Did you download the right file, i.e., WMER1284137192.exe?

batracio wrote:

Did you download the right file, i.e., WMER1284137192.exe?

Absolutely!

I also tried the driver CD which came with the card. I also tried the other card (I got two cards), and that other card worked fine - using the same identical supplied driver CD.

And all this has happened after a completely clean reinstall of Windows 98 SE.

Weird! 😖

Run PCI.EXE on your system, and check if graphics card's VendorID and DeviceID match the expected values for ATI Rage 128 Pro:

http://members.datafast.net.au/dft0802/downloads.htm

PCI.EXE reports:

Vendor = ATI Technologies Inc
Device = Rage 128 Pro TR

But then it says -

Subsystem ID = Rage 128 Pro 4XL (Guess Only!)

I tried using Win98's "add new hardware" feature, and choosing an .inf file from the unpacked ATI driver package. Whatever model of ATI card I selected, Windows warned me that it wasn't suitable. After several of these attempts, I eventually just said "OK" and continued and "forced" Windows to install a driver - unfortunately I forget which one I chose now (all in wonder I think). It seemed to work OK! This driver and also the ATI control panel software were installed, and I then ran dxdiag and all those graphics tests worked.

Still seems strange though. Something's not right. 😐

Thanks for your assistance though! 😁

Edit: Please note that I was only able to "force" Windows to install the Rage driver by choosing to Update the Standard display driver (VGA) inside the Display properties section. I made a mistake in my post directly above by saying that I used the "add new hardware" wizard. I did not. I updated the standard display driver instead. Sorry. If I try to use the "add new hardware" wizard, I do not get any warning about a potentially unsuitable driver, but when I complete this driver installation, nothing happens! No new driver + software is installed.

The mystery deepens...

I removed the "weird" ATI card, and replaced it with the other "normal" one. (Both cards having an identical appearance.)

I reran PCI.EXE, and it reported different results! -

For Device, it says: Rage 128 PP/Pro PCI (TMDS)
For subsystem, it says: (same as above)

I wonder...has someone been meddling with the BIOSes? 😕

If both cards seem to be identical, I would try to flash the "good" card's BIOS into the "bad" card.

I think those IDs are carved into the hardware, not in the BIOS. Might be a different chip revision.

Not sure about ATI, but on Nvidia cards you can change the IDs by editing the BIOS.