A7M266 Drivers ?????!!

[duke90]

Hey,
If anyone could answer this stupid question:
Which part of the 4.32 Via drivers should be installed:
AGP Vxd, IDE, and INF???

Also are the PROMISE ATA100 drivers necessary for A7M266 or not??


My system is very unstable and I can't come up with any more solutions. I tried everything.
Please help

[Harryc]

For the VIA drivers, you can install the IDE and INF's, but not the AGP. The AGP needs the AMD Miniport driver - Miniport Driver

If it has a Promise controller it needs Promise drivers.

[asusfan]

some forum members (myself included) have found the default ide drivers (i.e. the default windows drivers) better that the ones in the via 4in1. i would recommend NOT installing the via ide drivers.

[m4yh3m]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Harryc
[B]For the VIA drivers, you can install the IDE and INF's, but not the AGP. The AGP needs the AMD Miniport driver - Miniport Driver


Hello:

I am awaiting my A7M266 from newegg. To confirm, you would recommend installation of:

1. Via 4-in-1 drivers
2. AMD Miniport driver
3. USB Patch (Win98 SE)

Also, do these drivers work (or are necessary) on Win2k? I plan on running Win98SE and Win2k on seperate drives with a removable DataPort drive cartridge system.

Thanks!

Darrin
aka OM66

[Harryc]

Here's what I'd do, others may disagree but I've had good results installing the following, but not on your board.

1. Via 4-in-1 drivers - install all for Win98 (except IDE and AGP on your board) - install all for Win2k(except for AGP on your board.) Others have maintained that the IDE driver is not needed for Win2k on your board. I'd try both ways.
2. AMD Miniport driver - install on both OS's
3. USB Patch (Win98 SE) - Win98 only.

Install SP2 for Win2k.