Help with SD11

Alex,

Thanks a lot for your help. You asked out of curiosity what's wrong with
the drivers from CD-Pro 5.0. The answer is that CD-Pro 5.0 is not available
for download from the fic ftp download site. They said in the site you
recommended that drivers could be obtained in versions 5.00, 4.32, 4.31,
4.30, and 4.01 and then on the ftp site they had versions 4.52, 4.51, 4.31,
4.2, and 4.1. The only common one on the two lists is 4.31 and when I looked
it didn't have all the drivers that I need. Specifically it was missing the
Highpoint xstore ide driver. I found that in a folder called miscellaneous
on the ftp site. However, it appears that all the other drivers are
available from AMD and VIA. Anyway, I downloaded the ones that I think I'm
going to need so we'll see how they work.

My dilemma is that I foolishly purchased the SD-11 from a dealer on ebay who
sent it without drivers, manual or even an I/O back plate. To be fair, he
said that the purchase didn't include them, but I thought how hard can it be
to get them. I didn't mean to buy the SD-11. I was actually in the market
for a Socket A board and bid on a Slot A board because I got in a rush and
didn't pay attention. Then, as luck would have it, I won the thing. So now
I'm going to try to put it to good use by upgrading an old Gateway 300. The
cpu hasn't gotten here yet (it is a Slot A) so I haven't done any
installation. When I do, I'll certainly appreciate the drivers you helped
me obtain. Thank you for you answers and helpful links. I am much obliged.
Best, JG


"Alex Zorrilla" <apz.RemoveThis@zxeng.com> wrote in message
news:400C6A6F.D78FE8D5@zxeng.com...
 > Out of curiosity, what is wrong with the drivers from the CD-Pro 5.0? The
FIC
 > website says that these will work with the SD11.
 >
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.fica.com/site/html/services/faq_detail.asp?c_id=240000702</font" target="_blank">http://www.fica.com/site/html/services/faq_detail.asp?c_id=240000702</font</a>>
 >
 > Another possibility is to get the individual chipset drivers from AMD and
VIA.
 > The motherboard uses the AMD 751 northbridge, which has the memory and AGP
 > controllers, and the VIA 686A southbridge, which controls the PCI, IDE,
and USB.
 >
 >
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_871_2336,00" target="_blank">http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_871_2336,00</a>
..html
 >
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=300</font" target="_blank">http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=300</font</a>>
 >
 > Hope this helps.
 >
 > --Alex
 >
 >
 > JeffG wrote:
 >
  > > I've just recently gotten a new FIC SD11 with no support drivers from
ebay.
  > > Long story, a mistake on my part, but I'm trying to make the best of it.
  > > What I need are the drivers on CD-Pro 4.0. FIC has made drivers from
every
  > > edition of CD-Pro back to 4.1 available on their support site, but no
CD-Pro
  > > 4.0. If anyone who reads this ng has a copy of CD-Pro 4.0 and would be
so
  > > kind as to copy it for me, I would gladly pay the cost of cd and
shipping to
  > > get it. Or if anyone knows of a place where I might download this
support
  > > cd from the net, I'd appreciate hearing about it. Thanks in advance to
  > > anyone who can help. JG
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