The problems just keep coming with my win2k install. Now that my IDE problem with VIA is fixed... well, Win2k says that my video card is running on a PCI slot. The nVidia information states it is an AGP card, but windows "devices" states it as PCI. Now, DirectX can run anything I throw...
I don't know if you have the same problem I did, but I found that Windows2k assigned my IDE drives as SCSI and it made my CDRW not work... I have a VIA chipset and installing the new drivers from the manufacturer made the difference (Although it messed things up when I had already installed the...
In case anyone else encounters this VIA problem, I reinstalled Win2k Prof., THEN loaded in the newest IDE driver from the VIA website... and things have worked out perfectly. Win2k now recognizes that not everyone can afford SCSI and my drives are working fine. I guess that I had jumped the gun...
Unfortunately I downloaded the drivers from VIA and now windows won't even start in Safe mode :( I'm reverting back to Win98 until I have time to reinstall Win2k. I read somewhere that you can hit F6 or something during the installation to keep it from simply assigning it as SCSI, is that true...
I just installed windows 2k professional and, although my hard drives run OK, it concerns me that they keep showing up as SCSI even though I've installed my IDE controller drivers. I tried to burn a CD and instantly was given an error message and a handy coaster. It's not the burner, because I...
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