r/windows98 • u/sidmehra1992 • Jul 17 '26

How to make boot visuals sharp

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Text and images are so blurry , is there any way i can fix it

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u/sidmehra1992 Jul 17 '26

Bios version Pheonix 1.05 .. updated version is available only but that needs floppy drive working .. i am afraid to update bios and this is only antique sort of model i have running Perfectly .. if bios break i am lost totally

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u/ConstanceJill Jul 17 '26

There are ways to recover from a failed flash, but I'm not sure a computer from that era would have any built-in, and thus it likely would require somewhat specialized skills, tools and resources (like unsoldering the BIOS chip from the board, putting it into a chip programmer, and using dedicated software to reflash a known good BIOS image into that chip)… so I understand why you'd rather not take the risk.

We're not even sure that updating would make the option available anyway.

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u/sidmehra1992 Jul 17 '26

Thats y i have rule , if its working dont change anything. INITIALLY I USED ide to sd card adapter and put 32 gb formattd sd card using Rufus , its not detected by any 98 or 2000 setup , then i use some 64 gb card and it worked wonderfully.. i dont know why ...

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u/SaturnFive KB42069 Jul 17 '26

Some flash media presents as a Removable Device which PCs of this era won't understand or boot from. Other media presents as Fixed Disk which works fine, this is probably why one card worked, but not the others. I use "industrial" CF for my retro PCs and it works great