Windows 98 update for hdd controller

[alex666]

I have Windows 98, and I have regularly downloaded the various upgrades. Last night, I downloaded a patch for an Intel driver for my hard disk controller. My computer is an amd system with a via chipset. Now, when I go to device manager, Hard Disk Controller, I get the yellow astericks at the Primary Ultra ATA controller and Secondary Ulta ATA controller, but the regular icon for the Via Bus Master PCI IDE controller. When I click on the properties for either one, I get a Code 10 error. However, everything works fine, and indeed the computer may even be a tad bit zippier. But I'm wondering exactly what happened. I don't think device manager referred to the primary and secondary hdd controllers as Ultra ATA controllers before the download, I think they were referred to as via controllers. The mobo controller is ata/33, and I have a Maxtor/Promise ata/100 pci controller card on which runs my hdd. I downloaded an updated driver for the ata/100 pci controller card just before I downloaded this Intel driver. I can live with the yellow astericks, but I'm wondering if anybody knows quite what happened. I probably will try to e-mail Microsoft, but that could take forever. Thanks in advance.

[Rick]

The Via chipset includes all the drivers needed for the IDE. ( Via4in1.Driver)
The Promise Ata card driver set includes its own drivers.
The Intel driver set is Not needed and has the yellow Asterisk Next to it Because you do not have an Intel IDE controller install.
Uninstall the Intel drivers and it should disappear..along with the Yellow Asterisks

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[alex666]

I am so embarrassed. I should never download drivers unless I know exactly what they are for. Tonight, I noticed that my cd-rom and cd-rw were missing in windows, and I had a "new" floppy drive. My system was screwed really up. So I went into device manager, removed the ide controller, rebooted, windows found the hardware and reloaded the original via drivers. A few other tweaks, and everything is back in order. I actually thought the intel drivers were for something else. Dumb, dumb. This is the first time I ever had any problems with a windows update. Ever. Well, there's always a first time. But the weird thing is, I swear, my system was snappier with those intel drivers. Adventures in computers. Good night.

[This message has been edited by alex666 (edited 02-13-2002).]

[Rick]

You may find that it was faster using different drivers for some Items.
A number of people who have Via chipsets Do not use the 4in1 drivers for the ide controller.
They use the default drivers from the WINxx cd.
I haven’t seen that much of a difference in my system using them
So I just install all of the 4in1 drivers under win98.

If you look at the via and M/B site You will notice they have started breaking down the drivers.
You can use the win98 default ide and still install the Via agp drivers.

If you like to experiment with these things using the via4in1 driver install to remove some of them and let win98 install and use there default drivers and see what happens,


[This message has been edited by Rick (edited 02-14-2002).]

[alex666]

Rick, I've read about those 4in1 drivers. I regularly go to the amdzone site. What would they do for me? Some people have posted that they notice absolutely no difference with the drivers. My system is a compaq presario that I've upgraded, added a k6-III+ 450 oced to 550, the hdd, the ata card, etc. I've been intrigued by those via drivers, but I've never read a compelling reason to install them. Plus I'm not sure how they would interact with the compaq mobo which, proprietary or not, has been an extremely flexible mobo. What would be the advantage of installing them? I'm game to try it. Thanks, I've appreciated your posts here.

[Rick]

To the best of my knowledge Compaq does Not use VIA chipset.
So you have No use for them..

The chipset drivers are specific to the Mother board chipset.
You should not install any driver on your system
That does not directly support your hardware

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To ERR is HUMAN
To REALLY screw things UP, YOU NEED a COMPUTER !

[alex666]

It's a Presario 5220, purchased in spring, 1999. While endlessly upgraded, the mobo is the original. SiSoft Sandra 2001, under System Summary, describes the System Chipset as follows: VIA Technologies Inc VT82C598 MVP3 System Controller. Under Mainboard Information, Sandra goes on to describe the LPC/ISA Bus model as VIA Technologies Inc VT82C586/A/B PCI to ISA Bridge, and under USB buses, the model is VIA Technologies Inc VT83C572, VT82C586/A/B,VT82C596B,VT82C686A USB Controller