too many people ask about this, the only important thing is, if you're using win98/98se don't install the via ide drivers, they cause more problems & you don't need it, I tried install the newest via ide drives once to see why people had so many problems & why they wanted to install it? after I installed it, I didn't have any problems, but my harddrive performance was noticeable slower & run sandra2000 to benchmark the before & after result showed a lower score with it installed, but if you still want to install it & see if you get a slower computer, go ahead.