nitro2k01
12-19-2007, 07:07 AM
(I realized this thread (http://forums.driverguide.com/showthread.php?p=82842#post82842) would be better off here. Sorry if bothers someone.)
I'm trying to install a driver (More precisely this one) I've tried a number of OPTi 930 compatibles, but none have worked, neither this one. I also have a mysterious "PCI Card" device that I don't think could be anything but the sound chip. (This is a laptop)
Regardless of my specific problem, the information I'm after is this:
1) How is the driver paired to a physical device from what the PCI scan in Windows returns? (Ie, what in the INF file ties it to a specific device)
2) How can one find out the said information for a device?
My idea here is that it would take is some simple editing in the .inf file to be able to force it to correspond to a certain physical device on the PCI bus.
I've tried to figure it out by comparing inf files of installed devices to the info in HKLM\Enum\ but so far without success.
The OS is Windows 98.
Help from anyone with insight in how the .inf format works would be appreciated.
I'm trying to install a driver (More precisely this one) I've tried a number of OPTi 930 compatibles, but none have worked, neither this one. I also have a mysterious "PCI Card" device that I don't think could be anything but the sound chip. (This is a laptop)
Regardless of my specific problem, the information I'm after is this:
1) How is the driver paired to a physical device from what the PCI scan in Windows returns? (Ie, what in the INF file ties it to a specific device)
2) How can one find out the said information for a device?
My idea here is that it would take is some simple editing in the .inf file to be able to force it to correspond to a certain physical device on the PCI bus.
I've tried to figure it out by comparing inf files of installed devices to the info in HKLM\Enum\ but so far without success.
The OS is Windows 98.
Help from anyone with insight in how the .inf format works would be appreciated.