I have intel pentium 4 socket 423 motherboard with VIA chipset and audio and a 1.7ghz pentium 4 processor. The problem i am having is my Pioner A04 drive is getting an exclamation mark in windows XP and i reinstall it in XP and it works properly and then when i restart the same thing happens again. I go to the IDE controllers and i get an exclamation point on each Primary IDE and Secondary IDE. What should i do? Thanks in advance! I can also be reached at blakeas@yahoo.com.

First off, check BIOS to make sure all IDE channels are set to Auto.

Secondly, download and update VIA 4in1 Drivers v.4.43V (http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=2).

I installed all the drivers from the above website and am still getting the exclamation point under the device manager for the primary and secondary IDE channel. Anything else i should look into? Thanks!

Remove the IDE Controllers from Device Manager then reboot.

i still get this..

This device cannot find enough free resources that it can use. (Code 12)

If you want to use this device, you will need to disable one of the other devices on this system.

Click Troubleshoot to start the troubleshooter for this device.

Try setting the serial and parallel ports to Auto (in the BIOS). The problem is some device(s) on your system don't like sharing resources.

If your mobo BIOS supports I/O APIC, enable it then reinstall WinXP. This will give you as many as 24 IRQ's.

i have the hard drive set to primary master and the DVD-writer set to seconday master. Is that the correct setup? I set the serial ports to auto but it would not let me set the parallel ports to auto. I have a VIA pentium 4 motherboard. What else should i try?

this is my motherboard..

PENTIUM 4 MOTHERBOARD By VIA (New)
Pentium 4 Socket 423 Motherboard with VIA Chipset and Audio
Processors Supported:
- Intel Socket 423 Pentium 4 Processors with 400MHz Front Side Bus
- 1.3GHz to 2.0GHz CPU Support
General Features:
- VIA Apollo P4X266 North Bridge + VT8233 South Bridge Chipset
- Three DDR266 DIMM Sockets; Upgradeable to 3GB of PC2100 DDR RAM
- Two UDMA/33/66/100 IDE Controllers for up to Four IDE Devices
- One Floppy Disk Controller
- Onboard AC '97 Audio with Realtek ALC201A CODEC
- Award BIOS with 2MB Flash ROM
- Supports Wake-on-Lan, Wake-on-Ring, Keyboard-Power-On, Timer-Power-On
- Supports CPU Temperature/Voltage Monitoring
- Supports System Temperature Monitoring
- Supports CPU and System Fan Speed Monitoring
- ATX Form Factor (30.5cm x 22.5cm)
Expansion Slots:
- One 2x / 4x AGP Slot
- Five PCI Slots
I/O Ports:
- Two USB Ports
- Two 9-pin Serial Ports
- One 25-pin Parallel Port
- Two PS/2 Ports
- One 15-pin Game Port
- Line in, Line out, Microphone in Jacks

Originally posted by blakeas
i have the hard drive set to primary master and the DVD-writer set to seconday master. Is that the correct setup? I set the serial ports to auto but it would not let me set the parallel ports to auto. I have a VIA pentium 4 motherboard. What else should i try?

Yep, normally DVD drives like to be the master so your setup should work. Besides the HD & DVD burner, what other drives do you have? Can you also tell the mobo model #?

i cant find my manual - where can i find the model number on the actual mother board? What i have above is the specs for the motherboard. I have a floppy drive and thats it. The DVD burner and floppy drive.

VIA P4X266 VL33-S Mainboard

i try to download the drivers (4in1) but the install locks up on my computer. Do i need to un-install something first before i install the 4in1 drivers from via?

Don't think so. Try another version.