Issues with VGA video card and Win2k

[newdles]

Hi,

A friend of mine from work needed his pc fixed as he couldn't even log on to Windows anymore. I managed to save all his data thanks to the fact that he had 2 hard drives and I had Knoppix.

Anyway, after finally storing his data on one drive, I decided to format and install Win2k Pro onto his machine. It was running 98se with the fat32 filing system which is just too buggy. I figured ntfs would do him well even though slightly slower. Upon installing then initially booting up into Windows, I realized that he didn't give me any drivers cds. The problem is that I cannot find ANY drivers for his system other than the Network drivers.

Drivers I'm missing are the Motherboard drivers and VGA video drivers. Since I've never used VGA cards myself, I'm unsure on how to go about installing drivers and configuring the card itself. The problem is that not only do I not have drivers for the card, but I don't know what the card is.

Anyway, what I was wondering is how I need to go about this to get the card working? I think you have to install motherboard drivers first, reboot, enable vga, and then install vga drivers but I'm unsure. I'm also unsure of where to get the drivers from as the system test from http://www.pcpitstop.com doesn't even tell me what the card or the motherboard is nor does aida32 I've been a member of their forums for a while now and have used their tests many times to help troubleshoot issues for others and myself.

Here is a link to the system test if anyone wants to view it - http://www.pcpitstop.com/techexpress.asp?i...WWWAWFDYMMSNDXX

The pc is kinda junky so don't worry about the score. Functionality is the only thing I am worried about here Anyone that can help out with any information is greatly appreciated.

newdles

http://www.webzila.com

[newdles]

Ok, well I found the problem after long hours of searching today. Apparently Compaq doesn't like giving out too much information about its computers from the older "golden" days. According to their website, the computer I was repairing didn't have video or a motherboard as well as it didn't take memory sticks either basically.

Anyway, I ended up getting a workaround to find some info on the motherboard. I couldn't get the motherboard make/model and the video was onboard. I didn't even think about the possibility of it being onboard but figured it out later. So through link after link of searching, I managed to discover what type of onboard video it had. Then later, I also found the drivers.

Just figured I'd let everyone know just in case they ever run into this form of problem. The resolution was so "indirect" so I really have no way of describing the exact fix.

Anyhow, Thanks to all who read this.

newdles

http://www.webzila.com