[CharlesF]

UnclePaul, on 02 August 2010 - 07:22 PM, said:

Onboard is an Nvidia Riva TNT2 Model 64 GPU and 16 MB of RAM.
Tested on an ASUS P4P800 SE with P4/3.0GHz, 1 GB RAM.
For me working the Drivers 71.84 (98SE)

I am using the 'ForceWare 71.84' for months with Nvidia Riva TNT2 Model 64 (32 MB RAM) under Win 98SE with no glitch.

It is the last version working with those Graphics cards: http://www.msfn.org/...49

[Kuschelbaerchen]

Hi guys,

sorry for waking up that old thread, but i totally despair in getting my Geforce 7600 GT running in Windows 98 SE.

Windows was installed (a few times) new on a 4 GB FAT32 partition (formatted right before first setup, before later setups just did "deltree programs" and "deltree windows" in DOS) and updated with inofficial Service Pack v2.x, also tried the new beta v3.0b4 Service Pack, or updated not at all, with chipset drivers, without chipset drivers, tried several DX'es (7, 9.0c, 9.30, ...) – i cannot get the 7600GT running in 98SE.

1) installing via the Win32 Cabinet Self-Extractor exe (that thing i downloaded),
2) installing via extracting this package (i used WinRAR) to Desktop and run setup.exe manually
3) installing out of this folder via "Gerätemanager" (=windows device manager? that thing in [win]+[pause] > second tab)
4) downloaded the .zip package and also tried this via windows device manager

results:
1) after extracting and self-starting the setup, i get a bunch of errors. setup window looks badly corrupt. i may click 'OK' but there is no error message... except the last: "no nvidia chip device found"
2) same as 1)
3) installation seems fine, after restart there is no tray icon, and in right-click-on-desktop > display settings i cannot set anything else than 640x480@16 (unfortunately not 16 bits... no, 16 colors -.-)
4) same as 3)

My computer:
- Athlon XP
- a few PATA HDDs (installed on Samsung SP2514N),
- Abit KV7 Mainboard (VIA ethernet+audio+usb)
- RAM tried 256 and 512 MB with performance tweaks out of the SP 3.0b4

I think, i tried pretty much everything, but the 7600GT won't run on more than 'Standard PCI VGA' style ... it is annoying, since it is a fanless board. I don't need fat game 3D graphics power, i just need silence and a resolution of 1280x1024@16bit for a little bit music production in retro style.

Does someone hava an idea to solve this problem?

Thanks and many greetings from Germany,
Kuschelbaerchen

btw: are any screenshots required?
@ MDGx: do you still have a few older versions of your modded driver? in http://www.msfn.org/...post__p__656188 you write about a NVAGP.INF ... but the newest package contains the NVAML.INF

[loblo]

Perhaps your 7600GT card has 512MB of RAM, in which case you probably need the RAM patch by Rudolf Loew (shareware, costs $20), AFAIK nVidia series 7 with 512MB require unnoficial 82.69 drivers + RAM patch.

I use a 7950GT 512MB and the only issue I ever had were crashes in certain Java applications using OpenGL which I fixed by downgrading the file nvopengl.dll to the 81.98 version.

AGP aperture size in the BIOS matters as well, (even with 82.69 + patch).

[StarRiver]

Excuse me,
loblo,can you tell me what is your config in win98 that make 7950GT 512MB work ?
I also have 7950GT 512MB and RAM Patch,but whether what config I try,they always fail to work.
My mainboard is Gigabyte 8IPE1000-G (Intel 865PE Chipest),
So...I guess even use the RAM Patch, only specific mainboards can run 7950GT 512MB successful in win98 ...

[loblo]

StarRiver, I use Windows ME on an Asus A8V-Deluxe mobo (VIA Chipset). Look at the loblo (II) entry in the post linked below for full details about my system. There are also three other systems listed which are using a 7950GT in that post.

http://www.msfn.org/...post__p__767500

This post has been edited by loblo: 02 November 2012 - 06:03 AM

[Kuschelbaerchen]

Hi loblo,

yes, my Geforce 7600 GT is a 512 MB AGP device. Can you tell me, where i find that RAM patch from Rudolf Loew? I just found dead links
Would like to check out the demo/trial.

Recently i tested a WDM-driver for any Geforce, which i found in web. But it was than a driver for video capturing and such rubbish.
I also tried ZakMcKracken's driver-mod, same as with the 82.69 driver, the installer did not find the Geforce chip, but installation by 'have disk' worked fine. However, when restarting - right before the moment, when desktop should appear - the computer hangs with blinking cursor.

Do you still have any ideas? Thanks for your help.

This post has been edited by Kuschelbaerchen: 20 November 2012 - 10:36 AM

[dencorso]

Try RLoew's backup site address. It seems the main address is still down due to that awful Hurricane Sandy.

[rloew]

My website with x10hosting was moved to rloew@x10host.com months ago. The company discontinued the x10hosting.com domain and forced everyone to choose alternate domains.
Use my Web Redirect at rloew1.no-ip.com as it is updated th handle changes or down websites.

[oerg866]

I have a P965-DS3 with a geforce 8500GT, no resource conflicts, but windows starts with a PROTECTION ERROR. Any fix? It is the 256M version of the card.

[dencorso]

I don't recall any report of success with a geforce 8500GT, or any other 8xxx, regardless of how much RAM it carried. BTW, is it AGP or PCI-e?

[oerg866]

PCI-E, 512MB of RAM in the system as of now.

I have a cheapo Geforce 210 and I have a feeling it is based on a really old design..... I should give that ago, but the fact it has 1GB of VRAM makes me a bit nervous...

[schwups]

oerg866, on 30 November 2012 - 12:54 AM, said:

PCI-E, 512MB of RAM in the system as of now.

I have a cheapo Geforce 210 and I have a feeling it is based on a really old design..... I should give that ago, but the fact it has 1GB of VRAM makes me a bit nervous...

The Universal VESA/VBE Video Display Driver VBEMP 9x should work for Nvidia 8xxxx, but it's a very simple driver and does not provide any kind of 3D hardware acceleration (DirectX & OpenGL). The VBEMP works with the Nvidia 8600GT 256MB PCI-E. In most cases 512MB (and more) VRAM isn't possible. The unofficial Nvidia drivers 82.69 doesn't support NV8xxx cards! 

512 MB system RAM is safe. 

CPU HT support? On some machines I've to disable Hyperthreading.


Important: 98 and ME only support four IDE devices. If you use only SATA devices disable the onboard Gigabyte SATA/IDE controller in BIOS.

Set the "SATA AHCI Mode" of the ICH8 SATA controller to disabled. It switches to IDE Mode. Set "SATA PORT0-3 Native Mode" (ICH8) to disabled. It switches to IDE Mode.

Or does your system boot with the onboard Gigabyte SATA/IDE controller enabled? Do your HDdrive work with DOS compatibility mode? If not, did you enabled DMA for the drives? Better answer in the P965 topic.

This post has been edited by schwups: 30 November 2012 - 04:48 AM

[[FMC]Ravage]

I'm having an issue with my 7800GS and a DOS game. When I launch it, the monitor immediately goes out of range when it starts playing the intro movie. I think it's because it's playing at an odd resolution (640x400).

Would adding that resolution to the inf fix the problem? And where all would I need to add it to?

This post has been edited by [FMC]Ravage: 03 February 2013 - 01:02 PM