I looked at the SD Card's INF file (similar to your smart card). The INF file contains a "class coinstaller". This is again something that Windows 98 does not recognize. Windows 98 simply skips over it. Therefore I believe the SD Card, and quite probably your smart card cannot be made to work: the basic hardware is seen, but the card in it isn't, and the "removeable mass memory - floppy" on the card even less..
I believe because of the coinstaller part in the driver, the BG2200 resp. 2915 will not work. Unless there is a miracle.The only sensible option yet to try is the intel 5000 driver.
My PCMCIA wireless card (11MBit/s, 23USD) behaves well in between, and I do have a useful Windows98 that makes sense (respectively two: a swiss-german and a foreign-language).
Although I haven't had complete success with splicing an Intel 2915 wireless driver for Win98SE... I just thought I'd let you guys know where I am with this.
After many failures, this last one was the closest I got. These are the INF files I used ("click here") from this IBM Wireless 2100 driver ("click here"). I'll post some graphics from Device Manager and Network Properties.
I think that this MS article ("click here") might be related to the "Code 2" error message in Device Manager.
With my granddaughter and son on holiday break, we were going out a lot of the time... so I haven't been spending enough time on it. I'm not sure if I can figure it out before my son goes back on Tuesday.
I tried installing the Intel 2915 driver using the files you modified, however I ran into some problems. When asked to insert the Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2915 Install Disk, I selected the directory where the inwi1r98.exe file (downloaded from the Intel site) however, I was unable to find the files w29n51.sys and w29NCPA.dll that were asked for during the install. Are these the right files? Thanks for your work on this.
The W29n51.sys and the W29NCPA.dll are from the "WinXP Dell 2915 driver package" (30 MB) that I downloaded from the Dell I6000 download site.
Since my son went back this morning, I'm not able to verify which build I used (I made many different ones)... but I zipped/uploaded the two (copies that are also stored on my Desktop computer's HDD) that "I think" the last one might be the based on.
This was the same build that I posted on page 4 of this thread (when you're not Logged-in) a while back ( "click here" - 17.3 MB).
And this is one of my later builds ( "click here" - 28.1 MB).
Both contain the missing WinXP Dell 2915 files.
Whenever changing to a new driver... make sure there's no other modified INF for the Device ID in "C:\Windows\INF", "C:\Windows\INF\Other" or any of the INF sub folders. Otherwise, if there is, Win98SE might say that the newer update is not for that device.
I believe 2915 is without merits - it was obviously not written for Windows98. And the 2915 driver is the very same as 2200, and the current 2100 driver. The 2915 WLAN adapter is even higher than the 2200, it is not imaginable that it works on a lower OS (ABG instead of BG).
I found an Intel ProSet V8.0, that was not yet tried, and it contains 98SE folders for a 7100. It is not available at Intel. I give the links, but did not yet try myself. It contains - after some navigating-around -folders containing the files (w70n9x.inf, w70n9x.inf etc.), as well as installers, for example a Proset.exe installer folder earmarked for W98. I pulled these two folders with "Offline Explorer".
PS a english language grammar question, not related to the thread: What are the proper names for "past continuous", "past simple", "future continous", "future simple" etc. (i.e. past, present, future, continous and simple, the grammar times designations of the english language). Thanks.
Message Edited by PeterSwiss on 01-05-2006 06:09 AM
I apologize for not responding right away, I was busy, at the time, with other things and when I did have the time... I didn't think to respond. In other words, I forgot about this (CRS)!
The INF (w70n9x.inf) I edited (and the whole driver package, I believe - "click here"), was originally for a 7100. IBM modified it for their 2100 wireless adapter. After looking at the drivers from the links you've posted, the IBM modified 2100 (originally 7100) driver seems to have the latest date (March 2003) of the 7100 driver versions.
I did try to use the original files, at first... before trying with the 2915 files and 2200 files.
As far as the grammar questions go... here is a grammar forum that may be of help ("click here" and Grammar Glossary "click here").
