02-23-2007
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Re: Promise IDE Ultra100 OnBoard Driver ?
Come now. This board is 5-6 years old now. It was archived by Asus three
years ago.
I have one I put in my sons computer so he could use it with Windows XP.
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Regards,
Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
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Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
"alextp" <alextp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B4935F7D-C02C-4D58-A274-DE75C791CB4C@microsoft.com...
>I flashed the beta BIOS, but the problem is still the same ... !
> Meanwhile I contacted the ASUS as well as the PROMISE support.
> PROMISE has not answered til now, but ASUS has:
> They say that the chipset manufacturer has to provde drivers as they do
> not
> provide and program drivers for second party products themselves. At the
> moment they cannot guarantee that there will be new drivers ...
>
> Great ...  ( ... I am already thinking about buying a new motherboard !
>
> Regards,
>
> alextp
>
>
>
> "JW" wrote:
>
>> It might but unless it has an update in support of its bulit in IDE
>> controller it won't.
>> "alextp" <alextp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:C812C75E-149C-4448-A861-2BCF8B6505A8@microsoft.com...
>> >I have the latest 'stable' version i.e. 1011.
>> > However, a beta-version A7V266-E Beta BIOS 1015.002 (dated 2003/08/14)
>> > is
>> > available !
>> > Do you think this might help ?!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "JW" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Do you have the latest BIOS for your MOBO?
>> >>
>> >> "alextp" <alextp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:21170C0F-F1B1-42C2-922F-5A430441EFC3@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Hello,
>> >> >
>> >> > I have an ASUS A7V266-E motherboard with a Promise IDE Ultra100
>> >> > Controller
>> >> > on board. Two harddisks are connected to this controller.
>> >> > I run the Vista Upgrade Advisor Tool and it told me that there would
>> >> > be
>> >> > no
>> >> > problem installing Vista Ultimate ... so I bought the software !
>> >> >
>> >> > During installation (32-bit version) the Setup displays that it
>> >> > would
>> >> > need
>> >> > a
>> >> > driver for this controller. However, neither at ASUS nor at PROMISE
>> >> > a
>> >> > Vista
>> >> > driver is available.
>> >> > Setup does not continue and I am not able to install and use Vista
>> >> > ...
>> >> > ( !!!
>> >> >
>> >> > Does anyone know where to download a working driver or does anyone
>> >> > know
>> >> > a
>> >> > workaround for this issue ?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanx
>> >> >
>> >> > alextp
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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