I have put a hard drive in my friends computer which has windows 98 on it. It is working great except it is all in 16 bit colour. This didnt happen on the old computer the hard drive came out of or the computer that the hard drive went into.......help? It does not give me the option to change it to 32 bit in display settings.....

Hi, just to clarify..

If the PC had 32 bit graphics running OK before then it's most probably a driver issue. Download the latest drivers for the graphics card adn install them, if your not sure what graphics card the PC has then run our Hardware Scan which should tell you.

ok ty will try

This is what it says???? Where would i get that driver cause i think it has the vga working ok.


Video Card:
PropertyValue
Adapter Compatibility (Standard display types)
Adapter RAM
Description Standard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA)
Installed Display Drivers vga.drv
Driver Version 4.0
Driver Date 23/04/99 01:00:00
Video Mode Description 640 x 480 x 2 colors


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Can you post the whole scan please

Sorry!
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OS Information:
PropertyValue
OS Name Microsoft Windows 98|C:\WINDOWS|
Service Pack .
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS


Processor:
PropertyValue
Current Clock Speed 1203
Description x86 Family 6 Model 11 Stepping 1
Manufacturer GenuineIntel
Name Unknown Intel P6 processor


Memory (RAM):
PropertyValue
Total Memory Deteced in Hardware: ~0 MB
Memory Reported to Operating System: 254MB

Disk Drives:
PropertyValue
Description GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE47
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model IDE DISK TYPE47
Media Type Fixed hard disk media
Size 27329101824 (~25 GB)
Number of Partitions 1


Installed Printers:
PropertyValue
Name Lexmark 3200 Series ColorFine
Port Name LPT1:
Driver Name Lexmark 3200 Series ColorFine

Name BitWare Fax Driver
Port Name COM3:
Driver Name BitWare Fax Driver


Motherboard:
PropertyValue
Manufacturer ECS
Model
Name Base Board
Part Number
Product P6IWF
Serial Number 00000000
Version 1.0


BIOS:
PropertyValue
Manufacturer American Megatrends Inc.
Name American Megatrends
Release Date 19020315******.******+***
Version


Monitor:
PropertyValue
Description Plug and Play Monitor
Name Plug and Play Monitor
Screen Height 480
Screen Width 640


Keyboard:
PropertyValue
Description PC/AT Enhanced Keyboard (101/102-Key)


Pointing Device:
PropertyValue
Manufacturer Microsoft
Name Microsoft PS/2 Port Mouse


Sound Card:
PropertyValue
Manufacturer
Description SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio
Device ID PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2415&SUBSYS_40018086&REV_02\BUS_0 0&DEV_1F&FUNC_05

Manufacturer
Description HAMR 5600 Voice Modem Wave Device
Device ID MODEMWAVE\HAMR_5600_VOICE_MODEM\PCI&VEN_8086&DEV_2 416&SUBSYS_24168086&REV_02&BUS_00&DEV_1F&FUNC_06


Video Card:
PropertyValue
Adapter Compatibility (Standard display types)
Adapter RAM
Description Standard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA)
Installed Display Drivers vga.drv
Driver Version 4.0
Driver Date 23/04/99 01:00:00
Video Mode Description 640 x 480 x 2 colors


DirectX Installation:
PropertyValue
Version 6.01.05.0124


Modem:
PropertyValue
Model HAMR 5600 Voice Modem
Name Unimodem.vxd


Network Adapters:
PropertyValue
Description Motorola USB Cable Modem

External Ports:
PropertyValue
External Reference Designator USB 1
External Reference Designator USB 2
External Reference Designator USB 3
External Reference Designator USB 4
External Reference Designator COM 1
External Reference Designator COM 2
External Reference Designator LPT
External Reference Designator KEYBOARD
External Reference Designator MOUSE

Expansion Slots:
PropertyValue
Slot Designation PCI1
Slot Designation PCI2
Slot Designation PCI3
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I would say thats definitely a driver issue.

U built the hdd from your system into the system of a friend right ?
Can you tell me if both of you have the same graphics card ?
If not, this will explain a lot

my friend had a 6 gb hd and she was given an old tiny computer that had a 30gb one, so i took it out the tiny one and put it in hers. As for the graphics card they probably have got different ones but i am useless with graphics cards so cant tell u what they are.............help!

Well, the problem is that the grpahics card is recognized as a standard vga card which puts some limits to resolution and colour depth. To make the card work to its full potential you will have to install the correct driver. Therefore you need information on what card it is. When u say u have no clue which card it is, and the online scan only results in a standard vga card then there is one last thing to do....take out the card and have a look at the graphics chip (usually the biggest chip on the circuit board) and see if u can find a name or manufacturer on it.

If u are really lucky you might also find the name of the card printer on the circuit board

ok help me on this one lol
there is a modem and a video card and a bios chip but cant see anything else