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“A service installation section of the INF-file is invalid” error occurs while installing the drivers on Windows XP. How to overcome this problem?
installing the drivers on Windows XP. How to overcome this problem?
Generally, this problem occurs when one tries to update the driver or select the wrong path while installing the driver. We recommend following the steps given below to overcome this issue:
(1). Uninstall the drivers using uninstall.exe utility available in the drivers.
(2). Reboot the PC.
(3). Install the latest driver after restarting the PC.
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Does this card support Serial mouse under DOS?
In DOS OS, serial mouse driver expects the standard IRQ to be present for serial port. IRQ for serial ports, which is different from that of standard serial ports, is assigned by system BIOS and cannot be altered.
Therefore, serial mouse supports is not possible under DOS.
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Is it possible to remap the I/O Addresses to desired value or change the IRQ value?
“In order to be compatible with most software, our PCI Products and Drivers will attempt to “Re-Map” the I/O Addresses used back to Legacy (ISA type) values. Re-Map feature is supported in DOS, Windows-95, Windows-98 and Windows-ME operating systems. In the DOS operating system, we can remap Serial ports and Parallel ports I/O Address. However, in case of 95/98/ME operating systems, we can remap only Serial ports.
At the same Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista operating systems do not support Re-Map function. As these versions of Windows maintain a much tighter control over the I/O devices and prevent any Re-Mapping at Driver level. When the Re-Mapping is not permitted, the device must use the Addresses assigned by the PCI System at Boot-Up. The Re-Mapping only affects the I/O Addresses.
The IRQ used by the device is assigned by the PCI System and can NOT be changed. Usually the only way to change the IRQ for a PCI devices is to move it to a different PCI slot. Each slot is usually assigned a different IRQ, although this is not always true. Each system may handle the assignment of IRQs differently. If the software application (or Driver) expects the Port to use Legacy resources, it will not be possible to make it work with a PCI based Port when using Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista Operating Systems.
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Why do I observe the Red mark at IO address / IRQ on Vista OS? Also the OS reports Conflict in “Conflicting device list”? Is there any problem with the Ports?
The I/O ranges of all the ports are visible in both Multi Function Adapters and COM Ports. On Vista OS, the operating system will be checking the I/O addresses/IRQ in both MF category as well as COM & LPT Port category. Since the I/O range/IRQ is common in both the places, the Vista OS reports a conflict of I/O address/IRQ. This is more related to Vista OS behavior. There should be no functional related problem with the ports in this scenario.
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Does Vista Drivers have Microsoft Certification?
Yes, Vista 32 bit and 64 bit drivers are Microsoft Certified.