Re: How do you install chipset drivers?

That looks more like a video driver than a chipset driver.

Chipset drivers will come from the chipset vendor, usually Intel or Via.


Clueless in Seattle wrote:
> I think I found a chipset driver that will work on my hand-me-down Sony
> VAIO PCF-XG29.
>
> I found the driver on a web site where someone had posted that he had
> installed it on his VAIO PCF-XG29 and it worked fine.
>
> So, I've got the files, but I haven't a clue what to do with them.
>
> When I open the Readme.txt file with Notepad I get text like this:
>
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> yÆ’vÆ’Â?Æ’Oƒ‰ƒ€‚̃fÆ’BÆ’XÆ’Nâ€?ÔÂ?â€*Â?zÂ?FV-N07-U17-0
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> Â?
> I'm running Windows 2000 Pro.
>
> Here's a list of the files that came in the drive ZIP file:
>
> Nm2380.inf
> Neomagic.hlp
> nm2380cp.dll
> nm2380dp.dll
> nm2380mp.sys
> Nmgcnt5.cat
> Readme.txt
> Tsb.dll
> bytes
>
> I tried right clicking on the Nm2380.inf file and then clicking
> install, but nothing seemed to happen.
>
> Will in Seattle
> a.k.a. "Clueless"