Need help to install please

porty · 01-16-2002, 11:41 PM

Attempting for the first time to try out the demo screensaver and am not getting very far. It's not working properly on either of my two computers, which is kind of odd.

Machine 1 is a 466 Celeron, 256Ram W98SE GEForce2 Pro 32Mb.
Display settings are at Hi-Color, 800x600.

Followed the download instructions to the letter but the screensaver refuses to run at all on this pc, activating the saver just results in the screen blacking out, then reverting to the desktop, although occasionally it kicks off a Blue Screen of Death.

On one occasion, the machine crashed altogether.

Machine 2 is a 400 AMD with a fairly basic S3 gfx card and 64Mb ram, running W98SE also.
The saver actually runs after a fashion on this pc, but the colors and detail are wacky, looking more like 256 colors than HiColor 800x600.

Any tips would be appreciated.

feldon34 · 01-16-2002, 11:51 PM

Please update the drivers on your GeForce here:

https://www.feldoncentral.com/Sachs/help.html

As for the S3, I don't think that has any 3D capability, so your CPU is having to do all the grunt work.

01-16-2002, 11:41 PM	#1
porty Registered Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1	Need help to install please Attempting for the first time to try out the demo screensaver and am not getting very far. It's not working properly on either of my two computers, which is kind of odd. Machine 1 is a 466 Celeron, 256Ram W98SE GEForce2 Pro 32Mb. Display settings are at Hi-Color, 800x600. Followed the download instructions to the letter but the screensaver refuses to run at all on this pc, activating the saver just results in the screen blacking out, then reverting to the desktop, although occasionally it kicks off a Blue Screen of Death. On one occasion, the machine crashed altogether. Machine 2 is a 400 AMD with a fairly basic S3 gfx card and 64Mb ram, running W98SE also. The saver actually runs after a fashion on this pc, but the colors and detail are wacky, looking more like 256 colors than HiColor 800x600. Any tips would be appreciated.

01-16-2002, 11:51 PM	#2
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	Please update the drivers on your GeForce here: https://www.feldoncentral.com/Sachs/help.html As for the S3, I don't think that has any 3D capability, so your CPU is having to do all the grunt work. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman