You all do the spelling error.
It is SiI, not Sil or SiL. Double i like sii (silicon image)

And, yes. I also have problems in my 486.
SATA 120 GB disk:
DOS = no problem
Windows 9x = problem not solved yet
Windows 2000 = no problem

Base BIOS for SiI 3114

Repo Man11 wrote on 2026-07-16, 21:37:

I removed the SiL card and used a Startech SATA to IDE adapter instead and reinstalled Windows

Ultimately, I, too, arrived at this very method as the simplest one.

Well i have a startech arriving today and some other unkown converters I got off ebay. I tried to install XP, just as a test, but you cant run setup from the dos prompt. I was going to try to install xp using plop, but the adapters will be here and I didnt get the time.

The souncard issue is wild! I am using a dell mobo with built in sound, i have no idea what sound chipset it is (have had bigger concerns, like getting w98 to install), but i bet it is pci! I dont think i can disable it in the bios though 😒. I really hate oem mobo bios'es.

rwGast wrote on Yesterday, 13:27:

Well i have a startech arriving today and some other unkown converters I got off ebay. I tried to install XP, just as a test, but you cant run setup from the dos prompt. I was going to try to install xp using plop, but the adapters will be here and I didnt get the time.

The souncard issue is wild! I am using a dell mobo with built in sound, i have no idea what sound chipset it is (have had bigger concerns, like getting w98 to install), but i bet it is pci! I dont think i can disable it in the bios though 😒. I really hate oem mobo bios'es.

Up to Longhorn you can run setup via DOS prompt. Boot off a 98SE medium (boot disk or CD), navigate to i386 folder and use winnt /b.