Re: Driver CD for Iwill XP333-R v2.1
Paul
> Anyone have a copy of the driver disc that came with an xp333-r mother board.
> I've been unable to get the onboard sound to work and haven't begun to address
> raid.
>
> TIA
>
> --
> AA
According to this, sound is via CMEDIA 8738 (a PCI sound chip).
http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=930
You could try here, under PCI audio. I use a separate CMI8738
based card, and didn't have too much trouble finding a driver.
http://www.cmedia.com.tw/?q=en/driver
The RAID is HighPoint HPT 372 Ultra133, according to that article.
A possible web site is here.
http://www.highpoint-tech.com/
I notice the main chip on this RocketRAID 133 is HPT372N, so it is
possible the driver for this card is related to the driver you need.
http://www.highpoint-tech.com/image/products/ATA/rr133pix_big.jpg
The driver version here is similar to one I got off the Abit site.
And there is also the RAID management GUI, for setting up the array.
The v2351 file seems to be the same size as the Abit one.
http://www.highpoint-tech.com/USA/bios_rr133.htm (driver and gui packages)
( ftp://ftp.abitshop.com/pub/driver2/hpt37x/v2351.zip ) (driver only, on Abit)
Maybe you can cobble something together from that. If not,
ask over in the Abit group, for help with Highpoint, as
Highpoint used to be one of the RAID companies that Abit
used on their boards.
Paul
Paul
> Paul <nos...@needed.com> wrote:
>> Archangel wrote:
>>> Anyone have a copy of the driver disc that came with an xp333-r mother board.
>>> I've been unable to get the onboard sound to work and haven't begun to
>>> address
>>> raid.
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>> --
>>> AA
>> According to this, sound is via CMEDIA 8738 (a PCI sound chip).
>>
>> http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=930
>>
>> You could try here, under PCI audio. I use a separate CMI8738
>> based card, and didn't have too much trouble finding a driver.
>>
>> http://www.cmedia.com.tw/?q=en/driver
>
>
> So I'm hoping to find the original Iwill drivers and documents to see if the
> problem is the drivers, the MB, or me.
>
>
>> The RAID is HighPoint HPT 372 Ultra133, according to that article.
>
> But I'm a couple drives short of setting that up, I'll have to check out that
> GUI when I do.
> Thanks.
>
web.archive.org has been shaky lately, but I managed to find something.
Iwill support was apparently on a separate server, and as of today, this page doesn't
render properly. By looking at the page source, I found another link.
This page shows the drivers they offered, as of 2006 for your board. Not much on
that date. The actual file took a third try. The archiver today, captures drivers
when it archives a site, but it hasn't always done that, which is why the links
on a captured page can be dead.
Here is a driver for CMI8738. Make sure
1) Chip is actually present on the motherboard. In the old days, audio was an
"optional" feature, meaning you buy boards with audio or without audio (WOA).
2) See if there is an enable/disable in the BIOS for the CMI8738.
In my copy of PKZIP, the downloaded file is noted as "damaged" and is then
fixed by PKZIP (pkfixed.zip). The pkfixed.zip unzips OK. There are three folders - ME, W2K, XP.
I looked at the cmaudio.ini file, and while it doesn't look exactly the
same as the one I've got on disk here, it seems to have the same intent.
They generally throw lines into the file, for all the motherboards that
ever had the chip on it, and one of those lines should be matching your
board. They don't usually remove those lines, so the file should grow
with more recent releases. As a result, I have a suspicion, that something
isn't right with the chip on your board - check the setup carefully.
Good luck,
Paul
Know1
"Archangel" <Arch...@REMdreamscapes-design.com> wrote in message news:part1of1.1.g...@ue.ph...
> Archangel <Arch...@REMdreamscapes-design.com> wrote:
>>Anyone have a copy of the driver disc that came with an xp333-r mother board.
>>I've been unable to get the onboard sound to work and haven't begun to address
>>raid.
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>--
>>AA
>
> I have successfully obtained an ISO image of the IWILL Power Installer CD
> (circa 2001). It includes manuals, drivers and hardware monitors for the
> following MBs.
>
> BD133, BD133U, DCA200, DR133, DVD266, DVD266u,
> KA266, KA266plus, KD266, KK266, KK266plus,
> KV200, Kd266plus, P4D, P4DA, P4R, P4S, P4SM,
> VX133, VX133u, XP333, XP333V
>
> If anyone is interested in a copy, my email address in the header is good
> provided you REMove the obvious inclusion.
>
>
If it`s not too large in size; it might
be worth uploading to one of those
driver sites, like driverguide, etc.
As this is quite a rare find, and would
be quite helpful to countless other ppls
that have that same mobo, or one of the others.