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IDE Controllers in Windows 98 SE

  • 12-05-2001 2:25pm
    #1
    Renton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,202 ✭✭✭


    Okay I got this problem.

    I installed windows, then after a few months of arsing about, and doing whatever online etc, I installed the VIA 4in1 Drivers, and they worked grand....

    One day down the road, the PC Locked, while i was moving a big file or something.... and It became unstable so i rebooted it...

    It then started locking during Bootup... , So I went into safe mode, and everything Seemed okay, no yellow question marks or anything...

    So I got a bootlog.txt and had a look. AHA . the last thing it was running before it locked was this "ESDI_506.PDR". So Then I went into dos and moved that file out of the c:\windows\system\iosubsys folder, Windows now boots. and everything works except....

    I have no IDE Cdrom, only my scsi Works, And im not really sure what to do from here... I have a few ideas, but at this stage, my ideas cud really b0rk my computer up, so what do u guys think I should do at this stage..

    thanks

    RentZ


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  • #2
    Gerry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,457 ✭✭✭Gerry


    Perhaps a reinstall of the via 4-in-1's ( I recommend version 4.29, available from www.viahardware.com ) will install a working version of the esdi driver. You say it locked when copying a big file. This is a symptom of the via 686b chipset bug, if you have one of the boards with this southbridge on it, get the patch from www.viahardware.com also.


  • #3
    Renton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,202 ✭✭✭Renton


    Thanks Gerry smile.gif

    I'll give it a shot,

    By the way, How do I know If I have a southbridge Chipset ?

    RentZ


  • #4
    Gerry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,457 ✭✭✭Gerry


    well the question is whether you have the via 686b southbridge. Pretty much all consumer motherboards have a separate northbridge and southbridge. If you have a 686b, it will be written on it smile.gif It might show on the bottom of the screen at startup either. Also most kt133a motherboards have it. ( like the abit kt7a, asus a7v133 etc).


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