video display with intel motherboard ca810

[jdbic]

I tried to install a game and it said I need 256 colors, so
I went into the display properties and only have two settings for color - 2 and 16. There was no 256 or others. Is this determined by the monitor or the mother board, which has on board sound and graphics? The monitor is a Delta DC-770 BA. The mother board is the intel ca810 with 500 celeron.

edit- Oh , using win 98se.

[MRCOMPUTER]

Take a trip to Intel and download the mainboard drivers.
That should put your video and sound straight...

www.intel.com

[jdbic]

Thanks,
I went to intel and could only come up with a bios upgrade, dated 2000. I did they dl, now I just have to try it.

[MRCOMPUTER]

http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scri...E&submit=Go%21 ...

[jdbic]

MRCOMPUTER,
Between posts I tried the bios upgrade. It went ok until the reboot. The computer asks for a current password. There was no password before . So now I'm stuck at that point,without the password the system stops.

[MRCOMPUTER]

Clear the cmos jumper to remove the password.
I have updated the bios on CA810's before and have never had that happen...

[jdbic]

Thanks again,
I'll see if intel has the manual on line so i can find the jumper.

[jdbic]

I found the jumper settings. Did it, and now it boots.
But the 256 color thing is still a problem, and there is still no sound.
How can I tell if this is a driver thing or if the video and sound part of the mother board is no good?

[MRCOMPUTER]

Load the drivers and find out...

[jdbic]

The driver download doesn't fit on a floppy. I'll try to put it on a cdrw and install from that and see what happens.