duplicated devices in Gateway G6-266

Should I just admit defeat and junk this thing?

Why is the single disk drive appearing twice,
once as an IDE drive and also once as a SCSI drive?

After re-installation of Windows 98SE on a Gateway G6-266
and after downloading the proper device drivers as per
http://support.gateway.com

* * * The hard disk is appearing twice in the device list * * *

While installing Win98, the machine insisted that
the ZIP cartridge drive would be drive C
and the fixed disk would be drive D
and the cd-rom would be drive E.

I tried disabling the ZIP drive either in BIOS or by
simply unplugging it, but either way it was disabled,
it had the side-effect of also disabling the cd-rom.

So I kept the ZIP drive enable as drive (C
and I installed Win98 on fixed disk (D.

Fixed Drive (D) isn't bootable when the ZIP disk is
enabled, so ZIP disk (C) is now the Win98 boot disk,
but (C) is otherwise unused, cause it's small and slow
(and noisy!).

Then came the bad part. I installed the ULTRA33 device
driver, and now the fixed disk appears twice in the device
list, once as an IDE disk and once as a SCSI disk,
even though it's just one fixed disk.

So now (C is still the ZIP disk,
but the fixed disk is both (D and (E
and, also, the drive is in "MS-DOS compatibility mode"
which makes some software fail.

Here's the printout from the Win98 device manager.

Resource Summary Report - Page: 1
******************** SYSTEM SUMMARY ********************
Windows version: 4.10.2222
System BUS Type: ISA
BIOS Name: American Megatrends
BIOS Date: 03/11/97
BIOS Version: BIOS Version 1.00.01.DT0T
******************** IRQ SUMMARY ********************
IRQ Usage Summary:
00 - System timer
01 - Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
02 - Programmable interrupt controller
03 - U.S. Robotics 33.6K Voice INT PnP
04 - Communications Port (COM1)
06 - Standard Floppy Disk Controller
07 - Printer Port (LPT1)
08 - System CMOS/real time clock
09 - Intel 82371SB PCI to USB Universal Host Controller
09 - 3Com Fast EtherLink XL 10/100Mb TX Ethernet NIC (3C905-TX)
09 - IRQ Holder for PCI Steering
10 - IRQ Holder for PCI Steering
10 - Creative Labs Sound Blaster AudioPCI 64V
11 - Promise ULTRA33 Controller
11 - IRQ Holder for PCI Steering
12 - PS/2 Compatible Mouse Port
13 - Numeric data processor
14 - Intel 82371SB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
14 - Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
15 - Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
15 - Intel 82371SB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
******************** IO PORT SUMMARY ********************
I/O Port Usage Summary:
0000h-000Fh - EISA direct memory access controller
0020h-0021h - Programmable interrupt controller
002Eh-002Fh - Motherboard resources
0040h-0043h - System timer
0060h-0060h - Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
0061h-0061h - System speaker
0064h-0064h - Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
0070h-0071h - System CMOS/real time clock
0078h-007Fh - Motherboard resources
0080h-0090h - EISA direct memory access controller
0094h-009Fh - EISA direct memory access controller
00A0h-00A1h - Programmable interrupt controller
00C0h-00DEh - EISA direct memory access controller
00F0h-00FFh - Numeric data processor
Resource Summary Report - Page: 2
0170h-0177h - Intel 82371SB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
0170h-0177h - Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
01F0h-01F7h - Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
01F0h-01F7h - Intel 82371SB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
0200h-0207h - Gameport Joystick
0220h-022Fh - Sound Blaster AudioPCI 64V Legacy Device
0274h-0277h - IO read data port for ISA Plug and Play enumerator
02F8h-02FFh - U.S. Robotics 33.6K Voice INT PnP
0330h-033Fh - Sound Blaster AudioPCI 64V Legacy Device
0376h-0376h - Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
0376h-0376h - Intel 82371SB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
0378h-037Bh - Printer Port (LPT1)
0388h-038Bh - Sound Blaster AudioPCI 64V Legacy Device
03B0h-03BBh - ATI Rage II+ PCI (ati_m64)
03C0h-03DFh - ATI Rage II+ PCI (ati_m64)
03F2h-03F5h - Standard Floppy Disk Controller
03F6h-03F6h - Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
03F6h-03F6h - Intel 82371SB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
03F8h-03FFh - Communications Port (COM1)
040Bh-040Bh - EISA direct memory access controller
0410h-043Fh - EISA direct memory access controller
0481h-0483h - EISA direct memory access controller
0487h-0487h - EISA direct memory access controller
0489h-048Ch - EISA direct memory access controller
04D0h-04D1h - Programmable interrupt controller
04D6h-04D6h - EISA direct memory access controller
0530h-0537h - Sound Blaster AudioPCI 64V Legacy Device
0CF8h-0CFFh - PCI bus
FBE4h-FBE7h - Promise ULTRA33 Controller
FC00h-FCFFh - ATI Rage II+ PCI (ati_m64)
FE80h-FEBFh - 3Com Fast EtherLink XL 10/100Mb TX Ethernet NIC (3C905-TX)
FF00h-FF3Fh - Creative Labs Sound Blaster AudioPCI 64V
FF40h-FF5Fh - Intel 82371SB PCI to USB Universal Host Controller
FF60h-FF67h - Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
FF60h-FF6Fh - Intel 82371SB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
FF68h-FF6Fh - Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
FF80h-FF9Fh - Promise ULTRA33 Controller
FFA8h-FFAFh - Promise ULTRA33 Controller
FFE4h-FFE7h - Promise ULTRA33 Controller
FFF0h-FFF7h - Promise ULTRA33 Controller
******************** UPPER MEMORY USAGE SUMMARY ********************
Memory Usage Summary:
00000000h-0009FFFFh - System board extension for PnP BIOS
000A0000h-000AFFFFh - ATI Rage II+ PCI (ati_m64)
000B0000h-000BFFFFh - ATI Rage II+ PCI (ati_m64)
000C0000h-000C87FFh - ATI Rage II+ PCI (ati_m64)
000C8800h-000CC7FFh - Promise ULTRA33 Controller
000E8000h-000FFFFFh - System board extension for PnP BIOS
00100000h-05FFFFFFh - System board extension for PnP BIOS
06000000h-0601FFFFh - ATI Rage II+ PCI (ati_m64)
FB000000h-FBFFFFFFh - ATI Rage II+ PCI (ati_m64)
FFBEF000h-FFBEFFFFh - ATI Rage II+ PCI (ati_m64)
FFF80000h-FFFFFFFFh - System board extension for PnP BIOS
******************** DMA USAGE SUMMARY ********************
Resource Summary Report - Page: 3
DMA Channel Usage Summary:
01 - Sound Blaster AudioPCI 64V Legacy Device
02 - Standard Floppy Disk Controller
04 - EISA direct memory access controller
******************** MEMORY SUMMARY ********************
632 KB Total Conventional Memory
97744 KB Total Extended Memory
******************** DISK DRIVE INFO ********************
A: Floppy Drive, 3.5" 1.44M
80 Cylinders 2 Heads
512 Bytes/Sector 18 Sectors/Track
C: Fixed Disk 97886K Total 87990K Free
195 Cylinders 16 Heads
512 Bytes/Sector 63 Sectors/Track
D: Fixed Disk 1637772K Total 666216K Free
407 Cylinders 128 Heads
512 Bytes/Sector 63 Sectors/Track
E: Fixed Disk 1637772K Total 666216K Free
0 Cylinders 128 Heads
512 Bytes/Sector 63 Sectors/Track
F: CD-ROM Drive

