please help with video driver

ubamous3 · Dec 28, 2003

i have a video card that 's part of the mobo; i accidentally uninstalled it by mistake and now the screen looks weird and grainy; i cant play videos any more
I cant seem to find a place where i can dl the driver to reinstall; please help!!!

it's an s3 prosavage ddr (that's what i saw; dont know much about it); i dont think i ever had the cd that came with the mobo;

i am on windows 2000

Blane · Dec 28, 2003

If you register you can get it here.
http://www.video-drivers.com/drivers/86/86655.htm

Blane · Dec 28, 2003

http://support.octek.com.au/Downloads/htm/Download_011.htm

Blane · Dec 28, 2003

http://ranger.s3graphics.com/swlib/
I hope these help.

ubamous3 · Dec 28, 2003

thanks blane for helping me out

i got it sorted out from another board; i'm still confused about the whole thing b/c that person uploaded the file, and i didnt know how to pick which driver to download from the windriver site and the s3 site; it's not all that clear cut; apparently, it's a chipset driver that i needed to reinstall. They oughta make it more userfriendly for the nontechy people on their sites

Blane · Dec 28, 2003

Use this Intel Chipset Identification Utility.
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/Product_Filter.asp?ProductID=861

ubamous3 · Dec 28, 2003

Blane said:
Use this Intel Chipset Identification Utility.
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/Product_Filter.asp?ProductID=861

does that utility work for athlon computers as well? this particular one is an athlon

Blane · Dec 28, 2003

Try this. Other drivers there also.
AMD Driver Pack, Version 1.30 - (Detects the current operating system and hardware and installs the proper drivers. See the release notes for the driver versions included.)
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_871_2336,00.html

ubamous3 · Dec 28, 2003

Blane said:
Try this. Other drivers there also.
AMD Driver Pack, Version 1.30 - (Detects the current operating system and hardware and installs the proper drivers. See the release notes for the driver versions included.)
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_871_2336,00.html

Thank you Blane!!

LTR12101B · Dec 28, 2003

If it's a Prosavage DDR, and an AMD CPU, that means it's probably a VIA KM266 chipset, so the main chipset drivers will be from www.viaarena.com - current version is hyperion 4.51

http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=300
VIA Chipset drivers

http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=70
VIA point you to the graphics drivers