Regarding Windows 98 SE on Inspiron, I have a 600m series laptop. Although, there is already another thread for 600m on installing Windows 98, it is quite old, and does NOT cover much at all. In fact, most of the info i've culled, comes from this thread. Anyways, the problem i have when using 98 SE with my 600m is that MOST of my devices (wireless, video card, NIC, sound, PCMCIA, modem, & USB 1.0 controller) are ALL assigned to IRQ 11, in fact the only devices NOT on IRQ 11, are the Primary IDE controller+ ULtra ATA controller which is on IRQ 14, and the Secondary IDE controller+Ultra ATA controller which is on IRQ 15. Moreover, the worse thing of all, is that Device Manager will NOT let me change the IRQ of ANY device. Why not? Now, according to System Information, IRQ 3, 5, 6, 9, & 10 are FREE, so why does 98 SE insist on putting all the major devices on IRQ 11? That's what i've been trying to figure out for too long now..... Here is what i've tried to do: I enabled ACPI via the registry, but i had to detect new hardware for ACPI to install. Afterwards, it made NO difference. Actually, since w/ACPI IRQ 9 was used, it ended up making things worse. Next, i went ahead and disabled IRQ Steering,again,this did NOTHING. I checked 'Use BIOS' under 'Device Enumeration' under 'Settings' tab for PCI bus in System Devices, sadly, this made NO difference either. The Inspiron 600m's BIOS has very few options for me to set, so i don't what i could do there to fix this problem. Until i know what exactly is causing this issue; i'm stumped and at a lost as to what i can try next. If anyone can help, i'd be very grateful.
Aloha Seskanda, As mentioned in this post ("click here") and this thread, it might be better to install Win98SE "without" ACPI... since it doesn't seem to work well with the later chipsets.
Since I'm not exactly sure of what's been done... I'm going to take a guess!
(I'm assuming you already installed the Intel Win98SE Chipset drivers) Did you check to see if your CD-ROM drive is recognized in Device Manager? If not, see Peter's last post on page 2 (log-out first)... or "click here".
When i install 98 SE withOUT ACPI...it doesn't really help. I can't find 'Advanced Power Management (APM)' in Device Manager under 'System Devices' Of course, i installed my chipset drivers that's how i got the Primary & Secondary IDE Controller along with the Ultra ATA controllers detected. Naturally, my DVD-ROM drive is identified properly in Device Manager, as well. I think the problem lies within the BIOS, since it has very little options to choose from, at least an option to turn on/off ACPI or APM (if the 600m even supports APM...) would be helpful.
Aloha Seskanda, I remember sensing some deja-vu, while responding to you in this thread... I just realized, I responded to "your thread at DriverHeaven" on this topic... with just about the same answer! (LOL - I thought this felt familiar)
Even though your CD-ROM drive was recognized... did you check on those items in "Device Manager"? You might want to disable or uninstall the NIC, audio, and modem devices, before... Intel 82801DBM Ultra ATA Storage Controller - 24CA: change from default to both channels enabled. Resources tab: change the very last range setting (after IRQ 15) to 00E0-00EF - scroll up a few ranges until you find a range that has no conflicts. Reboot!
Do the same range-changing for the 82801FBM SMBus Controller-266A. On the I-6000 the "conflict-free range" was 0100-011F I'm not sure if it's the same on the I-600m...
You're right, it seems we've met before. AS you can tell, i've tried several different tings since then, but to NO avail. Now, setting BOTH IDE channels for Intel 82801DBM Ultra ATA Storage Controller - 24CA did NOTHING to help me change the sound card's IRQ. I can't use 00E0-00EF or 0100-011F either. Windows tells me it's "Unknown" whether another device is using that range. I do NOT have 82801FBM SMBus Controller-266A listed anywhere, should it be under 'System Devices?' So, you suggest i disable the NIC, modem, & audio BEFORE i even install Win98SE? And use the /p i command to disable ACPI during setup, then? Good pointer, expect for one big problem; the 600m's BIOS will NOT let me disable the audio/sound....what can i do now?
@seskanda wrote:
I do NOT have 82801FBM SMBus Controller-266A listed anywhere, should it be under 'System Devices?
(SMBus = Systems Management Bus) It's been included in the Intel Chipset since the "Intel 810 Chipset" and is included in your "Intel 855PM Chipset". I don't remember it's location in Device Manager... since I did this awhile back. I have no way of checking, because I don't have access to the Win98SE install I did on both son's I-6000 & I-9300, anymore. But, I believe it should be in the "System devices" section.
Internally, I believe the I-600m and the Latitude D600 are basically the same.... also using the same 855PM Chipset. You could try posting in the Win98SE/D600 thread ("click here") for more specific info...
@seskanda wrote:
So, you suggest i disable the NIC, modem, & audio BEFORE i even install Win98SE?
My intentions, with that suggestion, was to disable those devices in "Device Manager" in an attempt to release the resources that had been already allocated/bound to those devices... before doing the changes to the "Intel 82801DBM Ultra ATA Storage Controller". It might not be enough to just disable those devices... they might need to be removed (uninstalled) from "Device Manager" to release those resources, before doing the changes and rebooting.
