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After having problem with my 40GB HD , only can use 32GB ..
that's ok ...

But i need win2k plataform family, so ; i installed windows xp-pro.

It doesnt seen to support Intel 82371AB/EC PCI Bus Master IDE Controler !
It uses a generic driver for controler.

It seens to work properly, but to see if the file-system is ok, i run the CHKDSK utility.
It reports problems , sometime not , then..rerun..yes..no...
When reports , I type chkdsk /f to test in next boot. also /v to see the trouble.

When reboot, it doesnt report or fixes nothing.
Say thats everything is ok.

I suspect of bad-working controler, it can't manage correctly the calls and get them wrong , still no crc-error in data.

And ,YES, i tried the www.intel.com to find support to my intel 440BX chipset ... only suport to win95 and 98(built-in support), but xp support doesnt exists.......

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if anyone has a tip for this...

Thanks.

Support for i440BX chipset is included in Windows 98 and up (98SE, ME, 2K, XP). There is no driver because you don't need any.

Yes, XP support intel 440Bx chipset... but


does not have support to Intel 82371AB/EC PCI Bus Master IDE Controler. So , it uses a generic controler.

it report in unsupported hardware at "Intel 82371AB/EC PCI Bus Master IDE Controler" , and i see on win98...doesn happens this.

win98 uses the Intel 82371AB/EC PCI Bus Master IDE Controler properly without installing generic controler.

the intel site doesnt have the driver too.

the problem is the 'generic' driver..... making CHKDSK report false disk-errors...

I am running XP home on a ABIT BH6 BX board and I see that the ISA/PCI bridge is functioning ok via isapnp.sys driver suppplied by MS. I amd running an old 1542B ISA SCSI card and it works fine.

Agreed. Fox BX, use whatever XP gives you.