Are you just doing a fresh install of Win98, now, or is this a system that
you've been running for a while with Win98 and this problem with Device
Manager and the IDE controller is just now cropping up?

In either case, you are missing all or part of the Intel chipset drivers.
You can download these from Intel's website,
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/support_intel.asp.  Click on
"Chipsets" in the menu and then select whether you are looking for notebook
or desktop drivers, then select the appropriate chipset, and finally input
what operating sytem you are needing the drives for.  (I think this will be
for either the 440LX or 440BX chipset.)

If you are doing a fresh install of Win98, I thought that it contained a new
enough version of the intel chipset drivers that it should have recognized
the controller and installed the drivers.  If this is an existing install of
Win98 that has developed this problem over the course of time, it points to
data corruption on the hard drive.  You might want to back up important data
on this drive and then run a thorough disk scan to see if you have bad
sectors developing on this drive.

John

----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Hampton" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 6:29 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Intel 82371AB/EB PCI Bus MAster IDE Controller problems


> I have a Dell Latitude CPt that I installed Win98 SE. I have control of
the CD
> and Floppy;  However I get the following error in the devise manager.
> "Intel 82371AB/EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller not present,not working
properly, or does not have all the drivers installed"
> I have yellow xplanation marks on both Primary and Secondary chanels.  I
have tried Regedit "NOIDE" is not present in Reg. Please advise.

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