Device Manager (!) & Red X's

My first try at this post got lost.
I deleted the Raid 0 array and used IDE 3&4 for a 40gb & 20gb drives as C:\ & D:\. IDE1 CD R/W master and E:\ 6.5gb drive as slave, IDE2 CD Rom.
While loading solfware and drivers I had in the Device manager (!) on three Unknown Device and on PCI Mass storage Controler. In the Properties Device Status it says the drivers are not installed, code 28 on all of them. How do I find the drivers or ID what they are?

On a reboot I started getting a message, "Systems settings change, to finish setting up your new hardware you must restart your computer" If I click yes it reboots back to the same screen message over and over.
If I click no, windows finishes loading, but then in the Device Manager the (!) items above are gone and there are Red x's on the CD Rom, CD R/W and Generic IDE Disk Type 47 and (!) on the Primary and Secondary IDE Controler.
In the Properties Device Status, of the IDE Controlers I click the button "Restart Computer" it reboots back all the way, and the first (!) items are back.

Should I try to reload Windows or Format and start over?
Can someone help? THANKS!

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Too much knowlege never makes for simple decisions. :D

KT7-R w/800 T-Bird No- Raid,WD 40GB,WD 20GB Sam 6.5GB, 320MB RAM, Viper V550
SB Live, Win98

before you go thru the trouble of formating and reinstalling your OS, forst go back to the device manager, and remove each item with the exclamation marks and red X'x and reboot, this will give windows a chance to properly reinstall the driver, it it continues to have those exclamation marks and red X'x remove them again, and reboot again, and when it asks for the driver have the Windows CDrom in the CDdrive and direct it to the Win98 folder in the Cdrom...

thge KT7-R is an Abit board.
Go to Control Panel/System/Device Manager/Other devices.

Select one of the "PCI Mass Storage Controllers" and click Properties

Select Driver/Update Driver
Select YES/Next

Insert your CD with the ATA drivers which should have come with the motherboard and click "other Locations" You may have possibly gotten a floppy with the drivers on it, if so use it.

Whichever one you use, point the install to the ATA drivers on that disk

Click finish when loaded and then without rebooting, do the other "PCI Mass Storage Controller" the same way. Then reboot and see if your troubles are improved.

I use an Abit board although not the same one. I took this info out of my motherboard manual.

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Bill K.
My Web Page

[This message has been edited by bkoenig1 (edited 09-09-2001).]

You need to install the driver for the ATA100 controller (the HTP370) for IDE 3 & 4.

It's detailed in the manual page 5-1 thru' 5-4. https://discussions.virtualdr.com/


p.s., You haven't lost your previous threads. They just got push down. You can do a search using your user name to find them. Here they for housekeeping:

Disk space don't add up
Renovator - KT7-R Non-Raid setup
Why don't you delete this duplicate thread :
Device Manager (!) & Red X's to avoid confusion. https://discussions.virtualdr.com/

[This message has been edited by falcon2000 (edited 09-09-2001).]

Falcon2000 I did a search but I couldn't find the first one about the (!) and Red x's.
I could not get the wizzard to extract the hpt370 drivers, so I went in the CD and installed them, that took care of the Mass Storage Controller. I hadn't installed them before because It said it was for Raid.
Now to try and find out what the two Unknown Devices are.
I guess just reinstall all the drivers I have. or look for upgrades.

Thanks!

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Too much knowlege never makes for simple decisions. :D

KT7-R w/800 T-Bird No- Raid,WD 40GB,WD 20GB Sam 6.5GB, 320MB RAM, Viper V550
SB Live, Win98

I found the unknown devices, two cameras plugged into usb ports.

Thanks everyone for the help. https://discussions.virtualdr.com/

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Too much knowlege never makes for simple decisions. :D

KT7-R w/800 T-Bird No- Raid,WD 40GB,WD 20GB Sam 6.5GB, 320MB RAM, Viper V550
SB Live, Win98