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Hi, I have a white-box PCI IDE adapter card (not RAID but Ultra ATA/133).
I got it from Maplins - I can't find the exact one while searching
today, and there is nothing on the box, documentation, or card itself
which gives away the manufacturer of model number. (I have searched
already on the few numbers that are printed on the card).

Anyway, I am finding that when I try to install the thing, that Win98se
will detect it on boot-up and start the driver install routine, but when
I point the driver install dialog at the win98se driver on the setup CD,
my machine reports that no suitable drivers are found.

I must say, I hate the win98se driver install functions, and I am
blaming that rather than the disk, or my DVDRW-drive which is working ok.

Any thoughts on how I can circumvent the win98 routines?
Can I manually install the drivers from the disk? - where would I out them?
(There is no setup utility on the disk, only the driver files themselves).

It's getting on my wick.

I need to use this card because my new HD is 200gb, and my mobo IDE wont
recognise that size, and neither will win98 directly (I want to
partion into 2 100gb drives).

Any thoughts?

anthonyberet wrote:
> Hi, I have a white-box PCI IDE adapter card (not RAID but Ultra ATA/133).
> I got it from Maplins - I can't find the exact one while searching
> today, and there is nothing on the box, documentation, or card itself
> which gives away the manufacturer of model number. (I have searched
> already on the few numbers that are printed on the card).
>
> Anyway, I am finding that when I try to install the thing, that Win98se
> will detect it on boot-up and start the driver install routine, but when
> I point the driver install dialog at the win98se driver on the setup CD,
> my machine reports that no suitable drivers are found.
>


<snip>

you may have to manually set the installer
to the correct path...
look for a folder such as \drivers\win9x

philo wrote:
> anthonyberet wrote:
>
>> Hi, I have a white-box PCI IDE adapter card (not RAID but Ultra ATA/133).
>> I got it from Maplins - I can't find the exact one while searching
>> today, and there is nothing on the box, documentation, or card itself
>> which gives away the manufacturer of model number. (I have searched
>> already on the few numbers that are printed on the card).
>>
>> Anyway, I am finding that when I try to install the thing, that
>> Win98se will detect it on boot-up and start the driver install
>> routine, but when I point the driver install dialog at the win98se
>> driver on the setup CD, my machine reports that no suitable drivers
>> are found.
>>
>
>
> <snip>
>
> you may have to manually set the installer
> to the correct path...
> look for a folder such as \drivers\win9x
>
Thanks, but I did that.

anthonyberet <> wrote:

|>Hi, I have a white-box PCI IDE adapter card (not RAID but Ultra ATA/133).
|>I got it from Maplins - I can't find the exact one while searching
|>today, and there is nothing on the box, documentation, or card itself
|>which gives away the manufacturer of model number. (I have searched
|>already on the few numbers that are printed on the card).

Get the FCC number off the board and input it here:
https://www.part68.org/tte.cfm
Should give you a heads up on what it is, and where to find the proper
drivers.

--
Remember Commander Keen?
http://www.glenrhodes.com/flashkeen/

Trax wrote:
> anthonyberet <> wrote:
>
> |>Hi, I have a white-box PCI IDE adapter card (not RAID but Ultra ATA/133).
> |>I got it from Maplins - I can't find the exact one while searching
> |>today, and there is nothing on the box, documentation, or card itself
> |>which gives away the manufacturer of model number. (I have searched
> |>already on the few numbers that are printed on the card).
>
> Get the FCC number off the board and input it here:
> https://www.part68.org/tte.cfm
> Should give you a heads up on what it is, and where to find the proper
> drivers.
>
Thanks, that looks like a good idea - however, I bought the thing in the
UK, and although it states FCC approved on the card, it doesn't have any
5-digit numbers

anthonyberet <> wrote:

|>Trax wrote:
|>> anthonyberet <> wrote:
|>>
|>> |>Hi, I have a white-box PCI IDE adapter card (not RAID but Ultra ATA/133).
|>> |>I got it from Maplins - I can't find the exact one while searching
|>> |>today, and there is nothing on the box, documentation, or card itself
|>> |>which gives away the manufacturer of model number. (I have searched
|>> |>already on the few numbers that are printed on the card).
|>>
|>> Get the FCC number off the board and input it here:
|>> https://www.part68.org/tte.cfm
|>> Should give you a heads up on what it is, and where to find the proper
|>> drivers.

|>Thanks, that looks like a good idea - however, I bought the thing in the
|>UK, and although it states FCC approved on the card, it doesn't have any
|>5-digit numbers

My best shot...

