Promise Ultra100TX2

Really? So that's 64b compatible? I'll have to give it a try. Ended up
creating a new partition on the 300GB to install it. But if I can get that
controller going that'd be great since I have office 2007b and other such
apps there... Now, to get the stupid adigy working :P

Carlo

"Chris Oldenburg" <chris_oldenburg@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:99EDE871-DB34-4748-AEA2-C72AA89B4E13@microsoft.com...

>I ran into this problem myself - get the latest driver .zip file from the
>Promise website, then burn ONLY the contents of the "WINXP" folder to a CD
>(these are the Windows XP drivers, I believe there were 3 such files).
>Then during Vista's installation, click on "install driver" or whatever and
>insert this disc - it will work, I've done it.
>
> Chris
>
>
> "Carlo Razzeto" <crazzeto@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:eeLfRnCjGHA.4056@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> I'm trying to install Vista on a hard drive that is connected to a
>> Promise Ultra100TX2 UATA 100 controller. The reason why I want to install
>> it on this disk is because I have a 20GB partition set a side on it
>> specifically for playing around with things like OS beta's. Here's the
>> full run down of my system and what I"m tryng to install
>>
>> Windows Vista 64bit
>> AMD Athlon X2
>> 1.5GB Memory
>> SATA primary disk (300GB)
>> 2 dvd drives (one burner)
>> 120GB Ultra 100ATA disk (disk I"m trying to install vista on)
>> Promise Ultra100TX2 constoller card
>>
>> Vista seems to be able to detect my SATA controller just fine (nForce 4),
>> but simply refuses to see the (much older) promise controller. I"ve
>> searched the internet for drivers for this device, but unfortunetly all
>> Promise has out there are 32b drivers.
>>
>> Anyone else run across this situation? If so, where did you find drivers
>> for this controller card (assuming 64b vista drivers exist for this
>> controller).
>>
>> Thanks
>> Carlo Razzeto
>>

>

Naw, vista didn't seem to like the driver. the XP driver errored stating
that the driver does not support windows xp... odd message. Oh well,
hopefully something will turn up.

Carlo


"Chris Oldenburg" <chris_oldenburg@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:99EDE871-DB34-4748-AEA2-C72AA89B4E13@microsoft.com...

>I ran into this problem myself - get the latest driver .zip file from the
>Promise website, then burn ONLY the contents of the "WINXP" folder to a CD
>(these are the Windows XP drivers, I believe there were 3 such files).
>Then during Vista's installation, click on "install driver" or whatever and
>insert this disc - it will work, I've done it.
>
> Chris
>
>
> "Carlo Razzeto" <crazzeto@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:eeLfRnCjGHA.4056@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> I'm trying to install Vista on a hard drive that is connected to a
>> Promise Ultra100TX2 UATA 100 controller. The reason why I want to install
>> it on this disk is because I have a 20GB partition set a side on it
>> specifically for playing around with things like OS beta's. Here's the
>> full run down of my system and what I"m tryng to install
>>
>> Windows Vista 64bit
>> AMD Athlon X2
>> 1.5GB Memory
>> SATA primary disk (300GB)
>> 2 dvd drives (one burner)
>> 120GB Ultra 100ATA disk (disk I"m trying to install vista on)
>> Promise Ultra100TX2 constoller card
>>
>> Vista seems to be able to detect my SATA controller just fine (nForce 4),
>> but simply refuses to see the (much older) promise controller. I"ve
>> searched the internet for drivers for this device, but unfortunetly all
>> Promise has out there are 32b drivers.
>>
>> Anyone else run across this situation? If so, where did you find drivers
>> for this controller card (assuming 64b vista drivers exist for this
>> controller).
>>
>> Thanks
>> Carlo Razzeto
>>

>

For Vista 64 Bit edition try using the windows 2003 drivers. I've heard that
works for the 64 bit edition. I still can't get mine to work (same drivers,
Vista 32 bit) I've tried the XP drivers and I still get no hard drive when I
click refresh after I've installed them

"Carlo Razzeto" wrote:

> Naw, vista didn't seem to like the driver. the XP driver errored stating
> that the driver does not support windows xp... odd message. Oh well,
> hopefully something will turn up.
>
> Carlo
>
>
> "Chris Oldenburg" <chris_oldenburg@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:99EDE871-DB34-4748-AEA2-C72AA89B4E13@microsoft.com...

> >I ran into this problem myself - get the latest driver .zip file from the
> >Promise website, then burn ONLY the contents of the "WINXP" folder to a CD
> >(these are the Windows XP drivers, I believe there were 3 such files).
> >Then during Vista's installation, click on "install driver" or whatever and
> >insert this disc - it will work, I've done it.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> > "Carlo Razzeto" <crazzeto@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:eeLfRnCjGHA.4056@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> >> I'm trying to install Vista on a hard drive that is connected to a
> >> Promise Ultra100TX2 UATA 100 controller. The reason why I want to install
> >> it on this disk is because I have a 20GB partition set a side on it
> >> specifically for playing around with things like OS beta's. Here's the
> >> full run down of my system and what I"m tryng to install
> >>
> >> Windows Vista 64bit
> >> AMD Athlon X2
> >> 1.5GB Memory
> >> SATA primary disk (300GB)
> >> 2 dvd drives (one burner)
> >> 120GB Ultra 100ATA disk (disk I"m trying to install vista on)
> >> Promise Ultra100TX2 constoller card
> >>
> >> Vista seems to be able to detect my SATA controller just fine (nForce 4),
> >> but simply refuses to see the (much older) promise controller. I"ve
> >> searched the internet for drivers for this device, but unfortunetly all
> >> Promise has out there are 32b drivers.
> >>
> >> Anyone else run across this situation? If so, where did you find drivers
> >> for this controller card (assuming 64b vista drivers exist for this
> >> controller).
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> Carlo Razzeto
> >>

> >

>
>
>

I did a bunch of research on this exact problem with my Win XP Pro 64 OS...

