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More info?)
Paul,
You say "As for what is included on the Win2K install disk, versus what you
might have to put on a separate floppy, I have no idea."
Whats on the disc? A variety of stock IDE drivers that were vogue /
appropriate for the Service Pack level of the Windows 2000 CD the person
has... and mountains of other stuff. IE what was current, popular, and AFAIK
working at the time.
I have little knowledge of Via, but do recall that on Toms Hardware they ran
a review comparing the (then) latest via 4in1 drivers with those included in
Windows XP SP1 - yes XP SP1. Prior to then both were trouble - the XP
drivers were slow (?), and the via drivers obviously had problems too as
there was a lot of noise about them.
So, my advice would be to either:
a) use the drivers on the CD that came with the mobo, or (better)
b) use the identifying information from the CD and the Asus download site to
identify more up to date drivers, and possibly
(IE create an F6 floppy)
c) correlate this information with the Via web site and hopefully find
something even more up to date.
Personally, If it were me, I would expect to have to do some IO load
testing - if it is a real issue in the end.
I don't know the timeline associated with Windows 2000 and the via chipsets,
but obviously they existed prior to XP, had problems up to XP SP1 (and these
seem now to be forgotten), so are likely to have been trudging through
various stages of stability during the Windows 2000 release (IE from their
original release to SP6a).
The OP could slipstream SP6a (or their preferred target SP) onto a Windows
2000 image and see what the Upgrade Report has to say then - but the news
may be the same. I believe there is a web update option for the Update
report - this may be beneficial. Long time since I have run it.
HTH
- Tim
"Paul" <nospam@needed.com> wrote in message
news:nospam-1504042306450001@192.168.1.177...
> In article <b4f048e6.0404151233.1a15c7ad@posting.google.com>,
> mode1flyer@netzero.net (sportflyer) wrote:
>
> > The mother bd is Asus P3V4X and HDD is Seagate ST330630A. During the
> > Win2K Pro setup process, The Upgrade Report indicates that setup does
> > not have a compatible Driver for the HDD controller in my computer.
> > Recommends that I get a Win2K compatible driver on floppy . Where can
> > I find this driver ? Will the setup fail without this driver? TKs
>
> This page explains the Via driver choices for IDE (miniport vs filter):
>
http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=342
>
> The download starting point for IDE/RAID, points to 340 and 341 below:
>
http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=66
>
> Via IDE Miniport Driver download:
>
http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=340
>
> (Via IDE Filter Driver is part of Via 4in1 Hyperion driver install)
>
http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=341 contains the explanation.
>
> The Hyperion 4in1 driver versions are here:
>
http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=300
>
> A chipset manufacturer custom miniport IDE driver, has features
> like caching and DMA transfer, as implemented by the manufacturer's
> software people. Intel had one for their early chipsets, in order to
> enable the DMA feature it had just added to its chipsets.
>
> One difference of the Miniport driver, is it looks in software like
> your IDE disks or CD devices, are sitting on a SCSI bus. You may not
> be able to see what mode the device transfer is running in. Also,
> since the driver isn't written by Microsoft, there _might_ be subtle
> issues with the driver.
>
> As for what is included on the Win2K install disk, versus what you
> might have to put on a separate floppy, I have no idea. You would
> hope the Via 4in1 is already on the Win2K disk, in which case
> the Filter Driver gets installed and your IDE devices look like IDE
> devices. (In other words, the Via miniport is optional, and the
> filter is standard. The installer will stop pretty fast, if no
> driver is present, and you are trying to install on the IDE disk.)
>
> I'm no disk expert, so I'm sure someone will correct my interpretation.
>
> HTH,
> Paul
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