device problems

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hi, im trying to set up windows 98 on a rather newer machine, and having
problems after the installation. i havent had a chance to check the model of
the mainboard inside, but its from a minitower with Microtel on the sticker
thing. im pretty sure its a miniatx from VIA, with one of their embedded
cpus. an 800mhz i think.

the board has one pci slot, a few ram slots, ONE ide and one floppy
connector. so the system is sharing one ide cable between a cdrom and hdd.
the hdd is set to master and the cd is slave. i dont use floppies for
anything post setup so the controller is disabled and i dont have a floppy
connected.

well, im not having problems with set up itself, but once i get to the
desktop, my cdrom doesnt show up in dev mgr or in my computer. and the last
tab in dev mgr says that drive a and c are using msdos compatibility, and
that other term that usually accompanies the 'drive compatibility' thing. i
need to install drivers for the board to work properly, but i cant install
drivers if my cdrom isnt being noticed. i am using a connor hdd, its quite
old and slow but it works. could that be the problem?

i would like to get my cdrom to work with the computer. theres nothing wrong
with the drive itself. but im sure if i got it to be noticed by the OS, i
could install drivers and do away with all the error-icons in dev mgr.

any help would be appreciated. when im back on next ill mention the model of
the board and any other specifics requested.

thanx

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion (More info?)

Please tell us exactly what Conner hard drive you are using....model number, size
and so forth. According to one resource online:
"Conner Hard Drives (circa 1194 and older) used a different architecture for
operation, as did many of the hard drive made during this time frame. There is a
good possibility that it will not support the ATAPI device as slave."
http://www.computerhope.com/help/hconner.htm
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:884496CE-1B34-43A2-A9BA-A85E00A99C49@microsoft.com...
> hi, im trying to set up windows 98 on a rather newer machine, and having
> problems after the installation. i havent had a chance to check the model of
> the mainboard inside, but its from a minitower with Microtel on the sticker
> thing. im pretty sure its a miniatx from VIA, with one of their embedded
> cpus. an 800mhz i think.
>
> the board has one pci slot, a few ram slots, ONE ide and one floppy
> connector. so the system is sharing one ide cable between a cdrom and hdd.
> the hdd is set to master and the cd is slave. i dont use floppies for
> anything post setup so the controller is disabled and i dont have a floppy
> connected.
>
> well, im not having problems with set up itself, but once i get to the
> desktop, my cdrom doesnt show up in dev mgr or in my computer. and the last
> tab in dev mgr says that drive a and c are using msdos compatibility, and
> that other term that usually accompanies the 'drive compatibility' thing. i
> need to install drivers for the board to work properly, but i cant install
> drivers if my cdrom isnt being noticed. i am using a connor hdd, its quite
> old and slow but it works. could that be the problem?
>
> i would like to get my cdrom to work with the computer. theres nothing wrong
> with the drive itself. but im sure if i got it to be noticed by the OS, i
> could install drivers and do away with all the error-icons in dev mgr.
>
> any help would be appreciated. when im back on next ill mention the model of
> the board and any other specifics requested.
>
> thanx