@seskanda wrote:
And use the /p i command to disable ACPI during setup, then?
either that or you can use the way I installed Win98SE. Since there was 1GB of RAM in the I-6000 and Win98SE has a limit... I did the install with only 1 RAM Module (512MB). Because I wasn't utilizing a dual boot system, I first wiped the whole HDD with the "Dell Clean1k Utility" ("click here"). Then I used an older version of the "Ultimate Boot disk" for Win98SE (floppy) to Partition & Format the HDD, copy Win98SE cab-files to the HDD and start the Windows install (UBD default = APM install). Then, I installed the Intel Chipset Driver, before anything else. Then I did the resource changes to the Ultra ATA Storage Controller & SMBus Controller in Device Manager. Then the video drivers, NIC drivers, USB, etc.
The ATA Controller is (not in some System section, but) in the IDE - ATA controller section. That section lists the IDE Bus controllers - typically there is just one with two channels (and on each one physically connected a master device, the master devices are one hard disk and one CD/DVD device, each on its channel). Slaves are unoccupied in this configuration.
The chipset configuration and the IRQ configuration should typically not be an issue for built-in devices. It was it never for me.
Let's backtrack for a second, whenever i install 98SE on this 600m laptop, 90% of my devices ALL appear as question marks '?' under the heading 'Other Devices' in Device Manager. This is normal, right? So...your suggesting that i should disable those 'question mark' devices upon installation of 98SE? I really hope this will let me change the sound card's IRQ. Because ONLY the sound card is giving me trouble; i need it to be on IRQ 5, 9, or 10 NOT 11. For the rest, NIC, modem, wireless should be fine on IRQ 11, i think. What about disabling the devices in the BIOS, re-installing 98SE, and then enabling them again AFTER 98SE is setup, wouldn't this be better? Unfortunately, as i mentioned earlier, the 600m's BIOS will NOT let me disable the audio/sound...is there anything i can do about this? I only have the nerve to re-install 98SE TWO more times, right now. What is the benefit of installing 98SE from the HDD as opposed to from CD? Also, what do you mean by '(UBD default = APM install)?'
The yellow question marks in the Other Devices section simply means that there are (PCI-) devices for which there is not yet a driver. Nothing to conclude from it. It is not informative. These devices are inoperative anyway, no need to disable them. Windows98 doesn't even tell what device is meant , it does not yet know whether it is sound, modem, USB and the like.
It is not only the yellow question mark devices. It is also devices that have drivers but the wrong ones, e.g. generic 640x480 graphics driver instead of Radeon X300 driver. Or the mentioned real-mode CDROM driver in case this applies to your state of 600m.
When you look at this thread, in the earlier posts, you'll notice that we walked thru all devices that we knew should be present. We found the relevant drivers one by one in the net and adapted them to the VEN_PCI codes of our Inspiron 6000s. And the yellow question marks went away. That is the way to proceed. That's the story told by our posts.
I still have some yellow question marks for internal USB devices, for the SD Card slot, for the wireless network card, for bluetooth. I don't recall right now whether we used ACPI or not I believe non-ACPI was better.
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Akule50
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Although I haven't had complete success with splicing an Intel 2915 wireless driver for Win98SE... I just thought I'd let you guys know where I am with this.
After many failures, this last one was the closest I got. These are the INF files I used ("click here") from this IBM Wireless 2100 driver ("click here"). I'll post some graphics from Device Manager and Network Properties.
Device Manager ("click here")
2915 Properties ("click here")
2915 Driver Details - part 1 ("click here")
2915 Driver Details - part 2 ("click here")
2915 Update Driver List ("click here")
Network Properties ("click here")
2915 TCP/IP ("click here")
2915 Network Connection Properties ("click here")
I think that this MS article ("click here") might be related to the "Code 2" error message in Device Manager.
With my granddaughter and son on holiday break, we were going out a lot of the time... so I haven't been spending enough time on it. I'm not sure if I can figure it out before my son goes back on Tuesday.
Have a "Happy New Year" & Aloha,
Rod
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Akule50
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Aloha Bobby,
The W29n51.sys and the W29NCPA.dll are from the "WinXP Dell 2915 driver package" (30 MB) that I downloaded from the Dell I6000 download site.
Since my son went back this morning, I'm not able to verify which build I used (I made many different ones)... but I zipped/uploaded the two (copies that are also stored on my Desktop computer's HDD) that "I think" the last one might be the based on.
This was the same build that I posted on page 4 of this thread (when you're not Logged-in) a while back ( "click here" - 17.3 MB).
And this is one of my later builds ( "click here" - 28.1 MB).
Both contain the missing WinXP Dell 2915 files.
Whenever changing to a new driver... make sure there's no other modified INF for the Device ID in "C:\Windows\INF", "C:\Windows\INF\Other" or any of the INF sub folders. Otherwise, if there is, Win98SE might say that the newer update is not for that device.
