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Thanks for the response Mike (and earlier from John),

John suggested driverguide.com.  I've used them in the past and checked
them again this time but what I found didn't work.  I hadn't thought about
just hunting with Google for any printed numbers on the motherboard.  The
only problem there is that I will have to unplug some ribbon and power
cables in order to see the whole board.  All for a video driver...  My
friend got his PC from his former employer after it was replaced in an
upgrade.  I'm surprised that he had the setup CD for it.  I'm also
suspicious that it actually goes with the board.

Thanks for the idea!

Dave Parnin
Nishikawa Standard Company
Topeka, IN  46571
daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx




                                                                                
                              
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Hmm... so you have a built-in video. I would first check out the
manufacturer of your motherboard. If you don't know what it is... try
doing a google search for any sets of numbers printed on the board.
You should at least locate a FCC ID. Then with that you should be able
to find the model and manufacturer of the board. From there you should
hopefully find the drivers.

I used to rebuild computers at a local shop here. There was only once
I couldn't find a driver for a component.

On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 08:57:22 -0500, daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Last week I did a Win 98 reload on a friend's PC.  Everything went fine.
> The PC is now 99% set up and ready to go except that Windows 98 didn't
> recognize the built in video on the motherboard (ironically, circa
> 1996-98).  I've got an install CD that has instructions for Windows 95.
> Since the CD is older and a different version of Windows I thought I
would
> try to download "current" drivers.
>
> I tried the manufacturer's site (Trident Microsystems) and found nothing.
> I also tried some of the sites that I used to go to such as Download.com,
> Shareware.com, Driverguide.com.  I found some matches but nothing great.
> When I did a Google search I got the impression that there are more
places
> now than in the past couple of years that either want you to charge you
to
> become a member of their driver download service or that charge to
provide
> a service to find and download the latest drivers (ie
driverdetective.com).
>
> Can any of you recommend any good, free, places to find device drivers?

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