Acer aspire 5630: how get some Windows 98\ME drivers?

[Joaquim]

my GPU is:  NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300 - PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_01D7&SUBSYS_00901025&REV_A1

my sound card is: Realtek High Definition Audio Device - ACPI\PNP0C14 (i belive is the sound card ID)

ethernet: PCI\VEN_14E4&DEV_170C&SUBSYS_00901025&REV_02

i found the GPU link broken  : https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/win9x-4523/
can anyone help find these drivers?

[schwups]

https://web.archive.org/web/20081119231926/http://http.download.nvidia.com/Windows/45.23/45.23_win9x_english.exe

This driver doesn't support GF Go7300.

or

here https://www.philscomputerlab.com/nvidia-9x-graphics-drivers.html

...

[Joaquim]

i know about 'philscomputerlab' but i can't find 7300

[schwups]

Version 82.69 (MDGX) could work.

https://msfn.org/board/topic/97786-geforce-67-and-8-agppci-e-driver-edition-for-win98me-by-zak/?do=findComment&comment=1211457

Edited July 7, 2024 by schwups

[Joaquim]

thank links are very old.. they don't work

[schwups]

No, these work:

https://web.archive.org/web/20210803233722/https://www.mdgx.com/files/NV8269.ZIP

https://web.archive.org/web/20210803233722/http://www.mdgx.com/files/NV8269.EXE

[Joaquim]

graphics: i have the drivers, but, sometimes, the screen go black.. sometimes don't came back to normal
sound: i can't find the drivers
ps: is there any driver software that works on Windows 9X?(like driver genius)

[pangoomis]

GPU: If 82.69 drivers do not work, you're out of luck for GPU, use VBEMP.

Sound: Ask @deomsh he can help you with the Windows 3.1 HD Audio driver.

Ethernet: Try these drivers: https://download.msi.com/archive/mb/dvr_exe/BCM4401_NP01.zip

 

[Joaquim]

but why sometimes i get the black screen?

[schwups]

I think the driver 82.69 isn't 100% compatible with G71 / G72 chips. Maybe you can find something about GF 7300 here on Msfn board 9x/ME, if you search. I've a 7900GS (G71) and yes there is a black screen on ME start for a second that doesn't really bother me. This doesn't happen with the G70.

[pangoomis]

My 7900 GTX is a G71 card and works fine with 82.69 drivers and I do not encounter any black screens on 98SE.

 

[Joaquim]

maybe i need another download.. can you share please?

[gab24]

On 7/7/2024 at 11:09 PM, Joaquim said:

graphics: i have the drivers, but, sometimes, the screen go black.. sometimes don't came back to normal
sound: i can't find the drivers
ps: is there any driver software that works on Windows 9X?(like driver genius)

I can recommend you the VBEMP 9x video display driver and does support Windows 9x: https://bearwindows.zcm.com.au/vbe9x.htm
It use it on my notebook. 

[awkduck]

Hi @Joaquim,

I was curious about when, or what happens, that causes your black screen.

I remember some time ago, you had tried using the s-video out of your laptop. The issue back then was that the s-video out did not support the graphics mode attempted (a Dos or a DirectX game [can't remember which it was]). It was a documented limit, even with the right drivers (a win9x limit, if I remember correct). It has been a while, but I think it was that s-video did not support DirectX. Maybe also that some Dos games were picky about fullscreen output, over s-video.

Is this something similar; does it involve a fullscreen command prompt or the s-video out?

[Joaquim]

"I was curious about when, or what happens, that causes your black screen."

when i enter on Windows, i see the Desktop by some seconds and then the screen go black