Windows 2000 server

[24giovanni]

Hi Guys, need some help please I have about8 exclaimation points under other devices in computer management while tring to instal win 2000 server. They are ethernet controller,3 pci device, pci serial port, usb controller, unknown device, video controller(vga compapible). i am trying to install this on a intel pentium 4 cpu at compatible. Any help is appreciated.

[Statica]

Have you supplied all the drivers that are needed by your hardware. The most common place to get these drivers is from the motherboard CD or to download all drivers for your motherboard from the mfger website.

[24giovanni]

I know I need the drivers but I am unaware what ones i need to get. Is there a way to check with out opening machine? if so how please?

[Statica]

It's going to be very hard to guess the type of hardware drivers that are missing from within the software environment .. PnP like a chicken-or-egg paradox .. you cant identify a hardware resource without a driver, you cant supply a driver without identifying the hardware. Your best bet would be to check the hardware information physically. However, if that is difficult you could try running msinfo32.exe and see if there's something that might clue you in on the hardware.

[24giovanni]

my board I get intel corp d945gtp aac97837-301... should I get drivers from intel? I can't access the internet on this computer as it is part of network not set up yet. Does it nned to be set up 1st in order to access internet to d/l these features?

[24giovanni]

I am at there web site now on another computer and click on search for mobo name but it gives me recovery bios..I don't think that is what i want...how do I get what I need please. tks for helping as usual. How do I install the Intel Chipset Software utility?

should I go here http://mysearch.intel.com/corporate/...ulture%3Den-US

and d/l this Intel® 945P Express Chipset ???

[24giovanni]

sorry mobo is D945GTP i thought I added that.

[Statica]

All the driver downloads for your board: http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scri...bmit=Go%21#DRV

[24giovanni]

I need to d/l them on another computer cause I don't have access to internet on prob computer so I need to d/l the drivers to a floppy...now what please?

[glc]

The motherboard came with an "Intel Express Installer" CD. Put it in the drive, it will autorun and scan your system and come up with a list of needed drivers all prechecked. Install them.

[24giovanni]

GLC, I tried that but they all failed. Any idea why. I was given that cd with xp. I assume that is why, correct?

[glc]

Then you need all the drivers on the page (3-6, and 9 if you are using RAID) that Statica provided the link to. Download them and burn them to a CD or put them on a USB flash drive (USB 1.1 should work without any additional drivers). I would recommend installing Win2K Service Pack 4 first (link below). Then install #6 followed by the others in no particular order.

http://download.microsoft.com/downlo.../W2KSP4_EN.EXE

You may need additional drivers for any cards you have installed - it looks to me like you may have a dialup modem or something in there.

[24giovanni]

only prob is the only burner I have is on problemed pc and I don't have a USB flash drive. Any other ideas?

[Statica]

You need to have some way to provide the drivers to the computer; this HAS to be done either thru a network or with physical media .. so you need to find the best way.
If all you can deal with is through a floppy disk then download the requisite files mentioned above to another PC and use a file splitter like HJSplit or WinRARto split the files into a set of digests of the size of a floppy disk (<1.44mb) and copy the files over one at a time.

[24giovanni]

I assume I should d/l this one first
LAN: Intel® PRO Network Connections [LAN_11.1_ALLOS_PV.EXE] (37200KB)

will that be the one I need to set up network for connectivity?

[Statica]

Yes

[glc]

That's going to be a TON of floppy disks. Just the network driver is 37mb. I'd pull the burner temporarily and install it in another PC, if you put it in a XP computer you won't have to install burning software, the builtin Windows drag and drop should work.

If you are working on PC's these days, you NEED a USB key, go out and buy one, they are quite inexpensive.

[24giovanni]

Glc, Have the 4 files on cd that statica provided can you guys help me now when you get a chance?

[glc]

1. Install Win2K SP4.
2. Install the driver #6.
3. Install the other 3 in no particular order.

They are ALL installed by simply double clicking on each one and following the prompts.

[24giovanni]

Do I need sp4 1st cause I don't have sp4 installed on a disk?

[24giovanni]

ok do I have to un-install all devices withwith yellow exclamation poin 1st and then reboot with the cd with installed files first?

[glc]

Do exactly and ONLY what I said and you will be fine, you are reading too much into this procedure. I gave you the link for SP4. Everything can be installed in Windows directly from the CD you made.

There is a GOOD chance the Intel CD will work if you install SP4. You MUST install SP4 in order to get USB 2.0 support anyway.

[24giovanni]

ok now I am down to having 2 ! points on pci devices and 1 on pci serial port. How do I fix this please?

tia

[glc]

Now you need the drivers for all PCI cards in the computer. Can't tell you where to get those without knowing what they are. The PCI serial port is probably a dialup modem, as already said.

[24giovanni]

Sorry GLC, I seemed to have forgotten an open thread on the subject. I've had a hecktect (sp) couple of weeks. So what do you think I need to do? How would I find out what type of drivers they are?

[24giovanni]

bump

[glc]

Open up the computer and tell us how many CARDS are in the PCI/PCI-E slots and what they are.

Did you install ALL the drivers I pointed you to?

[24giovanni]

All set now. I was told the 2 drivers that can't be installed are matrix are for raid and I don't have raid installed on computer.