MICHAEL RUBIN wrote:

> Hi,
> This has been bugging me for a long time.  Every time I build a new box
> using either Asus, Abit or FIC motherboards (can't say for others as these
> are the brands I have used), I am always able to resolve all hardware
> conflicts and get the box running smoothly except for one!  Under Device
> Manager/System properties/PCI bus  I get two listings and the second one
> always has a yellow flag.  I assume the PCI duplicity is for the dual
> controllers.  The first PCI bus listed says everything is okay in
> properties and has no flag.  The second PCI bus shows as follows with a
> yellow flag:

You can try removing all the the devices starting on the secondary and then up.
Upon rebooting it may fix itself, or.....

> I seem to remember reading about installing bus master drivers for the
> Secondary Channel to resolve this issue but I want to keep mainstream with
> 95b's own drivers and not mess with proprietary bus mastering.  Maybe the
> mention of Bus Mastering gets the main thrust of the problem off track but
> I thought it might be worth mentioning and help in the resolution.

You can install the drivers that come with the boards, or better yet go to
Intel and get the latest drivers and install those. I just got them a week or
so ago and it improved my sytem quite a bit when benchmarked. There's nothing
to fear.

> I might add that on one system the secondary controller is not being used.
> On most of the other systems I usually hang either an IDE Zip and CD rom as
> the Secondary Master and slave or just a CD rom as the Secondary Master in
> case this has any bearing on the matter.

If any of the mentioned devices are running in DOS mode, or there are DOS
drivers installed for them, the Bus Masters don't take kindly to that. You must
remove the drivers in the autoexec and config files so the Bus Masters can work
properly.

HTH

Jose