Detecting on-board video

I have a generic motherboard with on-board video as opposed to having a video card. When Windows 98 SE was installed it did not find any appropriate drivers for the display adapter. This stumped the computer guy who was upgrading my system so he threw in a display adapter driver that is functional for the most part. But does cause conflicts with certain programs. How can I find out what drivers are correct for my display adapter. I have taken the case off and I didnt see anything to indicate part numbers on the video chip. Any suggestions as to which might be the correct windows display adapter drivers or how to determine the driver requirements for my current video chip. Dr Watson when run does state that the current display drivers are not windows95 PnP compatable.

 

Hi webserfer,

If it's on board video the manufacturer of the board usually has the related video driver.

You say the board is generic. . . Do you have any idea who manufactured it? If we know nothing about the board and you know that Device Manager is not showing the correct display adapter we have a couple of options.

Usually the VGA chip on the board will have an identifying brand or name on it such as S3, Trident etc. Motherboard Manufacturers sometimes also have part or model numbers listed on the actual board along the edges.

When I have been in your position, with an unknown board and little to go on, I have found myself performing searches on google with anything that looked like a part number.

I also recall seeing a post - not sure if it was on this board - about all rfr emitting electronic components having an FCC Id. If you can find that number this site http://www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid/ may be able to tell you who made it.

Cheers,

Gary