IDE driver problem

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Jayybird

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I just put together a new system using an ECS848P-A motherboard (BIOS ver.1.0)with a Pentium4 2.4Ghz processor, a westerndigital HDD, and a Creative PC-DVD Dxr2 CD-ROM, OS is Windows98.
On startup I receive this error: "While initializing device NDIS windows protection error occured. Your multi-function device (standard dual PCI IDE controller) has some child devices using 32-bit drivers and others using compatibility-mode drivers."

On restart in "safe mode" I see that the HDD and CD-ROM are in compatibility-mode. I cannot use the CD-ROM in windows "safe mode" to run the motherboard install disc and it will not run in dos mode. I attempted run the install disc from the HDD by copying the disc onto the HDD (including hidden files) but it would not initialize. It seems that I need to run the install disc to get the correct drivers, and need the correct drivers to run the install disc. Can someone discribe how to install IDE drivers manually in a dos or win98 "safemode" environment? Or is there another option I'm not thinking of?
Jay
 
Can you get online at all?

Grab the drivers off the following link (copy and paste):

http://www.ecsusa.com/downloads/driver/ide/iaa23_enu.exe
 
Can you get online at all?

Yes, on a different computer. I have drivers from the CD that came with the motherboard and from the ecsusa web site. The problem is that I can find no way to install them. Without the HDD and/or CD-ROM working, all I have is dos or windows "safemode" to work in. Windows safe mode prevents install operations and the CD will not run in dos even with the cd support option available with win98 startup disc. I've tried to manually install them with no luck sofar. On start up windows still grabs the wrong drivers

Jay
 
I believe theres a option when you press F8 on startup, a startup menu should come up, theres a menu which allows

I think its Shift+F8 for the Step-by-step confirmation [N/Y] this should allow you to select the drivers that you want loading before win98 starts!
 
I don't recall confirmation mode allowing more than a y/n response, but it is something to pursue. If I reject the drivers there, windows would have to prompt me for a driver search when it attempts to initialize. With the drivers on both the CD and HDD I would have two shots at getting them in.
Thanks for the idea, Jay
 
Well, it's a little bit of beating around the bush, but if you can't get it on the PC somehow, you could always take out the hard drive, hook it up to another PC and copy the driver package over to that hard drive. Then just take it, plug it back into the original system, and install. You might have to change jumpers and do an IDE HDD autodetect in BIOS (if the other system is old enough).
 
Thanks to everyone. With your help I managed to run the IDE install program. It gave me a surprizing new error message:

"Incompatible hardware. This software is not supported on this chipset."

Not a message I expected from an install disc that came with the board.
I checked the readme file and learned that the disc was for Intel(R) 82801AA, 82801AB, 82801BA or 82801DB controllers. The board, however, has an 82801EB.
That was the missing piece I needed to solve the puzzle.
I have my new toy, thanks again, Jay
 
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