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Drew888   02-25-2002 at 01:46:53 AM

The short of it;

Installed new hard drive. Preceded to load all software needed for hardware.

Upon reboot win98SE asks "new hardware found= 'unknown device'. I have no idea what it is trying to detect.

One more 'new hardware found' = PCI System management bus ????

I point it to the win98SE CD (in all directories) and to my Abit Hot Rod 100 controller and still cannot figure it out.

I suspect that is one reason my gameport isn't working because I get a warning in the game controller via control panel that 'gameport drivers are not configured'.
That led me toward reinstalling the soundcard software. After a clean reinstall I get another warning 'Vortex adapter not in primary bus. MPU 401, and joystick may not work on secondary bus'.

So if I can figure out what hardware the OS is finding at startup and then find the files it needs then my gameport my start working (Aureal properly detecting itself on the primary bus-it is in 1st PCI slot now).

Thanks people, don't want to ditch my gamepad for a newer USB one just yet.


DREW

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Toejam31   02-27-2002 at 06:34:46 PM
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Does the system have integrated audio? If so, disable it in the BIOS.

I found this page describing a similar error:

<A HREF="http://www.compaq.com/support/techpubs/customer_advisories/DC010628_CW01_1.html" target="_new">Vortex Adapter Not Plugged In Error When Installing Vortex Sound Card</A>.

I would also suggest that you disable any unneeded devices in the BIOS, such as serial ports (in case of a conflict) and anything pertaining to USB if you don't have any USB devices. And if you see a listing for 16-bit SoundBlaster Emulation in the Device Manager, either attempt to enable IRQ sharing with the Printer Port, or disable it.

Next ... extract the driver set in a new folder, and see if you can add any missing drivers by updating and browsing to the folder. Right-click and drag the installation file to the new folder. Choose to extract from the right-click menu.

The first PCI slot is not usually the best place for a sound card, as this tends to share with the AGP port. Try the third PCI slot, and see how that works out.

Question: Did you update the chipset drivers after installing the operating system?

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