Only 2 or 16 colours with standard PCI graphics adapter

[Teabag]

My cousin has been given a computer which works fine except the display will only use 2 or 16 colours. He has the discs for windows 98se which we have re-installed but still only 2 or 16 colours. I think he might need a driver or something, but as he is not on the internet I would like to know if I can download it to a disc on my computer and then load it onto his. All I can get off his machine is that it has a standard PCI graphics adapter (VGA), and the current display driver is 'vga.drv version 4.10.00 1998 (english). If I can download a driver how do I know which one and where do I find it?

Hope this makes sense to someone.

Thanks

[pab]

Not sure what the answer is to that,you could try a cheap pci graphics card.Just had a thought, check when you boot that the onboard graphics are enabled.I think that driver is the standard driver,the person the pc came from may of had a card in it which may have been removed. 32 or 64mb cards are cheap to buy,do a Google and see what comes up.

[LeMarchand]

Get them to look in Device Manager to see if they can ID the make/model of their graphics card - or pop open the machine and look. If it has a card, you should be able to download drivers for him.

If it is an integrated chip, you will need to check the motherboard manufacturer's site to see if there are any drivers there.Failing this, pab's solution is a cheap option, too.

[LostSheep]

I had the exact same problem on my sister's PC which was running Windows 98 SE and was unable to connect to the internet. Here is my solution:

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Internet-and-Technology/Question204930.html

I downloaded everything using my other PC and transferred the files to my sister's PC using a floppy disk. Now its running perfectly - good luck!!!

[Teabag]

Thanks folks, think I've got it sorted now