MONITOR PROBLEM

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i have a monitor from my windows ME computer
its a phillips 107t
im using it for my windows 98 computer
it installed the plug and play stuff, then after i got everything worked out, the colores are all messed up, i went to change the colors to a higher setting, but it only has 16 and 2 colors,
everything i do has distorted colors,

ive installed the driver now, but the colors are still messed up
someone help please!

Have you tried updating your graphics card driver?

i dont think i have a graphics card, and how would i know if i do
i know a place to download drivers, but i need to know what type of hardware i have

Every computer has a graphics card of some type, whether it's onboard or a slot card. Under windows 98, right click on my computer, go to properties, then click on the device manager tab. You're looking for display adapters. If nothing's listed, then you need to look on the physical card and find out what brand it is.

Right Click "My Computer" > Manage > Device Manager > Display Adaptors

Follow that path to find out what your graphics card is, or whether it is onboard.

Is this a new machine or have you upgraded components ?

this is an old computer, it originnally came with windows 98, it says it has a "standard PCI graphics adapter [VGA]"
what driver would i download for that

What do you mean by really old? 5 years? 10 years? Technically speaking 3 years is really old for a computer. If it's "really old" it could be that you're running the best graphics possible. Then again... maybe not.

I hope that's confusing, because that's how this whole issue looks right now, we need more details to help you. If you can look inside your computer case, find the card that your monitor plugs into. Usually this will be the top slot in your case if you have a separate graphics card. If you have on board, the plug on the outside will match up with the motherboard, which is the largest board inside your case. I don't mean to talk down, but I don't know what your hardware skill is so I'm trying to be as clear as possible.

From what you have said, you are running a PCI card.

What you need to do is find out the manufacturer and model type of the card [ normally a sticker on the card itself ]. Bit surprised the Device Manager didn't supply you with a name.

Once we know that we can get you your driver.

this computer is 7 years old
and i did find a sticker on the graphics card, there was other things, but your looking for the sticker only i assume
the sticker said, and this is a bad ass graphic card name i must say
"rage
ICC
48303
101"
i can probably find the drver myself, is rage the manufacturer?

i do not see how you can not remember a manufacturer of your own computer. do you still have the original OS on it?

i have not had this computer since it was new...
theres a thing on the front that says "computer resale company"
and it came with windows 98, i have since reformmatted and such, it once had XP but now its back to 98

Rage is an old ATI video card. It sounds bad ass but in todays terms it isn't.

https://support.ati.com/ics/support/def ... olderID=27

That is the link to Win98 Rage Drivers.

thanks guys, its all working now