Try using the Solutions tab above . . you may have to log on.  Enter your system ID or navigate to the XPS T series and look for drivers.  You will need chipset, video and sound . . probably modem and/or network card.  Look in Device Manager for items with a yellow ! mark . . that will tell you which drivers are not loaded . . may not always id the device that is not installed, but the ones above will get most of them.

Good Luck . . wrs

Thanks simpswr.

Will try an get the Dell machine online now.

The machine diagnostic works for my non Dell machine too!

Lets hope the drivers download and install will be straight forward.

 

 

If you have a Dimension XPST600, you should have a Dell Dimension Resource CD, that will have all the drivers except the modem.  The modem drivers will be on a cd marked Drivers & Utilities for a PC99 modem.

The T Series has no chipset (Intel 440BX) driver for win98 (It is installed natively by the operating system) You will need to install Video Drivers, Audio Drivers, Modem Drivers, Antivirus & your programs.

http://support.dell.com/SoftwareReinstallGuide/Results.aspx?CatID=0&OSID=15&SysID=DIM_PNT_P03_XPS_T___&_ctl69.x=34&_ctl69.y=16

This is the reinstall guide list for this model, you'll need to know what video card, sound card & the modem to install the correct drivers.

 

Thanks dageezerus

There is a lot for me to get on with. Will come back when all is well.

I was hoping to install the modem and  have the Dell check out on the site.

Unfortunately I cannot install the modem driver from the seperate driver disc.

I am getting the message that setup cannot install at the current monitor resolution.

The monitor currently has only 2 color or 16 color max with i think 640x480 pixel.

There is however what appear to be modem driver on the resource disc so I will give that a try.

Using 3rd party software I have a rough list of the make up of the PC now.

I just have to work through the list of driver installation. All new to me, guess the setting control panel is the starting point now.

You can take the service tag of the XPST & log in to the dell support site, there is an option to show original configuration. You can use this to identify the video card, then install the driver for it from the resource CD.  (Note, if the video card is a 3DFX VooDoo3, you'll need to install Direct X7 or higher for the driver to work.)

Once the video driver is installed, then you can install the modem.

Thanks dageezerus

I have reinstalled the video card and the sound card driver. They are working.

Installing the modem is a problem. Win98se has not auto detected the existence of the modem. I have now come to the conclusion that I must have dislodged the modem card when installing the hard drive or worst short it. Tomorrow I have to open the box and identify the modem card but I have no idea what it looks like. Any hints would be gratefully accepted.

should look like this:

Hi thanks for pic. Still reluctant to open the bonnet as I am quite careful with things. Ran Sisoftware Sandra 2002 this morning and the software manage to detect the modem after I uninstalled it from control panel and removed the registry entry plus restarted the machine.

I am wondering if I have missed something out in my install of win98se. I searched the web last night and saw an article about modem install for win NT and I think it mentioned installing RAS (remote access service) in control panel/setting/network. I tried installing internet tool in win98se from add program but it tells me to I need to install missing hardware.

Any ideas? Not too keen on opening/closing....  the box and find I still got a problem.

Here is a print of modem details

<< Aztech System Ltd HCF 56k Data/Fax/Voice/Spkp Modem (Worldwide) >>

< Device Information >

Device Type: Other Communication Device

Device ID: Device 10 on Bus 0, Function 0

Windows Device Name: PCI Communication Device

OEM Device Name: Conexant HCF 56k Data/Fax/Voice/Spkp Modem (Worldwide)

OEM Hardware ID: FUN_0, VEN_14F1, DEV_1056, REV_08

Product Device Name: Aztech System Ltd HCF 56k Data/Fax/Voice/Spkp Modem

(Worldwide)

Product Hardware ID: VEN_122D, DEV_4035

Revision / Stepping: A / 9 (8)

< Power Management Capabilities >

Version: 2.00

Supports Clock Slow-down: Yes

Supports D1 PM State: No

Supports D2 PM State: No

Supports PME#: Yes

Supports PME Clock: No

< Device Properties >

Latency Timer: 64 clocks

I/O Access: Yes

Memory Access: Yes

Bus Master Capable: Yes

Special Cycle Recognition: No

Memory Write & Invalidate: No

VGA Palette Snoop: No

Parity Error Response: No

Address/Data Stepping: No

System Error Line: Yes

Fast back-to-back Transactions: No

Detects Parity Errors: No

Supports System Error Line: No

Supports Parity Line: No

User Defined Format: No

PCI 66MHz Bus Support: No

New Capability List: Yes

Device Select Timing: Medium

Multi-Function Device: No

Header Type: 00

Programming Interface: 00

< Hardware Resources >

Memory Address: F4000000

I/O Port: 00001070

IRQ Line: 9

INT Pin: A#

Dynamic Management: Yes

Did you try the drivers here? . . Looks like yours might be the Conexant GVC Data Fax Voice V.90 modem

wrs

Hi simpswr

Thanks for pointing it out. It is a new avenue to persue. All the doc. points to it being an Aztech MDP3900V-w modem but it could have been installed incorrectly by the previous owner. Have to sit down and think about this as I have just done the shopping. As an aside to install the modem I do not need to be wired up to the phone line do I?

As Win98se could not detect the modem I have added it as a standard model, Std 5600bps V90 modem but I am assuming this is immaterial as I am using a Aztech install disc and the details should be picked up from the .inf file.

I am also assuming the modem is wired up OK as Sandra 2002 has picked it up in its audit. Why win98se does not pick it up is a bit strange though.  

Like I say a cup of tea now.