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I Need Help Installing A Pci Card

#1 PoweredByGoogle

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Posted 23 February 2008 - 08:21 PM

Hello, I bought this item:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...y0%3D%26fvi%3D1

I put it into my pci card slot on the mother board then i started up the computer.

it says new hardware found

PCI Device

then the New hardware wizard pops up and says

Can windows connect to windows update to search for software?

I said yes

Then it asks if my hardware came with a cd it only came with a windows 98 driver disk, so I poped it in just incase and choose the install software automatically [recommended]

then windows updates searched for a driver and said the hardware was not install because the wizard cannot find the necessary software. Thats were im at.

Can you help?

#2 garmanma

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Posted 23 February 2008 - 08:38 PM

Didn't it come with the installation CD?
http://www.sabrent.com/products/specs/

This post has been edited by garmanma: 23 February 2008 - 08:40 PM

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#3 DaChew

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Posted 23 February 2008 - 09:19 PM

I like that generic option

http://www.siliconimage.com/products/product.aspx?id=31

flash to non raid base bios and run atapi drives

Chewy

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#4 PoweredByGoogle

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Posted 23 February 2008 - 11:32 PM

I cant find the right one.
every time i try one it says
the hadware was not installed because the wizard could not find the necessary drivers

I have no clue what "flash to non raid base bios and run atapi drives" means

I have windows XP Pro sp2

can someone please help me find the direct link to the file i need to download and how to install it.
and any thing else i need to do?

thanks

#5 DaChew

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Posted 24 February 2008 - 12:16 AM

http://www.siliconimage.com/support/suppor...amp;osid=0&

it's very complicated, you need to have the right bios on the card and a matching driver depending upon how you will use the card

what bios shows for the card when the computer boots?

Chewy

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