Clear the CMOS (nvram) - there'll be a reset configuration option in BIOS
setup, or use the jumper on the board.



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Should I just admit defeat and junk this thing?

Why is the single disk drive appearing twice,
once as an IDE drive and also once as a SCSI drive?

After re-installation of Windows 98SE on a Gateway G6-266
and after downloading the proper device drivers as per
http://support.gateway.com

* * * The hard disk is appearing twice in the device list * * *

While installing Win98, the machine insisted that
the ZIP cartridge drive would be drive C
and the fixed disk would be drive D
and the cd-rom would be drive E.

I tried disabling the ZIP drive either in BIOS or by
simply unplugging it, but either way it was disabled,
it had the side-effect of also disabling the cd-rom.

So I kept the ZIP drive enable as drive (C
and I installed Win98 on fixed disk (D.

Fixed Drive (D) isn't bootable when the ZIP disk is
enabled, so ZIP disk (C) is now the Win98 boot disk,
but (C) is otherwise unused, cause it's small and slow
(and noisy!).

Then came the bad part. I installed the ULTRA33 device
driver, and now the fixed disk appears twice in the device
list, once as an IDE disk and once as a SCSI disk,
even though it's just one fixed disk.

So now (C is still the ZIP disk,
but the fixed disk is both (D and (E
and, also, the drive is in "MS-DOS compatibility mode"
which makes some software fail.

Here's the printout from the Win98 device manager.

