My new 'spare' PC...
 

Following the demise of the 'spare' computer a few weeks ago (discussed in here), I have managed to aquire another base unit which was being disposed of. Seems to be a 1.2ghz celeron, 128mb ram, 20gig HD and a TNT 32mb vid card. Not bad for free!

Decided to do a fdisk / format/ full install of win98SE. All going well except for two problems.

1: I got hold of the latest W98 drivers for the TNT card, but, after installation, the machine either fails to boot, or comes up with a window which says that the 'hardware may not be compatible with the settings you have chosen' - it is irrelevant whether I have changed it from 256 colours, or increased the resolution, or no changes at all.

2: I have put a different modem in and loaded the drivers, however the PC cannot find the modem. Whats worrying is that it is only looking on COM 1 and 2, not trying COM3 where I would expect to find it. I have read somewhere today that removing the modem, booting, shutting down, refitting the modem and booting might do the trick and sort out the IRQ's etc., so I may well give that a try unless others sugest otherwise.

Any tips?

timmcat,

First off list all your IRQs and every Device on each IRQ.

Then we will look at setting the IRQs and Comm Ports. ;)

Take Care,

Richard

Thanks Richard, but I seem to have sorted it.

The modem fix worked, and uninstalling the Detonator drivers and replacing them with an earlier version (thanks Guru3d ) :) has got the card working a treat.
Just got to find the drivers for the onboard sound now and it's all done!

timmcat,

That is great news. Glad to hear you are all set. :ok:

Take Care,

Richard