Gateway Handbook 486 Driver Download (Official)
The Handbook 486 is a popular graphics card manufactured by Gateway. This driver fixes screen glitches, unwanted artifacts, stuttering or glitchy video and even screen tearing. This update - "hb4vid.exe" - has an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars based on 4 reviews, and has been downloaded 27 times. The uploader reports that this update will work successfully on PCs running Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP. The total disk space used for this update is 760.6 KB.
Supported Models
Handbook 486
Manufacturers
Supported Operating Systems
Windows 7, Windows 7 (64 bit), Windows 2008, Windows 2008 (64 bit), Windows Vista, Windows Vista (64 bit), Windows 2003, Windows 2003 (64 bit), Windows XP, Windows XP (64 bit), Windows 2000, Windows NT4, Windows NT3.51, Windows ME, Windows 98SE, Windows 98, Windows 95, Windows 3.1, Mac OSX, Mac OS, Linux, Other Unix, DOS, OS/2, NetWare, BeOS
File Name
Additional Notes
HandBook 486 External PCMCIA video driver
Uploaded By
Sathishkumar (DG Staff Member) on 9-Aug-2010
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Driver Contents File List
The following files are found inside the driver download file.
| Name | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 542XVGA.EXE | 33.5 KB | 10 Jan 1994 |
| AVGA.3G_ | 10.4 KB | 10 Mar 1992 |
| CHKLIST.CPS | 27 bytes | 11 Jan 1994 |
| DISK.ID | 73 bytes | 23 Mar 1994 |
| INSTALL.EXE | 63.2 KB | 29 Oct 1993 |
| INSTALL.INF | 2.7 KB | 10 Dec 1993 |
| METER.DLL | 15.5 KB | 21 Feb 1991 |
| OEMSETUP.INF | 7.5 KB | 23 Mar 1994 |
| PM.EX_ | 7.9 KB | 17 Sep 1993 |
| PMSAVER.HL_ | 30.9 KB | 14 Sep 1993 |
| PMSAVER.SC_ | 31.6 KB | 11 Feb 1994 |
| README.TXT | 930 bytes | 27 Feb 2002 |
| SETRES.IN_ | 230 bytes | 23 Mar 1994 |
| SETRES/SETRES.EX_ | 22.0 KB | 7 Jan 1994 |
| SETRES/SETRES.HL_ | 5.7 KB | 22 Jul 1993 |
| SYSTEM/16M_640.DR_ | 57.4 KB | 14 Dec 1993 |
| SYSTEM/16_1280.DR_ | 73.2 KB | 18 Mar 1994 |
| SYSTEM/256_1024.DR_ | 66.0 KB | 21 Mar 1994 |
| SYSTEM/64K_800.DR_ | 59.3 KB | 22 Mar 1994 |
| SYSTEM/8514FIX.FO_ | 3.6 KB | 2 Mar 1992 |
| SYSTEM/8514OEM.FO_ | 4.2 KB | 2 Mar 1992 |
| SYSTEM/8514SYS.FO_ | 3.6 KB | 2 Mar 1992 |
| SYSTEM/AVGA.3G_ | 10.4 KB | 10 Mar 1992 |
| SYSTEM/CGA40850.FO_ | 3.7 KB | 2 Mar 1992 |
| SYSTEM/CGA40WOA.FO_ | 3.6 KB | 2 Mar 1992 |
| SYSTEM/CGA80850.FO_ | 3.0 KB | 2 Mar 1992 |
| SYSTEM/CGA80WOA.FO_ | 3.0 KB | 2 Mar 1992 |
| SYSTEM/COURE.FO_ | 8.6 KB | 2 Mar 1992 |
| SYSTEM/COURF.FO_ | 11.0 KB | 2 Mar 1992 |
| SYSTEM/EGA40850.FO_ | 4.1 KB | 2 Mar 1992 |
| SYSTEM/EGA40WOA.FO_ | 3.9 KB | 2 Mar 1992 |
| SYSTEM/EGA80850.FO_ | 3.2 KB | 2 Mar 1992 |
| SYSTEM/EGA80WOA.FO_ | 3.3 KB | 2 Mar 1992 |
| SYSTEM/MODERN.FO_ | 4.4 KB | 2 Mar 1992 |
| SYSTEM/OEM542X.INF | 7.5 KB | 23 Mar 1994 |
| SYSTEM/ROMAN.FO_ | 6.4 KB | 2 Mar 1992 |
| SYSTEM/SCRIPT.FO_ | 5.5 KB | 2 Mar 1992 |
| SYSTEM/SERIFE.FO_ | 21.5 KB | 2 Mar 1992 |
| SYSTEM/SERIFF.FO_ | 27.2 KB | 2 Mar 1992 |
| SYSTEM/SMALLE.FO_ | 12.5 KB | 2 Mar 1992 |
| SYSTEM/SMALLF.FO_ | 10.5 KB | 2 Mar 1992 |
| SYSTEM/SSERIFE.FO_ | 21.6 KB | 2 Mar 1992 |
| SYSTEM/SSERIFF.FO_ | 27.6 KB | 2 Mar 1992 |
| SYSTEM/SYMBOLE.FO_ | 21.3 KB | 2 Mar 1992 |
| SYSTEM/SYMBOLF.FO_ | 27.2 KB | 2 Mar 1992 |
| SYSTEM/VDD542X.38_ | 28.3 KB | 2 Feb 1994 |
| SYSTEM/VGA850.FO_ | 3.3 KB | 10 Mar 1992 |
| SYSTEM/VGA860.FO_ | 3.2 KB | 10 Mar 1992 |
| SYSTEM/VGA861.FO_ | 3.3 KB | 10 Mar 1992 |
| SYSTEM/VGA863.FO_ | 3.3 KB | 10 Mar 1992 |
| SYSTEM/VGA865.FO_ | 3.3 KB | 10 Mar 1992 |
| SYSTEM/VGAFIX.FO_ | 2.7 KB | 2 Mar 1992 |
| SYSTEM/VGAOEM.FO_ | 3.2 KB | 2 Mar 1992 |
| SYSTEM/VGASYS.FO_ | 3.1 KB | 2 Mar 1992 |
| VDD542X.38_ | 28.3 KB | 2 Feb 1994 |
| VGACOLOR.2GR | 3.7 KB | 10 Mar 1992 |
| VGALOGO.LG_ | 1.2 KB | 2 Mar 1992 |
| VGALOGO.RL_ | 9.2 KB | 2 Mar 1992 |
| WIN.CN_ | 10.1 KB | 10 Mar 1992 |
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