[pchelpers] Re: System bug

Swapping the motherboard now.

Scott McNay wrote:

>Hi John,
>
>Tuesday, June 22, 2004, 6:30:30 PM, Nigel wrote:
>
>NH> What about the IRQ or the chipset on the pc. I had a modem that shared the
>NH> same irq as the printer (5 I think) and when I changed the IRQ to one not
>NH> being used it worked fine.
>
>Let me get this straight:
>
>1. Works fine when you call another ISP.
>2. Works fine with hard drive in another computer.
>3. Fails when you install Windows fresh.
>
>Does that about sum it up?
>
>1 seems to indicate that the hardware works fine when the software is
>changed. 2 seems to indicate that the software works fine when the
>hardware is changed. 3 seems to indicate that it's more of a hardware
>issue than a software issue. Looks like it might be the kind of thing
>where several things interact to create the problem. You'll probably
>have to swap parts one-by-one until you find one (or more) swapped
>items that makes it work.
>
>
>--Scott.
>  
>

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