ok dont laugh im doing this on an old ibm dx2-66 computer running win98 it has the via sata vt6421a pci card installed and i get the old no drive detected or it hangs on the ao port
heres the msinfo printout on the win98 sigh, oi i said dont laugh
VIA VT6421 RAID Controller
SCSIAdapter
Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\enum\PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3249&SUBSYS_32491106&REV_50\BUS_00&DEV_0B&FUNC_00
Alloc resources: Logical Configuration 0
IRQ: 10 Mask: xFFFF
IO Range: Base=xA000 End=xA00F Min=x0000 Max=xFFFF Alias=xFF, Decode=x00
Base=xA400 End=xA40F Min=x0000 Max=xFFFF Alias=xFF, Decode=x00
Base=xA800 End=xA80F Min=x0000 Max=xFFFF Alias=xFF, Decode=x00
Base=xAC00 End=xAC0F Min=x0000 Max=xFFFF Alias=xFF, Decode=x00
Base=xB000 End=xB01F Min=x0000 Max=xFFFF Alias=xFF, Decode=x00
Base=xB400 End=xB4FF Min=x0000 Max=xFFFF Alias=xFF, Decode=x00
Forced resources: None
Boot resources: Logical Configuration 0
IO Range: Base=xA000 End=xA00F Min=x0000 Max=xFFFF Alias=xFF, Decode=x00
Base=xA400 End=xA40F Min=x0000 Max=xFFFF Alias=xFF, Decode=x00
Base=xA800 End=xA80F Min=x0000 Max=xFFFF Alias=xFF, Decode=x00
Base=xAC00 End=xAC0F Min=x0000 Max=xFFFF Alias=xFF, Decode=x00
Base=xB000 End=xB01F Min=x0000 Max=xFFFF Alias=xFF, Decode=x00
Base=xB400 End=xB4FF Min=x0000 Max=xFFFF Alias=xFF, Decode=x00
Filtered resources: Logical Configuration 0
IRQ: 10 Mask: xFFFF
IO Range: Base=xA000 End=xA00F Min=x0000 Max=xFFFF Alias=xFF, Decode=x00
Base=xA400 End=xA40F Min=x0000 Max=xFFFF Alias=xFF, Decode=x00
Base=xA800 End=xA80F Min=x0000 Max=xFFFF Alias=xFF, Decode=x00
Base=xAC00 End=xAC0F Min=x0000 Max=xFFFF Alias=xFF, Decode=x00
Base=xB000 End=xB01F Min=x0000 Max=xFFFF Alias=xFF, Decode=x00
Base=xB400 End=xB4FF Min=x0000 Max=xFFFF Alias=xFF, Decode=x00
Basic resources: Logical Configuration 0
IRQ: 0 Mask: xFFFF
IO Range: Base=xA000 End=xA00F Min=x0000 Max=xFFFF Alias=xFF, Decode=x00
Base=xA400 End=xA40F Min=x0000 Max=xFFFF Alias=xFF, Decode=x00
Base=xA800 End=xA80F Min=x0000 Max=xFFFF Alias=xFF, Decode=x00
Base=xAC00 End=xAC0F Min=x0000 Max=xFFFF Alias=xFF, Decode=x00
Base=xB000 End=xB01F Min=x0000 Max=xFFFF Alias=xFF, Decode=x00
Base=xB400 End=xB4FF Min=x0000 Max=xFFFF Alias=xFF, Decode=x00
HW Revision: 080
Driver: SCSIAdapter\0001
Driver Date: 10-20-2005
Driver: viamvsd.vxd
File Size: 12822 (0x3216)
File Date: 10/20/2005 3:43 AM
Company Name: VIA Technologies, Inc.
File Version: 2.0.950.110
Driver: viamraid.mpd
File Size: 68952 (0x10D58)
File Date: 10/20/2005 3:43 AM
Company Name: VIA Technologies inc,.ltd
File Version: 2.0.950.410
so the first part should read 06114932 and its at this point im stuck i dont know what io ports to calculate the seven difference from help me plz im soo pissed off with this ms28 drive and my main comp is a laptop
oi did i hear someone laugh.... (IMG:
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