harddrive .. cant remember if i already tried installing it or what cuz i've been mucking about with this thing for days

when i clicked on the setup it says

"this setup cannot be executed on WIndow NT 5.0!"

can anyone tell me what this means?

btw - i already reformmated once last week withut a problem and got he display going, problem is i cant remember how

i'm just sayin it is possible - my cmputer isnt broken .. i just need some guidance

thank in advance

L

sorted

i finally found the right driver

thanks for the help!

L