Resource Summary Report - Page: 1
******************** SYSTEM SUMMARY ********************
Windows version: 4.10.2222
System BUS Type: ISA
BIOS Name: American Megatrends
BIOS Date: 03/11/97
BIOS Version: BIOS Version 1.00.01.DT0T
******************** IRQ SUMMARY ********************
IRQ Usage Summary:
00 - System timer
01 - Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
02 - Programmable interrupt controller
03 - U.S. Robotics 33.6K Voice INT PnP
04 - Communications Port (COM1)
06 - Standard Floppy Disk Controller
07 - Printer Port (LPT1)
08 - System CMOS/real time clock
09 - Intel 82371SB PCI to USB Universal Host Controller
09 - 3Com Fast EtherLink XL 10/100Mb TX Ethernet NIC (3C905-TX)
09 - IRQ Holder for PCI Steering
10 - IRQ Holder for PCI Steering
10 - Creative Labs Sound Blaster AudioPCI 64V
11 - Promise ULTRA33 Controller
11 - IRQ Holder for PCI Steering
12 - PS/2 Compatible Mouse Port
13 - Numeric data processor
14 - Intel 82371SB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
14 - Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
15 - Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
15 - Intel 82371SB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
******************** IO PORT SUMMARY ********************
I/O Port Usage Summary:
0000h-000Fh - EISA direct memory access controller
0020h-0021h - Programmable interrupt controller
002Eh-002Fh - Motherboard resources
0040h-0043h - System timer
0060h-0060h - Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
0061h-0061h - System speaker
0064h-0064h - Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
0070h-0071h - System CMOS/real time clock
0078h-007Fh - Motherboard resources
0080h-0090h - EISA direct memory access controller
0094h-009Fh - EISA direct memory access controller
00A0h-00A1h - Programmable interrupt controller
00C0h-00DEh - EISA direct memory access controller
00F0h-00FFh - Numeric data processor
Resource Summary Report - Page: 2
0170h-0177h - Intel 82371SB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
0170h-0177h - Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
01F0h-01F7h - Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
01F0h-01F7h - Intel 82371SB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
0200h-0207h - Gameport Joystick
0220h-022Fh - Sound Blaster AudioPCI 64V Legacy Device
0274h-0277h - IO read data port for ISA Plug and Play enumerator
02F8h-02FFh - U.S. Robotics 33.6K Voice INT PnP
0330h-033Fh - Sound Blaster AudioPCI 64V Legacy Device
0376h-0376h - Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
0376h-0376h - Intel 82371SB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
0378h-037Bh - Printer Port (LPT1)
0388h-038Bh - Sound Blaster AudioPCI 64V Legacy Device
03B0h-03BBh - ATI Rage II+ PCI (ati_m64)
03C0h-03DFh - ATI Rage II+ PCI (ati_m64)
03F2h-03F5h - Standard Floppy Disk Controller
03F6h-03F6h - Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
03F6h-03F6h - Intel 82371SB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
03F8h-03FFh - Communications Port (COM1)
040Bh-040Bh - EISA direct memory access controller
0410h-043Fh - EISA direct memory access controller
0481h-0483h - EISA direct memory access controller
0487h-0487h - EISA direct memory access controller
0489h-048Ch - EISA direct memory access controller
04D0h-04D1h - Programmable interrupt controller
04D6h-04D6h - EISA direct memory access controller
0530h-0537h - Sound Blaster AudioPCI 64V Legacy Device
0CF8h-0CFFh - PCI bus
FBE4h-FBE7h - Promise ULTRA33 Controller
FC00h-FCFFh - ATI Rage II+ PCI (ati_m64)
FE80h-FEBFh - 3Com Fast EtherLink XL 10/100Mb TX Ethernet NIC
(3C905-TX)
FF00h-FF3Fh - Creative Labs Sound Blaster AudioPCI 64V
FF40h-FF5Fh - Intel 82371SB PCI to USB Universal Host Controller
FF60h-FF67h - Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
FF60h-FF6Fh - Intel 82371SB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
FF68h-FF6Fh - Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
FF80h-FF9Fh - Promise ULTRA33 Controller
FFA8h-FFAFh - Promise ULTRA33 Controller
FFE4h-FFE7h - Promise ULTRA33 Controller
FFF0h-FFF7h - Promise ULTRA33 Controller
******************** UPPER MEMORY USAGE SUMMARY ********************
Memory Usage Summary:
00000000h-0009FFFFh - System board extension for PnP BIOS
000A0000h-000AFFFFh - ATI Rage II+ PCI (ati_m64)
000B0000h-000BFFFFh - ATI Rage II+ PCI (ati_m64)
000C0000h-000C87FFh - ATI Rage II+ PCI (ati_m64)
000C8800h-000CC7FFh - Promise ULTRA33 Controller
000E8000h-000FFFFFh - System board extension for PnP BIOS
00100000h-05FFFFFFh - System board extension for PnP BIOS
06000000h-0601FFFFh - ATI Rage II+ PCI (ati_m64)
FB000000h-FBFFFFFFh - ATI Rage II+ PCI (ati_m64)
FFBEF000h-FFBEFFFFh - ATI Rage II+ PCI (ati_m64)
FFF80000h-FFFFFFFFh - System board extension for PnP BIOS
******************** DMA USAGE SUMMARY ********************
Resource Summary Report - Page: 3
DMA Channel Usage Summary:
01 - Sound Blaster AudioPCI 64V Legacy Device
02 - Standard Floppy Disk Controller
04 - EISA direct memory access controller
******************** MEMORY SUMMARY ********************
632 KB Total Conventional Memory
97744 KB Total Extended Memory
******************** DISK DRIVE INFO ********************
A: Floppy Drive, 3.5" 1.44M
80 Cylinders 2 Heads
512 Bytes/Sector 18 Sectors/Track
C: Fixed Disk 97886K Total 87990K Free
195 Cylinders 16 Heads
512 Bytes/Sector 63 Sectors/Track
D: Fixed Disk 1637772K Total 666216K Free
407 Cylinders 128 Heads
512 Bytes/Sector 63 Sectors/Track
E: Fixed Disk 1637772K Total 666216K Free
0 Cylinders 128 Heads
512 Bytes/Sector 63 Sectors/Track
F: CD-ROM Drive