![]() ![]() Check in Device Manager again, & remove any devices listed under the "SCSI controllers" category (the category won't exist if none are installed). It might have to be installed separately. If your Zip drive came with an add-on PCI card that has the SCSI controller on it - you might have the drivers for it on the same CD or floppy diskette that came with the Zip. I suspect that the fellows who installed your video card were not experts with any of the older motherboards, and may have caused trouble for the SCSI controller you had installed OK earlier on. And since it's a SCSI device, you should see a category in Device manager that is just for SCSI devices = that would be your SCSI "controller". Your Zip should plug into it's very own connector, either on the motherboard, or into a plug on an add-on card (the add-on card's plug would stick out the back of your PC, near the area where you plug in your mouse, keyboard, monitor, & printer). Since you Zip drive isn't an IDE type, you don't have to worry about anything listed in that category. Also make sure that the setting is to ECP or to ECP + EPP. if the Zip is a parallel type (connects to the older "printer port") - of course leave that enabled in the Bios. If your motherboard provided onboard video before you added the new video card, look in the bios to see if you need to disable the onboard video to free up those resources - some systems could have both video sources active and enabled (it was an older way to run two monitors at the same time). This can free up IRQs ('interrupts' that devices need). If you have serial ports, parallel ports, or modems that you aren't using - you can disable these in the bios (you'd also want to physically remove any unused modems). Go to Device Manager (right-click on My Computer, select Properties, and then Device Manager) and look for "flagged" devices (yellow exclamation points or red "X"s). It's also possible that you have a resource conflict problem - something rare nowadays, but not so uncommon with Windows 95/98/Me. If successful, it might help with the detection of your drive. Make sure to have your Zip drivers ready, as Windows will attempt to reinstall the controller's drivers when you reboot. Find someone with IT experience to get your solution going if you don't follow mine, but mine is simple.If not - try booting into Safe Mode (start tapping the F8 key as your PC is powering on), right-click on My Computer, select Properties, and then Device Manager - and try removing the controller for the type of Zip Drive you have (whether IDE, SCSI, parallel port, or USB). ![]() It would probably have worked on Windows 10 as well, but my Windows 10 desktop does not have an EIDE connector so I was forced to acquire the adapter spoken of. This page has a lot of drivers for the USB Zip drives, and I tried one of them on a Windows 98 Second Edition retrobox and it worked with the ATAPI Zip 250 connected directly to the motherboard's EIDE connector (no adapter required). No software 'should' be required as the PCI-to-EIDE adapter will operate the ATAPI Zip drive from the auspices of its own SCSI driver. Once you get that hooked up in Windows you will have access to your drive and Zip disks without any additional software. I got mine locally from a local used computer parts dealer: Purchase an ATAPI Zip 250 drive from a junk peddler on eBay. Purchase a PCI (or PCIe)-to-EIDE adapter for desktop computers. I also learned from this forum that there are no driver updates beyond Windows XP. Just plugging in the USB cable activates the drive. I was able to just plug in my Iomega 250 Zip Drive and download my date. I did learn through a forum that driver software is not required for the USB supported Zip Drives. ![]() I would advise anyone against subscribing to Driver Navigator. I will have to go to PayPal and get them to arbitrate. I have told them why I do not wish to continue use of their software and they keep trying to get me to keep it. Driver Navigator is continuing to try to get me to keep the software and is not wanting to refund my money, even though they state a 60 day 100 percent refund if not satisfied. Driver Navigator refunded my money immediately, without question. After subscribing to Driver Navigator and Driver Update, I learned this was not true. It gave the appearance that they could provide Iomega Zip Drive support. I went to the referenced address and found several companies offering help with downloading drivers. ![]()
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