Gateway GP On-board video driver

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Hi,

I'm looking for an on-board video driver for me 2000 Gateway GP that I
bought at an auction. The harddrive was wiped clean so I installed
Windows 98 on it. The monitor I got is a Gateway 2000 Crystal Scan
Monitor from 1996. It supports up to 1024 x 768 (or 1024 x
something...). But my problem is that I can't go any higher than 16
colors (not 16 million) and 640 x 480. The Windows 98 Splash Screen
looks really good (as if the video were fine) like on any other
computer I have, but when Windows is all botted up, it won't go higher
than 16 colors and 640 x 480. Is there a better driver that I can get
that will enable my on-board video to be better? I know it can do
better because I was able to get my Gateway 200 P3C laptop to do
better. Please help, and sorry for such a long message.

Thanks in advance,
Charlie

Archived from groups: comp.sys.hp.hardware (More info?)

Hey again,

I fixed it. It's built in video, but I was able to get Gateway to hand
over the drivers for my computer. All is fixed. Thanks.

Ben Myers wrote:
> Well, this is the HP newsgroup, and it has nothing to do with Gateway. But the
> problem and solution are common to all brands of computers. There is nothing
> wrong with the monitor. You need to figure out which graphics driver to install
> for the chipset, either a freestanding card or built onto the motherboard.
> Download the driver, install it, and you will get the choices of all kinds of
> colors.
>
> What is the model of the Gateway computer? Does it have a graphics card or is
> the graphics built in? ... Ben Myers
>
> On 26 Jun 2005 18:52:58 -0700, CopperZepher@gmail.com wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >I'm looking for an on-board video driver for me 2000 Gateway GP that I
> >bought at an auction. The harddrive was wiped clean so I installed
> >Windows 98 on it. The monitor I got is a Gateway 2000 Crystal Scan
> >Monitor from 1996. It supports up to 1024 x 768 (or 1024 x
> >something...). But my problem is that I can't go any higher than 16
> >colors (not 16 million) and 640 x 480. The Windows 98 Splash Screen
> >looks really good (as if the video were fine) like on any other
> >computer I have, but when Windows is all botted up, it won't go higher
> >than 16 colors and 640 x 480. Is there a better driver that I can get
> >that will enable my on-board video to be better? I know it can do
> >better because I was able to get my Gateway 200 P3C laptop to do
> >better. Please help, and sorry for such a long message.
> >
> >Thanks in advance,
> >Charlie
> >