Aloha,
Rod
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Hello Rod
I believe 2915 is without merits - it was obviously not written for Windows98. And the 2915 driver is the very same as 2200, and the current 2100 driver. The 2915 WLAN adapter is even higher than the 2200, it is not imaginable that it works on a lower OS (ABG instead of BG).
I found an Intel ProSet V8.0, that was not yet tried, and it contains 98SE folders for a 7100. It is not available at Intel. I give the links, but did not yet try myself. It contains - after some navigating-around -folders containing the files (w70n9x.inf, w70n9x.inf etc.), as well as installers, for example a Proset.exe installer folder earmarked for W98. I pulled these two folders with "Offline Explorer".
http://www.filesearching.com/cgi-bin/s?t=n&q=ftp.mathematik.uni-marburg.de/pub/mirror/supermicro/driver/LAN/Intel/PRO_v8.0/APPS/PROSet
ftp://ftp.mathematik.uni-marburg.de/pub/mirror/supermicro/driver/LAN/Intel/PRO_v8.0/APPS/PROSet/
http://debian.unnet.nl/pub/supermicro/driver/LAN/Intel/PRO_v8.0/PROW7100/WINSE-ME
Peter.
PS a english language grammar question, not related to the thread: What are the proper names for "past continuous", "past simple", "future continous", "future simple" etc. (i.e. past, present, future, continous and simple, the grammar times designations of the english language). Thanks.
Message Edited by PeterSwiss on 01-05-2006 06:09 AM
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January 29th, 2006 22:00
I apologize for not responding right away, I was busy, at the time, with other things and when I did have the time... I didn't think to respond. In other words, I forgot about this (CRS)!
The INF (w70n9x.inf) I edited (and the whole driver package, I believe - "click here"), was originally for a 7100. IBM modified it for their 2100 wireless adapter. After looking at the drivers from the links you've posted, the IBM modified 2100 (originally 7100) driver seems to have the latest date (March 2003) of the 7100 driver versions.
I did try to use the original files, at first... before trying with the 2915 files and 2200 files.
As far as the grammar questions go... here is a grammar forum that may be of help ("click here" and Grammar Glossary "click here").
Aloha,
Rod
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Message Edited by seskanda on 02-27-2007 03:35 PM
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As mentioned in this post ("click here") and this thread, it might be better to install Win98SE "without" ACPI... since it doesn't seem to work well with the later chipsets.
Since I'm not exactly sure of what's been done... I'm going to take a guess!
(I'm assuming you already installed the Intel Win98SE Chipset drivers)
Did you check to see if your CD-ROM drive is recognized in Device Manager? If not, see Peter's last post on page 2 (log-out first)... or "click here".
Aloha,
Rod
seskanda
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Akule50
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I remember sensing some deja-vu, while responding to you in this thread...
I just realized, I responded to "your thread at DriverHeaven" on this topic... with just about the same answer! (LOL - I thought this felt familiar)
Even though your CD-ROM drive was recognized... did you check on those items in "Device Manager"?
You might want to disable or uninstall the NIC, audio, and modem devices, before...
Intel 82801DBM Ultra ATA Storage Controller - 24CA: change from default to both channels enabled.
Resources tab:
change the very last range setting (after IRQ 15) to 00E0-00EF - scroll up a few ranges until you find a range that has no conflicts.
Reboot!
Do the same range-changing for the 82801FBM SMBus Controller-266A.
On the I-6000 the "conflict-free range" was 0100-011F
I'm not sure if it's the same on the I-600m...
Aloha,
Rod
Message Edited by Akule50 on 03-01-2007 10:14 AM
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Internally, I believe the I-600m and the Latitude D600 are basically the same.... also using the same 855PM Chipset. You could try posting in the Win98SE/D600 thread ("click here") for more specific info...
My intentions, with that suggestion, was to disable those devices in "Device Manager" in an attempt to release the resources that had been already allocated/bound to those devices... before doing the changes to the "Intel 82801DBM Ultra ATA Storage Controller".
It might not be enough to just disable those devices... they might need to be removed (uninstalled) from "Device Manager" to release those resources, before doing the changes and rebooting.
either that or you can use the way I installed Win98SE.
Since there was 1GB of RAM in the I-6000 and Win98SE has a limit... I did the install with only 1 RAM Module (512MB).
Because I wasn't utilizing a dual boot system, I first wiped the whole HDD with the "Dell Clean1k Utility" ("click here").
Then I used an older version of the "Ultimate Boot disk" for Win98SE (floppy) to Partition & Format the HDD, copy Win98SE cab-files to the HDD and start the Windows install (UBD default = APM install).
Then, I installed the Intel Chipset Driver, before anything else.
Then I did the resource changes to the Ultra ATA Storage Controller & SMBus Controller in Device Manager.
Then the video drivers, NIC drivers, USB, etc.
Aloha,
Rod
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