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Iwill KK266-R/Win2k/VIA 4in1s...can't install the 4in1s. please take a look.

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moocat

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I'm using a KK266-R (kt133a chipset) and Win2k. I've been trying to install the 4in1s but have been unable to in 3 attempts. Each time after installation I get this error:

STOP: c000026c (unable to load device driver)
\SystemRoot\System32\Drivers\VIAPFD.SYS device driver could not be loaded.
Error Status was 0xc0000221

Anyone seen this or care to offer possible explanations? This board was recently in a buddie's computer and I had done a complete Win2k install on it a few weeks ago (same version of 4in1s too). I don't know what the heck is going on with it now.

 
Did you try to load the drivers off the iwill mobo CD first to see if they will take then try an update with the newer set?

<< The German site tecchannel.de got a new version of the Via (Raid) Performance Patch.
This version is not yet available on the viaarena.com site. (they still have version 1.01 online)
Just for an overview, this is the official information on the (old) 1.01 driver from viaarena.com:

This patch, for all Microsoft Operating Systems, will increase the burst rate with the following RAID controller chips: Adaptec, Acard, Highpoint and Promise. This may not be noticeable in overall Hard Disk performance benchmarks as burst rate is not measured separately and only makes up a small percentage of Hard Disk performance. This patch can be used on all VIA chipsets. The driver in this zip file is the viapfd.sys version 1.04.
Tecchannel.de got some nice performance improvements for the burst transferrates, now the PCI bus transferrates of a Via based system are nearly equal to the Intel based pcs.
Burst-Transferrates
PCI-Controller without patch [MByte/s] with patch 1.04 [MByte/s]
ACARD AEC-6280 89,6 106,5
Adaptec 29160 78,2 104,5
Advance 29133 82,9 105,8
HighPoint RocketRAID 133 81,2 99,9
Promise Ultra133 TX2 90,1 111,3

Get the driver over
here >>

not sure if this'll help or not.
 
I don't have raid enabled and this board has the AMI controller. I will try the 4in1s that come on the original disk though. I've got to reinstall Win2k for the 6th time first though 🙁

Thanks for the input.
 
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