On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 13:34:35 GMT, "Stephen Jaye"
<publisher@no_S_P_A_M_pipeline.com> wrote:

What makes you think it's been flashed? It displays video when you
turn the system on, right? If so, it likely has the right BIOS, or at
least "close enough". That would suggest that it's some variant of
their Savage4.

Look at the markings on the GPU (main chip). It should read something
like:

S3 <family name>
86C<Important number>

Take that important number, and go here, select it in the "ID" column:
http://ranger.s3graphics.com/swlib/?license=accept


Dave

Dave,

Thank you for the URL, I"ve finished downloading and will try to properly
install the adapter card. I felt the BIOS was flashed as the drivers I
downloaded from Creative's website were incorrect- they were ver. 1.02 and,
of course, wouldn't install. I was simply going by the info presented in
Device Manager before I formatted the hard disk. Also, the video driver
disks supplied with this old "gimme PC" were for Diamond Stealth- most
likely the adapter had been replaced at some time. It was all very
confusing; a big "Thanks again" for putting me on the right track! I'm one
of those guys that hoards their OEM software, so this foray into
resurrecting PCs is new to me.

I'll post my results for you.

Stephen