My Chipset is 845G/GL/GV/GLV  (and some show GLVE, as you did) "FAMILY" - but the driver downloads are specific to ONE of these - not to the "FAMILY".  I don't know how to tell WHICH driver to download.  Also, apparently you have to also download and use a "driver installer" for these, but there are also a bunch of those.  The older one fits my PC, but I don't know if it has to fit the age of my PC or the age of the driver that it is installing.  It just should not be this hard.

Anna


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Venkat Viswanathan 
To: [log in to unmask] 
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 2:58 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] missing in OEM XP


I have been following this thread and assuming you have not yet been able to get the SM bus controller even after ebi anyamah's post " You can download the chipset drivers from the INTEL site. Download the
drivers for Intel chipset 845 family and install.

Goodluck ". i wish to add my bit for whatever it is worth.

(1) your motherboard is known as " trigem imperial" and since you mentioned only
 " imperial" it was a bit confusing since the most comprehensive list of mobo vendors (as far as i know) [www.motherboards.org] did not list any under "imperial" but yes under "trigem imperial".

(2) you mentioned the chipset as "intel 8284G" but (again as far as i know)intel chipsets have only "three" numerals and not "four".of course there are letters of the alphabets preceding or after the three numerals.

(3) so i have to assume ebi anyamah's ref to intel chipset 845 family is correct.

if so i would suggest you visit the following link:-


http://www.driverforum.com/controller4/2868.html.

this i hope will resolve your problem (if not already).the site has some detailed instructions by a microsoft expert on SM bus controllers and pre and post installation instructions and also a lot of follow up posts.

perhaps you would also like to visit www.motherboards.org from where you can also download the manual for your mobo.

incidentally trigem imperial lists their mobos as G/GV/GL/GLVE series so perhaps
your reference to 8284G refers to the mobo and not the chipset.

good luck and have a good day---venkat viswanathan

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