--
Remember Commander Keen?
http://www.glenrhodes.com/flashkeen/

"anthonyberet" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi, I have a white-box PCI IDE adapter card (not RAID but Ultra ATA/133).
> I got it from Maplins - I can't find the exact one while searching today,
> and there is nothing on the box, documentation, or card itself which gives
> away the manufacturer of model number. (I have searched already on the few
> numbers that are printed on the card).
>
> Anyway, I am finding that when I try to install the thing, that Win98se
> will detect it on boot-up and start the driver install routine, but when I
> point the driver install dialog at the win98se driver on the setup CD, my
> machine reports that no suitable drivers are found.
>
> I must say, I hate the win98se driver install functions, and I am blaming
> that rather than the disk, or my DVDRW-drive which is working ok.
>
> Any thoughts on how I can circumvent the win98 routines?
> Can I manually install the drivers from the disk? - where would I out
> them?
> (There is no setup utility on the disk, only the driver files themselves).
>
> It's getting on my wick.
>
> I need to use this card because my new HD is 200gb, and my mobo IDE wont
> recognise that size, and neither will win98 directly (I want to partion
> into 2 100gb drives).
>
> Any thoughts?
>
hi Ant. Don`t know whether `Everest home Edition` would find it ?. it must
be worth
a try. It gives you all the info it can find about your setup.
best wishes..OJ

x-post trimmed to 24hshd, although that doesn't make much odds now days
with copies of messages appearing in http://hardware.mcse.ms/


On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 17:02:57 +0100, anthonyberet wrote:

>Trax wrote:
>> anthonyberet <> wrote:
>>
>> |>Hi, I have a white-box PCI IDE adapter card (not RAID but Ultra ATA/133).
>> |>I got it from Maplins - I can't find the exact one while searching

Maplin part code?

>> |>today, and there is nothing on the box, documentation, or card itself
>> |>which gives away the manufacturer of model number. (I have searched
>> |>already on the few numbers that are printed on the card).

Looking then for Generic chipset driver? The IDE controller chip should
help, unledd it's highly integrated on 1 chip

>> Get the FCC number off the board and input it here:
>> https://www.part68.org/tte.cfm
>> Should give you a heads up on what it is, and where to find the proper
>> drivers.
>>
>Thanks, that looks like a good idea - however, I bought the thing in the
>UK, and although it states FCC approved on the card, it doesn't have any
>5-digit numbers

Then it's not for the US market, if it had been approved for sale in the
US the ID AFAIK should be there.

This tool a while. duh. Look in past posts in 24HSHD, some of them mine
for PCITree, there are several PCI utilities mentioned in a few of my
posts. Although Win98 may be an issue, in that case when the PC boots on
the equipment list there is for a second or 2 a table of PCI device
numbers , 1 for the manufacturer device and 1 the manufacturer code.
Assuming I remember correctly, only needing to use PCITree once, years
ago.

If I am wrong, then read the posts and the PCI site info.

These numbers and lists of PCI codes on the PCI device sites, find the
mentioned old posts , that could help.

<http://groups.google.com/group/24hoursupport.helpdesk/search?group=24hoursupport.helpdesk&q=pcitree+auth or%3Awhy%3F>

Me

>>
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> you may have to manually set the installer
>> to the correct path...
>> look for a folder such as \drivers\win9x
>>
> Thanks, but I did that.


I'd take the thing back for a refund and get a more reliable brand...
maybe SIIG or Promise

philo wrote:
>
>>>
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>> you may have to manually set the installer
>>> to the correct path...
>>> look for a folder such as \drivers\win9x
>>>
>> Thanks, but I did that.
>
>
>
> I'd take the thing back for a refund and get a more reliable brand...
> maybe SIIG or Promise
>
>
>
I suspect that is the best answer - thanks for thinking about it anyway.