Help I have entered 4in1 Hell!

[HiHoStevo]

I have a homebuilt running an AMD 1700+ on a Shuttle AK31A motherboard.

I decided my 4in1 drivers (which were part of the original installation over two years ago) must be getting a bit "long in the tooths" So I went to the Shuttle web site and downloaded the newest drivers for my MB. I ran the executable file from windows and it went through a normal install wizard routine... then said to restart the computer to complete the installation.

When I restart the computer the "found new hardware" wizard pops up and want to install the drivers. However, when I point the wizard to the folder of drivers I downloaded from Shuttle.... it says there is no compatible driver there to install (there are folders for 95/98/millenium/Win2K, but no XP). I check with VIA and they have nothing either. So every time my computer starts it is looking to finish this wizard and install the drivers...

How do I...

1. Actually get the current 4in1 driver that is compatible with XP for my mainboard... (I have emailed Shuttle and they just point me back to their web site) where I have the only drivers they have posted for the AK31a?

2. Kill this wizard so it does not try to install non-existant drivers each time I start the computer?

Thanks,

Steve

 

[InlineFive]

The drivers at www.ViaArena.com have WinXP drivers included in them so you are fine. If you call this "hell" wait untill you try the Hyperion 4.50s.

 

[HiHoStevo]

Thanks I downloaded the Hyperion 4.49 drivers and followed the install instructions.

Everything loaded normal and at the end was told to restart the computer to finish the installation. (is this sounding a little familliar?)

Sure enough up pops the "Found New Hardware" Wizard. When I tell it to go ahead and install the software automatically it reports that Cannot install this hardware, because the wizard cannot find the software!

Steve

:|

 

[farscape]

Normally I've found that the install goes smoothly without my intervention. I'm running 2K. A while back when I was running 98, Sometimes I had to point the "found hardware..." to the temp file that I unzipped it to.

 

[HiHoStevo]

I tried pointing it at the unzipped files that I had downloaded from VIA Arena.

It did not find anything that it would install.

That was my first idea after seeing the wizard pop up again.

Steve

There must be some left over start up file that is calling for the wizard... I think I need to find and kill that startup file.

 

[Mem]

Try pointing it to Window INF folder that should work,I had this problem few times on my old 98 PC.