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Too many hardware controllers?

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emren

Junior Member
Hello board,

I have recently upgraded my hardware. I have installed an ASUS K8N-E Deluxe with a 3200+ and 1 GB of RAM. Post-upgrade, the system is now running okay (although it starts very slowly), I just have one small nag: I am having problems installing the Nforce IDE drivers - when I do install it, WinXP won't start at all, it just hangs the system before I get to the log-on screen. The rest of the Nforce drivers have installed nicely. My Avast antivirus, Zonealarm and network are all working. I have SP 1 installed, but not SP 2 - yet.

Here's what I think is the problem: I think I have too many IDE and USB controllers installed. Take a look at this screenie: Device Manager

Should I have this many controllers installed? I have 2 harddisks installed, a CD-ROM and a CD burner. I am not using SATA or SCSI disks, just plain old IDE disks.

Thanks for any help!!
 
I bet the Nvidia IDE drivers are trying to install themselves for the other IDE controllers, or some such.
 
Well, they *can* install (on both sets of controllers) if I manually update the drivers, but then XP won't start. The big question is - do I actually need TWO sets of controllers? Will XP start if I only have ONE controller, using the Nforce driver?
 
I tried uninstalling one set of IDE controllers, and upgrading the driver - didn't work - XP still hangs on startup.

Can't anyone help me, and tell me if I really need two sets of controllers?? 🙂
Is the solution to repair-install windows, or am I imagining things here?
 
Go into Device manager and remove all the items under IDE controllers. Then boot up and see if it's still slow. Windows should find all of the controllers again. If it's still slow see if any of them are stuck in PIO mode. To check for this right click each channel and go to properties and click on Advanced Settings. It should tell you there is it's in PIO mode.
 
Thanks mikecel! I've tried removing all the items, and then the system won't boot at all, I get what I believe is a BSOD. I cannot boot, unless I go with Last Good (or whatever it's called), and then I'm pretty much back to square one again. I'll check for the PIO settings tonight, the drives should be in DMA mode, right?
 
Well, maybe I don't have too many controllers after all. I just checked my PC at work, and it has the same amount of controllers that I do - even MORE USB items, actually.
 
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