"Trent©" wrote:
Okay...then let's hit it...one step at a time...
I built myself a new PC:
Asus P5GD1 motherboard (Intel 915P chipset)
2 WD harddisks, a NEC dvd/cd rw
What's the IDE configuration?
One WD1600 SATA on SATA1, on IDE1 I have my WD 2000 as master and the
optical drive as slave. My motherboard is set to pretend the SATA disk is
the secondary master.
Make sure the jumpers are set correctly...especially on the WD's.
Checked. In order, and swapping them around doesn't improve anything.
Check to see what drive letters they've been given. Change the NEC to
W.
Done. But why?
Nvidia GeForce 6200 video card (PCIx)
Hauppauge WinTV Go! TV card
I installed W98se on it. All components' manufacturers claim their component
is supported in W98se, and I have looked up all appropriate drivers.
So you installed NEW drivers for everything? Is there anything that
didn't work from the git go?
I first tried to see if Windows came up with working PnP drivers. It didn't.
Then I installed the drivers from the disks I got with the components. That
gave me no results, as I described in the initial post. Then I downloaded
the latest W98se drivers (getting scarce!) with no extra luck.
The problem is that the drivers will not install.
If it ain't broke...don't fix it. Its not absolutely to install the
latest drivers if things are running properly. What not running
properly?
Videocard is not detected and only displays VGA,
no sound (onboard sound drivers are part of the chipset drivers)
network somehow only runs if I use the DOS drivers
TV card not detected, drivers also won't install
Rather annoying, all in all.
When I run the setup program of the chipset (supplied by Intel) I get the
error message that no Intel chipset is found on my pc. It then fails to
install any component. Even manual installation of the .inf files by using
the -a -a switch on the setup program, and then forcing the computer to
accept from me it has hardware that needs these drivers, results in no shown
components in the Device Manager after reboot. They just won't install.
I don't know yer level of expertise...and I'm not there...so...
My expertise is mottled. I have some knowledge interspersed with vast areas
of ignorance. I'm the kind of guy that tinkers with other peoples broken
computers and fixes them without any actual knowledge beforehand. I try to
get a clue while doing it.
Are you sure of what you have on the board?...what brand it REALLY is,
etc. Run AIDA32...so that you have the current specs on all the
hardware. Do a report and save it.
Done! (Nice program, by the way.) It doesn't give me a lot of extra
information. It identifies my video card as Generic VGA, for instance. Not
highly inspiring. The report is 182 KB, so I won't post it right now.
Again, a highly similar problem when installing my videocard. I run the
setup program, and it runs until it aborts with an error message saying I
don't have a Nvidia card. I'm therefore stuck in crappy VGA.
Do you have on-board video?...an add-on card?...or both.
No onboard video, but 1 add-on PCIx card.
Also, try doing a 'new hardware' search.
I must have done that a zillion times now. Everytime I changed a jumper,
swapped my RAM around in the slots, changed a single BIOS setting... Never
any joy.
What is going on? And more importantly, what can I do about it?
Let's try to solve your MAJOR problems first...then we can hit the
annoyances. What ISN'T working? Video, I'm guessing. What else?
Video. Sound. TV card (secondary importance!). I haven't even tried USB yet,
if only because W98se doesn't have a great reputation hanbdling it. Once I
get the sound & video going, I'll be a lot happier.
Did you install the drivers for your monitor? Sometimes that'll bring
the video card into sync.
Windows keeps on putting a PnP monitor over the driver I select. Very
annoying.
Good luck...let us know.
Have a nice one...
Thanks.
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