At 08:44 AM 5/21/99 , victor patman wrote:
>hello all
>         I have a Abit BH6 with a overclocked  Celleron running at 450
>MHz, a WD 8.4 gig HDD, a Viper 550 AGP, Yamaha OPL3 128 sound card,
>Apache 56k V.90 modem, a Mitsumi CDROM , and a 8X20 Plexwriter. I just
>recently low level formatted
>the HDD and reinstalled Windows98. I installed the drivers for the video
>card, cdrom,
>and the sound card. The mobo software ide busmaster wouldn't load
>because it was
>looking for Windows95  and not Windows98. Upon rebooting after Windows98
>instalation and hardware configuration. It starts to look for a PCI
>Serial Controller driver.
>So I try to install a driver and  appearently the driver isn't in
>Windows98 or the mobo
>software disk. I've even tried the sound card disk. Nothing. When I go
>to Device Manager under Other Devices it shows PCI  Serial Controller
>with a yellow triangle and
>a black exclamation mark. When I go to properties it tells me that the
>device is not
>installed or the driver needs to be installed. I tried updating the
>driver and none could be found. I've looked for it but I couldn't find
>it anywhere. I also went to System in Device
>Manager and checked the properties for one of the Motherboard Resorces
>and I got
>the same Message I got under the PCI Serial Controller. Either it isn't
>installed or the
>driver needs to be installed, and I get the same results when I try to
>installed a driver.
>I suspect that the mobo might be bad. Are my suspicions correct?

Sometimes this can be an issue of other devices on the system.  I have
seen this issue arise with Internal IDE zip drives.   You can try removing
all the excess drives from your IDE controller except your Master hard
drive, ('C' drive).  Format the drive and reload Windows98.  If this is the
problem your IDE controller will have the drivers installed.

Another option is to download the most recent IDE drives from ABIT for
your motherboard.  You can find the drivers at:
     http://www.abit-usa.com/html/loadd06.htm

You might also want to investigate to see if you have the latest BIOS
installed on your motherboard.   Bios upgrades are available from ABIT's
web site also.

I hope this helps.

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