Promise Ultra100TX2

[Carlo Razzeto]

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

 

[Chris Oldenburg]

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]

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

Carlo

 

[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

 

[Guest]

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

 

[Guest]

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...