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Drivers: Dell™ Dimension™ Lxxxc Systems Reference

Audio Drivers for Microsoft Windows 98 NIC Drivers for Microsoft Windows 98
Audio Drivers for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 NIC Drivers for Microsoft Windows NT
Video Drivers for Microsoft Windows 98 Intel Chip Set Drivers for Microsoft Windows 98
Video Drivers for Microsoft Windows NT
NOTE: The drivers for your system are provided on the Dell Dimension ResourceCD. To reinstall your system's drivers from this CD, refer to the following procedures.

Audio Drivers for Microsoft® Windows® 98

To reinstall the audio drivers for the Microsoft Windows 98 operating system, perform the following steps:

  1. Start the Windows 98 operating system.
  2. Insert the Dell Dimension ResourceCD into the CD-ROM drive. The Dell Dimension ResourceCD screen appears.
  3. Click the right-arrow button.
  4. The first time that you use the Dell Dimension ResourceCD, you are prompted to select a language. Select the language of your choice and click OK.
  5. In the All Folders list, click the drivers folder. An alert message appears, informing you that only knowledgeable users should install drivers.
  6. Click OK to continue.
  7. In the All Folders list, click the win98 folder.
  8. In the Description list, click Dimension Lxxxc: Creative Labs Audio Driver.
  9. In the All Files list, double-click setup.exe.
  10. Click Next to start the driver installation or click Quit to exit the installation process.
  11. When prompted to restart your system to complete the installation, remove the Dell Dimension ResourceCD from the CD-ROM drive, and then click Finish.

Audio Drivers for Microsoft Windows NT® 4.0

To reinstall the audio drivers for the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 operating system, perform the following steps:

  1. Start the Windows NT 4.0 operating system.
  2. Insert the Dell Dimension ResourceCD into the CD-ROM drive. The Dell Dimension ResourceCD screen appears.
  3. Click the right-arrow button.
  4. The first time that you use the Dell Dimension ResourceCD, you are prompted to select a language. Select the language of your choice and click OK.
  5. In the All Folders list, double-click the drivers folder. An alert message appears, informing you that only knowledgeable users should install drivers.
  6. Click OK to continue.
  7. In the All Folders list, click the winnt folder.
  8. In the Description list, click Dimension Lxxxc: Creative Labs Audio Driver.
  9. In the All Files list, double-click setup.exe. The drivers are automatically loaded onto the system.
  10. When the Welcome window appears, click Next.
  11. Remove the Dell Dimension ResourceCD from the CD-ROM drive and restart the system.

Video Drivers for Microsoft Windows 98

To reinstall the video drivers for Windows 98, perform the following steps:

  1. Start the Windows 98 operating system.
  2. Insert the Dell Dimension ResourceCD into the CD-ROM drive. The Dell Dimension ResourceCD screen appears.
  3. Click the right-arrow button.
  4. The first time that you use the Dell Dimension ResourceCD, you are prompted to select a language. Select the language of your choice and click OK.
  5. In the All Folders list, click the drivers folder. An alert message appears, informing you that only knowledgeable users should install drivers.
  6. Click OK to continue.
  7. In the All Folders list, click the win98 folder.
  8. In the Description list, click Dimension Lxxxc: Intel 810 Video Driver.
  9. In the All Files list, double-click setup.exe.
  10. Click Next to start the driver installation or click Quit to exit the installation process.
  11. When prompted to restart your system to complete the installation, remove the Dell Dimension ResourceCD from the CD-ROM drive, and then click Finish.

Video Drivers for Microsoft Windows NT

To reinstall the video drivers for Windows NT 4.0, perform the following steps:

  1. Start the Windows NT 4.0 operating system.
  2. Insert the Dell Dimension ResourceCD into the CD-ROM drive. The Dell Dimension ResourceCD screen appears.
  3. Click the right-arrow button.
  4. The first time that you use the Dell Dimension ResourceCD, you are prompted to select a language. Select the language of your choice and click OK.
  5. In the All Folders list, double-click the drivers folder. An alert message appears, informing you that only knowledgeable users should install drivers.
  6. Click OK to continue.
  7. In the All Folders list, click the winnt folder.
  8. In the Description list, click Dimension Lxxxc: Intel 810 Video Driver.
  9. In the All Files list, double-click setup.exe. The drivers are automatically loaded onto the system.
  10. When the Welcome window appears, click Next.
  11. Remove the Dell Dimension ResourceCD from the CD-ROM drive and restart the system.

NIC Drivers for Microsoft Windows 98

To reinstall the NIC driver for Windows 98, perform the following steps:

  1. Start the Windows 98 operating system.
  2. Insert the Dell Dimension ResourceCD into the CD-ROM drive. The Dell Dimension ResourceCD screen appears. Select Exit.
  3. From the Windows desktop, right-click My Computer and highlight Properties.
  4. Click Device Manager.
  5. Double-click  Network Adapters.
  6. Double-click  Intel 82559 and then click the Driver tab.
  7. Click Update Driver.
    The Update Device Driver Wizard window opens.
  8. Click the Browse button and browse to x:\drivers\win98\0148r where x is the CD-ROM drive.
  9. Select the recommended driver.
  10. Click OK and Next to complete the driver installation. Follow the instructions on the screen.

NIC Drivers for Microsoft Windows NT

To reinstall the NIC drivers for Windows NT 4.0, perform the following steps:

  1. Start the Windows NT operating system.
  2. Insert the Dell Dimension ResourceCD into the CD-ROM drive. The Dell Dimension ResourceCD screen appears. Select Exit.
  3. From the Windows desktop, right-click Network Neighborhood and highlight Properties.
    The Network window opens.
  4. Click Adapters tab and click Add.
  5. In the Select Network Adapter window, click Have Disk.
  6. From the Insert Disk window, type x:\drivers\winnt\0148r where x is the CD-ROM drive. Click OK.
  7. From the Select OEM Options window, hightlight Intel PRO Adapter. Click OK to begin the driver installation.
  8. From the Network window, click the Adapters tab and verify that the Intel 82559 Fast Ethernet LAN on Motherboard was installed. Click Close.
  9. When prompted to restart the computer, click Yes.

Intel® Chip Set Drivers for Microsoft Windows 98

To reinstall the Intel chip set drivers for Windows 98, perform the following steps:

  1. Start the Windows 98 operating system.
  2. Insert the Dell Dimension ResourceCD into the CD-ROM drive. The Dell Dimension ResourceCD screen appears.
  3. Click the right-arrow button.
  4. The first time that you use the Dell Dimension ResourceCD, you are prompted to select a language. Select the language of your choice and click OK.
  5. In the All Folders list, click the drivers folder. An alert message appears, informing you that only knowledgeable users should install drivers.
  6. Click OK to continue.
  7. In the All Folders list, click the win98 folder.
  8. In the Description list, click Dimension Lxxxc: Intel 810 Chip Set Driver.
  9. In the All Files list, double-click setup.exe.
  10. Click Next to start the driver installation or click Quit to exit the installation process.
  11. When prompted to restart your system to complete the installation, remove the Dell Dimension ResourceCD from the CD-ROM drive, and then click Finish.

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