At 07:52 AM 8/20/2002 +0100, Virginia Da Costa wrote the following: >I have just upgraded my mainboard to a MSI-6561 with SiS 745 Chipset, >1.4GHz AMD Athlon CPU, and attached my existing hard drives complete with >OS (Win98SE) and all data and applications. The BIOS recognizes both HDs, >complete with their sizes etc. but Windows no longer recognizes the >Secondary IDE Controller, so I can't access any of the partitions on my >second HD and of course the drive letters have all changed. > >The CD which came with the Mainboard has no specific IDE drivers for Sis >745, and a visit to the SiS website confirmed that this particular chipset >supports dual IDE without the need for any drivers other than those >provided by the OS. > >I've tried updating or reinstalling the IDE Controller drivers from Device >Manager (both drivers are the same for IDE1 and IDE2, just as they are on >my other Win98 computer which works perfectly), then I've tried a >reinstall of Win98 on top of the existing system, but to no avail. I don't >really want to reformat and start all over again.
A reading at this site shows a utility called SiS5571 for windows 98 (http://www.sis.com/support/driver/utility.htm) which is referred to on the FAQ page (http://www.sis.com/support/faq/mbfaq.htm) under the heading "8. How to install Microsoft Windows98 System on your 5571 based mainboard?" Maybe this is the problem? -- Gerry Boyd ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
