[CTS] Re: m/board drivers woes
- From: Mark C <finnz@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 22:53:19 +0100
Hal, thanks for your help on installing this mainboard.
The drivers installed fine but I'm now getting a 'New hardware found' message:
PCI Multimedia Audio Device
each time the computer starts although there's no PCI cards installed & as
far as I know the onboard audio is properly installed.
What's likely to be causing this message?
Regards, Mark
At 15:48 17/07/02 -0400, you wrote:
>On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 08:19:31PM +0100, Mark C duly noted:
> >
> >
> >Hi, I'm trying to install a Gigabyte GA-6WMM7 mainboard.
> >It works fine but I can't install the drivers which I've downloaded from
> >the Gigabyte site as I bought it without the drivers CD. It's running a
> >Pentium 3 500 MHz with 512 Mb Crucial memory.
> >The Gigabyte site has a number of drivers for this m/board:
> >
> > Intel security driver
> > Intel INF installation Utility
> > Intel IDE driver
> > YAMAHA 744 sound driver
> > Intel 81x VGA driver
> >
> >So do I need to install all of these and is there any order in which to
> >install them?
>
>No. Don't install the IDE driver unless you have an Ultra ATA controller on
>the board. At least this is the way Asus does it, and although I haven't
>used Gigabyte for some time I think it's the same.
>
> >When W98 starts a 'new h/ware found' window pops up for an 'Intel Firmware
> >Hub' - what's this?
> >W98 doesn't find any suitable driver for this h/ware when I direct it to
> >the folder that I've unzipped the drivers into. Then when I run the Intel
> >INF driver it runs thru' a lot of stuff & then displays an 'Information
> >Window':
> >
> >'The Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility requires a supported
> >platform running on a supported Operating System. Check system requirements
> >in Readme.'
>--------end quoted text----------
>
>You need to find and install the chipset drivers because Win98 does not
>inherently support this board. What you need is the inf motherboard drivers
>and it sounds like you just have the install utility. Once the MB drivers
>are installed that should take care of your other problems.
>
>--
>Hal Brown
>mailto: hal@xxxxxxxx
>http://adwt.com
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