[Ham-Computers] RE: Installing a new motherboard

[Loren Moline WA7SKT]

Aaron,

Im using Windows 98SE. Thanks for the info. I probably installed the Biostar 
drivers when I installed the motherboard I took out. My PC Chips motherboard 
I have now works great. I just wish I knew why Defrag says I have errors on 
drive so run scandisk when scandisk says drive is ok.

Loren



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>From: "Hsu, Aaron (NBC Universal)" <aaron.hsu at nbcuni.com>
>Reply-To: "Computers (or other) used for amateur radio, communications,  or 
>experimenting" <ham-computers at mailman.qth.net>
>To: "I>Ham-Computers" <Ham-Computers at mailman.qth.net>
>CC: Loren Moline WA7SKT <lmoline at hotmail.com>
>Subject: [Ham-Computers] RE: Installing a new motherboard
>Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 17:07:55 -0800
>
>Loren,
>
>What version of Windows were you installing?  Often times, the drivers
>shipped with a particular motherboard is older than the version shipped
>with Windows (e.g. chipset drivers on the CD older than WinXP w/SP2).
>In these cases, you should use what shipped with Windows.
>
>On the other hand, the chipset manufacturer might have drivers for their
>chipsets that are newer than what shipped with the motherboard.  This is
>why I *always* download the latest chipset support directly from the
>chipset manufacturer rather than from the motherboard vendor.  Current
>chipset companies are Intel, VIA, SIS, and NVidia.
>
>For reference, by using the Windows drivers, the system is working with
>"safe" drivers - drivers certified and signed by WHQL.  Although these
>drivers are "safe", they may limit or restrict the performance of the
>device you're using.  For example, the "generic" Windows IDE drivers are
>not optimized for any particular chipset and run in a "compatible" (aka
>"safe") fashion.  Also, some motherboard functionality may not be
>detected (or work properly) until the proper chipset support drivers are
>installed.  For example, when installing Windows from "scratch", you
>might see a "PCI Bridge" device listed under "System Devices" in the
>Device Manager - Windows installed it's generic support for this "PCI
>Bridge".  But, if you install the vendor's driver for this device, it
>might then be re-discovered/listed as "Intel 82801BA/CA PCI Bridge -
>244E", and Windows starts discovering a bunch of other devices that were
>connected to this bridge.
>
>In your case with IDE drivers, it's possible that Bus Mastering (DMA
>modes) may not be available with the Windows IDE drivers.  One thought
>that occurs to me is...did you check to see if DMA was enabled or
>disabled on the IDE controllers when Windows couldn't detect the CD-ROM
>drive?  It's possible that the drive will only work properly in either
>DMA or PIO mode - if the wrong mode is selected, then the drive won't
>work.
>
>Anyways, if you're willing to give it a shot, I would suggest
>downloading the chipset drivers directly from the chipset manufacturer
>and not BIOSTAR.  VIA chipsets have been notorious for causing device
>problems - especially timing issues on the bus.  Downloading the latest
>"4-in-1 Hyperion" chipset drivers directly from VIA usually solves these
>issues.
>
>73,
>
>   - Aaron, NN6O
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 5:09 PM
>Subject: [Ham-Computers] Installing a new motherboard
>
>*** snip ***
>
>Upon trying to install the drivers for the new motherboard at boot up I
>found that Windows wouldn't recognize the CD ROM even when booting up
>with support. The BIOS saw it but not Windows. Upon asking the computer"
>What do you really want, I thought about it and said to myself...I bet
>its the old Biostar drivers for IDE ports doing it.
>
>So I proceeded to find the Biostar INF file and deleted it. Low and
>behold upon boot up..Windows saw the CDROM and installed the drivers.
>
>*** snip ***
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