At 05:16 PM 5/3/99 , Joan Rapier wrote:
>I'm working on a 486 - all ISA system that is using an I/O controller w/
>its own BIOS.  Win95 does not recognize this device.  It works
>intermittently w/ the CDROM drive (IDE) yet appears to work fine w/ the
>HD (so far).  Device manager shows the yellow encircled exclamation mark
>next to the IDE/ESDI controller.  Have I any chance of finding a driver
>for this device (no markings on the board)?  Is there such an animal as
>a universal driver (like we have for ATAPI devices)?  Must I use an I/O
>board w/ on-board BIOS (were the I/O boards w/o on-board BIOS only
>available for VLB)?  Finally, even if I can find another ISA I/O board,
>do you there'd be Win95 drivers available?

I would begin by determining the brand and model of your I/O controller
card.  You can do this by finding the FCC ID number on the card and
then using the search engine on The NOSPIN Group web site.  The
search engine is at:  http://nospin.com/pc/pcb05.html

This should get you started to finding the web site for the manufacturer
and then drivers, if they are available, (I did this recently and it worked
out well...  finding the driver for an old I/O controller card).

                Bob Wright
       The NOSPIN Group, Inc
http://nospin.com - http://nospin.org

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