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| Thread ID: 27513 | 2002-11-24 08:42:00 | Device Manager won't update | Fiddler (2612) | Press F1 |
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| 100998 | 2002-11-24 08:42:00 | Am trying to install a Crystal CS4236 soundcard on a friends old 486 Compaq Deskpro running running Win95b . System saw the card and I got the usual dialogue box asking for location of drivers . However, windows wouldn’t read from the CD drive and froze . Ok! no problem, I thought . Copied the drivers to a folder on C drive and rebooted - will get device manager to update . Yes, device manager recognizes the path specified does contain the needed drivers but click on finish and nothing happens . :( Tried several times all with the same result, just can’t get device manager to do anything with the drivers . I know the drivers are correct as I've used them with this card on several other Win95 machines . Am stumped ?:| ?:| Any suggestions about what to try next? BTW - Turfing the old dunger isn’t an option! It might be old and slow but does all they need and is better than no computer at all . :D Cheers Fiddler |
Fiddler (2612) | ||
| 100999 | 2002-11-24 11:22:00 | Fiddler, since Windows could not read it from the CD, and alhtough you have copied it to the hdd, there still could be a possibility that the file/driver is corrupt! Have you tried downloadng an updated/new copy of the drivers? driverguide.com is a good place to start Cheers Rossco |
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| 101000 | 2002-11-24 19:28:00 | ALso try removing the sound-card from the device manager. Restart the computer and do the process over again | roofus (483) | ||
| 101001 | 2002-11-25 04:01:00 | Thanks for the responses guys. Yes, it had occurred to me that the driver could be corrupt; the one I copied to the hard-drive was from another source. I also tried removing the card in device manager and rebooted but same problem - Windows would acknowledge there was a valid driver in the directory but just won’t go any further. I also tried physically removing the card and starting the whole procedure from scratch – still same thing. Could it be a problem with the operating system (something corrupted??) If so would a reinstall over the top of the present system fix things ?? Fiddler |
Fiddler (2612) | ||
| 101002 | 2002-11-25 04:10:00 | A reinstall shouldn't make it worse. ;-) How did you copy the files ("copy /b" because they are binary) ? Did they come from a CD and have the read-only attribute set? ... I don't know, but feel that it shouldn't matter :D. | Graham L (2) | ||
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