I could get none of my old Maxtor or Promise Ultra 66, 100 or 133 cards to
read any device connected to them so I started to read the various blogs...
I found many people who had the same problem and in many cases including
mine, if you simply installed the PCI card it was fine and you would see it
echo it's loading at Boot up, but as soon as you connected any hard drive or
burner\reader drive to either of the busses I'd blue screen as soon as it
started to load at boot up... This was even before it ever started loading
Windows...

I have a Tyan Thunder S2895 Mobo and all the blogs said a few lucky
individuals were able to only get one kind of these IDE Bus cards to work and
it's the exact one you are writing about here the Promise Ultra100TX2...

I got lucky and found a new one un-opened here in town and bought it right
on the spot, thinking it would be the answer I needed per what I had read in
the blogs... I was wrong, it blue screened just like the rest of my cards...

I updated my Mobo Bios to the latest and I downloaded the latest Bios and
Firmware Flash for the Promise Ultra100TX2 but it locked me up the same
whenever I tried to attach any device to it... I talked with both tech
support guys from Tyan and Promise and beither of them could figure it out...

It drove me nuts, but be assured you are not the only one having this
problem... I'm using 3 SATA2, 250GB, Western Digital HD's and they work just
awesome and super fast, but I still do not know what the problem is with
adding these add-on IDE Bus cards... The card itself loads fine and Windows
runs perfect, but don't hang a device off either of the ribbon cables or I'll
blue screen within a few seconds after Boot-up...



"Carlo Razzeto" wrote:

> I'm trying to install Vista on a hard drive that is connected to a Promise
> Ultra100TX2 UATA 100 controller. The reason why I want to install it on this

Hey there, I have a question about the Promise Ultra100TX2 IDE controller
card. This is the only device I own (and require) that thus far there seems
to be no driver available for. Does any one know where a driver might be
found? I've heard that Windows XP64 supported it with a built in driver
(makes me supprised microsoft ignored it for vista!), but I'm not sure where
on the XP64 disk to find the drivers or how to get this installed in vista.
Any help would be appriciated, thanks

Carlo

I would be interested I this as well.

"Carlo Razzeto" <crazzeto@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:E12CEDAA-C8D3-4362-9F0F-1EF3FB333F63@microsoft.com...

> Hey there, I have a question about the Promise Ultra100TX2 IDE controller
> card. This is the only device I own (and require) that thus far there
> seems to be no driver available for. Does any one know where a driver
> might be found? I've heard that Windows XP64 supported it with a built in
> driver (makes me supprised microsoft ignored it for vista!), but I'm not
> sure where on the XP64 disk to find the drivers or how to get this
> installed in vista. Any help would be appriciated, thanks
>
> Carlo

I never had any luck find a driver for Win x64 for this
controller. Apparently no one at PlanetAMD64 did either.

See:
http://www.planetamd64.com/index.php...l=Ultra100+tx2

Not sure where you heard Win x64 supported it.

I think your chances of finding any driver(s) for Vista are
in the slim to none category. The most recent driver on the
Promise web site is dated 2003/5/6. This would lead me to
believe this is an obsolete and unsupported part, and that
Promise will not be publishing any Vista drivers in the near
future.



Michael Price wrote:

> I would be interested I this as well.
>
> "Carlo Razzeto" <crazzeto@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:E12CEDAA-C8D3-4362-9F0F-1EF3FB333F63@microsoft.com...

>> Hey there, I have a question about the Promise Ultra100TX2 IDE
>> controller card. This is the only device I own (and require) that thus
>> far there seems to be no driver available for. Does any one know where
>> a driver might be found? I've heard that Windows XP64 supported it
>> with a built in driver (makes me supprised microsoft ignored it for
>> vista!), but I'm not sure where on the XP64 disk to find the drivers
>> or how to get this installed in vista. Any help would be appriciated,
>> thanks
>>
>> Carlo

>

The Windows 2003 driver at
http://www.promise.com/support/downl...ver&os=0&go=GO
works with Vista for the Promise Ultra 100 TX2 card that I have.

If you copy Windows 2003 version of the driver files (ultra.cat, ultra.inf
and ultra.sys) onto a floppy or USB key, you can use the "Load Driver"
button during setup (boot from Vista DVD) to load the driver to install
Vista on a drive on the Ultra 100 TX2 card. Did that today with Vista RTM
32 bit.

Sorry, have not tried this with 64 bit Vista (the computer I have this card
in does not support 64 bit); I don't see any 64 bit drivers for this card -
its a bit "old" now and there may not be 64 bit drivers available for it, at
least not from Promise.

--
Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders

It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.



"Carlo Razzeto" <crazzeto@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:E12CEDAA-C8D3-4362-9F0F-1EF3FB333F63@microsoft.com...

> Hey there, I have a question about the Promise Ultra100TX2 IDE controller
> card. This is the only device I own (and require) that thus far there
> seems to be no driver available for. Does any one know where a driver
> might be found? I've heard that Windows XP64 supported it with a built in
> driver (makes me supprised microsoft ignored it for vista!), but I'm not
> sure where on the XP64 disk to find the drivers or how to get this
> installed in vista. Any help would be appriciated, thanks
>
> Carlo