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Installed Wrong Video Drivers in Windows 3.1, Now Windows Won't Start, Help!

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First post, by tegrady

Posted on 2019-05-27, 14:51

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OK, so I installed what I thought were the correct video drivers on my 486 with Windows 3.11 installed.

The drivers installed with no issues and asked that I restart the computer. I restarted the computer and now when I type win.exe, Windows does not load. It just brings me back to the DOS prompt.

Does anyone know how I can remove the video drivers via DOS and reset everything to defaults (without reinstalling Windows 3.11).

Also, what are the correct drivers for my video card (integrated)? The bios reports it is a Cirrus Logic CL-GD5422/24 with 1mb of RAM.

Thanks.

Reply 1 of 5, by gca

Posted on 2019-05-27, 15:29

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Can't remember the exact details but you will have to manually edit system.ini to change the graphics driver. If you were lucky the driver install made a backup of it before committing any changes, but I doubt it.

Reply 2 of 5, by darry

Posted on 2019-05-27, 15:52

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If memory serves, under Windows 3.1 , you can change the video card driver with the DOS-based setup.exe for something like standard VGA .

Reply 3 of 5, by kixs

Posted on 2019-05-27, 19:10

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Indeed. Go to your Windows directory and run setup. Then you select VGA for video, exit and run Windows.

Requests are also possible... /msg kixs

Reply 4 of 5, by Caluser2000

Posted on 2019-05-28, 01:11

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You may find something suitable here http://files.mpoli.fi/hardware/DISPLAY/CIRRUS/

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Reply 5 of 5, by oeuvre

Posted on 2019-05-29, 17:36

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you can also manually edit your SYSTEM.INI to use VGA.DRV

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