At 01:50 PM 08/25/2000 , you wrote:
>I have a machine with a ASUS P55SP4 board and 166. The windows 95
>configuration reports a conflict on the primary and secondary
>controllers. I have attempted to remove these via control panel, hoping
>that the re-boot will straighten out the conflict but in vain.
>It does however recognize and accept the hdd, but  not the cdrom drive
>(primary slave).
>
>Could someon suggest what I can do?
>The default bios shows the primary / secondary on irqs 14/15, which is
>what get assigned.
>
>I see no other cards that could cause conflict. Other than the video,
>only the sound card on 7, remains.

The problem is not a conflict, it is that Windows95 does not contain
drivers for your IDE controller, (although they are included with
Windows98).  You can download the driver file on the ASUS web
site at:  http://www.asus.com/Products/Motherboard/driver_ide.html
It is the last drive file listed on the page.  SIDE121.ZIP   (640k)

Just download this file and then either unzip it to the computer's hard
drive or to a floppy disk.   Then, just run the setup program and it will
install your required motherboard drivers.  The PC will then reboot and
your driver issue should be solved.

    Bob Wright
The NOSPIN Group

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