Posts by mellowsailor11

Just hook it up, get it online, and tell Windows to go ahead and hunt down the right software for it itself

I’m dealing with the exact same issue—it hits me whenever I’m absolutely exhausted or just completely stressed out. Honestly, sometimes I can practically feel it coming on. I tried doing some eye exercises, which helped a tiny bit, I guess, but let's be real—for me and anyone else struggling with optic nerve problems, the only actual solution is probably just going in for surgery and getting it over with.

I'm not 😁

IT WORKS!

urbanotter4 said:Look, whether you call it Setup or Install, it’s all the same thing at the end of the day. You should have just kicked off the installation and let it load the drivers. Honestly, even if you already unpacked everything, just jump into the Device Manager and look for that little question mark under Other Devices—it'll probably be labeled as an audio Controller. Just right-click that, hit Properties, and then choose Install, Reinstall, or Update driver—whatever the menu throws at you. From there, pick "Install from a specific location" and point it directly to the folder where you unzipped those drivers. Windows will sniff them out and boom, you're done.

But I still think a proper Install should have handled all of this automatically without all the headache.

where the hell is the Device Manager?

urbanotter4 said:Just grab the driver for Windows XP, unzip the folder, and run Setup.exe—that’s usually what they call it. The installer should handle the whole thing automatically. Installing the audio shouldn't cause any extra headaches, either. You can just do the exact same thing for all those other components built right into the motherboard.

There is no setup file, and when I try to run any of the installers, absolutely nothing happens!

urbanotter4 said:It’s the exact same link I sent you for the SATA stuff—just head over to the audio section.

And how the hell am I supposed to install it?

Alright, I got that sorted—now where the hell am I supposed to hunt down the audio driver?

So, how exactly am I supposed to change my hard drive letters?

Alright, so I just finished setting up this new Windows installation and now my keyboard layout is driving me absolutely insane—everything is all messed up! Does anyone actually know how to switch this thing over to an American keyboard layout?

I'll let you guys know later tonight if I actually managed to pull this off—I've gotta head to class now regardless. THANKS to both of you!

ok

There's a massive pile of Windows XP drivers here—when I jump into the driver disk, I see both the SIS180 and the 180OB folders. Which one am I actually supposed to use?

Look, I’ve got the drivers right here on this floppy diskette ----

I’ve tried both of them—literally both—and all I get is an error message. What am I even supposed to do with this?

Which driver should I actually install for Windows XP SiS964?
Or is it the SIS180
?

The floppy drive finally gave up the ghost—now I’m just sitting here waiting on Windows

Does anyone actually know what the power cable for a floppy drive looks like?

---so if this is actually the back side of the floppy disk...

I'm looking at this side and I only see one single cable—and it’s the widest one, labeled "1." Is that actually how it's supposed to look?
1. Does that sound right to you guys? 2. And seriously, if anyone actually knows where to find the driver, please just tell me already!
3. Also—and this might sound stupid—but does a floppy drive even need its own power supply?
4. Just so we're clear, I've already made sure the SATA on the chipset is enabled.

I can't find my hard drive whenever I try to install Vista on a blank disk—and don't even get me started, because I definitely have the floppy drive enabled in the BIOS!