[mmm2010]

I have an old Windows 98 SE computer, and I reinstalled Windows without making a backup of all the drivers. (stupid, I know... I wasn't really thinking about what I was doing)

A friend built the computer for us a long time ago and upgraded a lot of it a few years ago. It has an ECS L7VMM3 motherboard and an ASUS V8170 MAGIC graphics/video card. The motherboard has an onboard VGA port, which is what my monitor is connected to. I am trying to install the driver for the graphics card, but I'm having trouble doing so.

It's obvious that it isn't working, mostly because when I plug the monitor into the card it doesn't work. I tried downloading the graphic card's driver from the ASUS website, but whenever I try to install it (by right clicking on the desktop, choosing properties>advanced, then changing the driver), I think it changes the driver for the onboard graphics rather than the graphics card, because it still doesn't work.

Does anyone have any ideas as to how I might get my graphics card to be recognized?

[-Fabez-]

The video card may have software that needs to be installed as well as the drivers to ensure correct functioning. Asus may provide this software for you to download, as well as additional support on thier website. Also, is it listed in the device manager ?

[frankjohn]

Might try updating the chipset driver & then uninstall the onboard, from bios & install the v card driver

[mmm2010]

The card does not show up under device manager. And as for software, other than manuals and the driver there are a few utilities, but I can't tell what they do, so I may have to try that next.

When I go to the download page, there's a "V8170DDR Series" and a "V8170SE Series." Mine's called the "V8170 MAGIC," so do you know which one I should choose?

And as for your suggestion, frankjohn, I've been playing around with the BIOS, but I don't know how to disable the onboard graphics, or whether that's a good idea without installing the other one. How would I go about that?

And thanks for your help!