64 bit Motherboard Compatability

Why does my M985G 64bit MoBo not recognize my 32bit pci cards? I thought they could use either or?? I have the WindowsXP Pro 64bit, 1g ram, 160g HD.

Someone PLEASE HELP ME. It won't even recognize my Radeon 9800 video card!

 

Are you using 64 bit drivers? The motherboard itself is not 64bit.

 

i think so, when I load the pci card it tells me that either the drivers are wrong, or the card does not support 64 bit

 

Well, lets take a specific piece of hardware, namely the video card.

Where did you get the drivers?

 

The OS is what doesn't recognize em- what OS do you have loaded?

 

From the first post.

 

Dur, then being wxp64, not all drivers support WXP 64, there are some special made drivers for the OS released mainly by big named companies like Creative, Nvidia etc... If your product doesn't have 64bit drivers chances are that it wont work properly with XP64.

 

I have WinXP Pro 64 bit. My Video card may be broken, b/c there is an extra little piece that is floating around in the static bag, but the DVR cards I'm trying to put in say they are not 64 bit compatible.

 

so I need to go to the manufacturer and get 64bit drivers right? then assign them to the cards?


Norton 2006 tells me the same thing. I guess I need drivers for it too, but it won't let me install it so how can I assign drivers??

 

Norton 2006 isnt a hardware piece, therfore it doesn't utilize drivers; the only way to make it work in a 64bit enviroment is if its compatible with it; check the norton website for possible beta software. Not sure what you mean bout little piece floating around in a static bag.

 

oh ok, thanks for the Norton advise. the little piece looks as though it came un-soldered from the vid card during shipment (probably why my pc doesn't even acknowedge the card when I put it in).

so, if I can't find 64bit drivers for my DVR cards....then, I'm kinda screwed huh? what would I have to do/replace in order to use the cards? new OS, MOBO?

sorry for being kind of a newb, this isn't exactly my area of expertise.

note: system also has Hyper Threading tech.