Win 98 SE IBM Thinkpad 600 IDE Controller Driver

[TC10284]

Hello all,

I am working with an IBM Thinkpad 600 (P2 300MHz - 96MB RAM - Win 98 SE). All is going well but the hard drive transfer rate seems to be a little slow to me. Looking at Device Manager, I see the following:

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b53/TC10284/IDEControllerConflict.jpg

When looking at the properties of the Intel 82371AB Bus Master IDE Controller, I see that its resources conflict with one of the Standard Bus Mastering IDE Hard Disk Controllers. I have tried installing the Intel Chipset Installation software in normal mode and in Safe Mode. I've tried removing the two Standard Bus Mastering IDE Controllers but upon a refresh or reboot, they come right back. I've removed them in Safe Mode also. I've looked for an IDE driver on IBM's site for this model but they don't seem to have one. I have tried everything that I can think of short of reformatting and starting from scratch. But that is a last resort as I don't know if the person still has the restore CD(s) for the notebook.

Do any of you have any suggestions for solving the resource conflict. Note that I cannot set the resources manually in the Properties.

 

[TC10284]

Bump-age

 

[jlbenedict]

hmm.. that controller is probably associated with either the Intel 440LX or 440BX chipset.

If you can, you can probably find the entire ".INF" driver file from Intel

Go here and download this Intel Chipset Identification Utility : http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts...rnal/Product_Filter.aspx?ProductID=861

Here is the Intel 430 and 440 chipset source for drivers: http://www.intel.com/design/software/drivers/platform/440_index.htm

According to the readme file, this version includes support for all 440 based chipsets.. LX, BX, etc.. etc.. Its a unified driver
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts...ldID=4241&strOSs=18&OSFullName=Windows*%2098%20SE&lang=eng

 

[Smilin]

Can I just say how great it is not to have POS Link19 around any longer?



I'm really an NT guy and don't claim to know much on 9x but I do remember some similar trouble with intel IDE controllers on 95. Here's a couple hits from the KB. Hope it helps.


282881 Yellow Exclamation Point Is Displayed Over the IDE Controller in Device Manager
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;282881


189518 Problems with Hard Disk Controller After Upgrading to Windows 98
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;189518

 

[TC10284]

Originally posted by: Smilin
Can I just say how great it is not to have POS Link19 around any longer?

Yea, I was about to say either in the message or the subtitle "Link19 need not reply". But that would've probably only encouraged him =)

I'm trying the Intel chipset drivers for the 440 chipset first. Not having much luck though =/

 

[jlbenedict]

Originally posted by: TC10284

Originally posted by: Smilin
Can I just say how great it is not to have POS Link19 around any longer?

Yea, I was about to say either in the message or the subtitle "Link19 need not reply"

I'm trying the Intel chipset drivers for the 440 chipset first. Not having much luck though =/

Check out Smilin's advice ..

Also.. instead of installing the entire 440 chipset drivers.. I believe if you can extract the files to a folder..
then, just use device manager, and try to change/update/install the IDE controller drivers

 

[TC10284]

Originally posted by: jlbenedict

Check out Smilin's advice ..

Also.. instead of installing the entire 440 chipset drivers.. I believe if you can extract the files to a folder..
then, just use device manager, and try to change/update/install the IDE controller drivers

The installer doesn't help. =(
The first link to the Microsoft KB didn't help =(

Yep, I tried that. I had to run the Intel Chipset Install program for it to extract the files to C:\Windows\Temp. Then I copied the folder to the desktop. Upon trying to update the IDE controller driver in the Device Manager manually, when I browse for a .inf, it will find none in the folder I copied.

 

[Smilin]

find the .inf being used for the current driver and rename it.

Then download and install the driver again.


By renaming the .inf you'll stop it from auto-installing the bad/improper one over and over again.

 

[TC10284]

None of the IDE controllers listed in the screenshot are using .inf looking at the Driver File Details. They are all .vxd and the two Standard controllers is a .vxd and .pdr.

No luck with either solution listed in the MS KB =(

I'm about to give up on it short of going through a format.

 

[Smilin]

When pnp detects a device's pnp ID it compares it to the contents of all .infs on the system to find a match. The .inf is not actually part of the driver (typically a .sys or .vxd in 9x) but has the details needed to install the driver. Get rid of the .inf it keeps using and it will fail to find a driver and prompt you for one.