HWinfo helped me identify some devices I was having trouble with and works in 95.

I’ve got Windows 95 running on a Compaq Prolinea, and I vaguely recall there being a Compaq-specific driver or utility related to the BIOS controller. It installs an executable that gets added to AUTOEXEC.BAT, allowing Windows to manage hardware ports directly (it even overrides BIOS-level settings; in a bad way).

Before installing the system, I used F10 Setup and Personal Computer Diagnostics 1.23 A, which creates a partition with a BIOS management application (F10 key before system startup), but I did not see anywhere a BIOS management application from within the system. Maybe it's this driver. The only strange thing is that the hardware version 1.0.10 visible in the attached photo is the same as the SoundBlaster CT3600, so maybe I'm missing something else from SoundBlaster. I am attaching a photo.
BTW HWiNFO causes the computer to reset – it starts detecting the BIOS and resets... at least the latest version 8.32; I haven't tested the others yet.

CJ Grass wrote on 2025-11-09, 08:57:

Before installing the system, I used F10 Setup and Personal Computer Diagnostics 1.23 A, which creates a partition with a BIOS m […]
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Before installing the system, I used F10 Setup and Personal Computer Diagnostics 1.23 A, which creates a partition with a BIOS management application (F10 key before system startup), but I did not see anywhere a BIOS management application from within the system. Maybe it's this driver. The only strange thing is that the hardware version 1.0.10 visible in the attached photo is the same as the SoundBlaster CT3600, so maybe I'm missing something else from SoundBlaster. I am attaching a photo.
BTW HWiNFO causes the computer to reset – it starts detecting the BIOS and resets... at least the latest version 8.32; I haven't tested the others yet.

Oh! Could it be the IDE port on the Sound Blaster?

The version I have does not have an IDE.

Try to run ASTRA32
ASTRA32 - Advanced System Information Tool for Windows

ASTRA32 has a Drivers Troubleshooter feature that allows searching for all physical devices and creates a list of all devices whose drivers are not properly installed or completely missing.

Thanks for the tip.
Astra32 scanned the system and (strangely enough) detected a problem with the network card driver?!?! Strange because the card is working properly (the internet is working), and yet the programme supposedly sees a problem with the card driver. Install the manufacturer's driver? Or maybe (because I haven't done this) some driver for the motherboard (VLSI VL82C594-AFC2 chipset)? Does something like that exist (I can't see it yet) or is the one detected by the system sufficient?

CJ Grass wrote on 2025-11-10, 16:58:

Thanks for the tip.
Astra32 scanned the system and (strangely enough) detected a problem with the network card driver?!?!

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