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Solve : Windows 95 display adapter and monitor?

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I reciently did a reformat of the hard drive and put on a fresh copy of windows 95. And I'm having a little trouble with the video. The computer itself is an IBM that originally came with windows 95. The video works pretty good but it has a small problem with horizontal (side to side) scrolling. When I've GOT a .jpg photo open in internet explorer and I scroll from side to side (left to right or right to left) the photo gets dropouts or colored horizontal streaks in it. A refresh clears it up until I scroll again. Also plain (single color) backgrounds on the DESKTOP have streaks in them. It seems worse at the higher resolutions. That's the best I can explain it and I'll be glad to answer any questions. Help!!Is the display adapter the original? Is it onboard video or an add-on card? How much video memory? How old is that computer? Do you know for sure that you have the proper video drivers for it?I took a peek inside the case and everything seems to be original from IBM. The video adapter is onboard but I couldn't find where to look for video memory. The computer was made ten years ago in 1996 and the MODEL number is 2136-E40. I'm not sure I have the right drivers for it. The ones I have are the ones that came with the Windows 95 disk which I purchaced about a month ago (the original disks are long gone)Is that an Aptiva? That Win 95 CD you have is not going to have the best video DRIVER for that computer, and that may be your problem. And, it may be difficult to find the right video driver, due to the age of the computer. You might go >here< and click on Detect my system and see what happens. ibm.com will have the right video driver. Windows 95 does not. Use that model number for the machine.The link I provided is IBM's site.True, but I was just reinforcing the information. That "detect" option is not the best way to find obscure IBM drivers, however. The driver matrix works a lot better.



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