[TechAssist] Re: Question about computer
- From: jmgoins.tn@xxxxxxxxxxx
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2001 04:11:10 -0500
This site can help identify manufacturer of motherbboards fron BIOS id
numbers (on Award and AMI BIOS')
http://www.wimsbios.com/
Mike Goins jmgoins.tn@xxxxxxxxxxx
At 11:11 AM 11/2/01 -0600, you wrote:
>
>
>Well, that narrows it down about a thousand motherboards!
><laughs> You need the model # of the board to get the
>drivers for it. Did you try what I suggested? (removing the
>device then changing the bios a few times like I said then
>restarting?)
>Model # of the board would be on it somewhere, just have to
>look good.
>-Clint
>
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "tom lee" <t8872695@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 8:30 AM
>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Question about computer
>
>
>
>Hello Clint.
>The mother board is china made. WINBOND , VIA chipset.
>The detail of IDE controller has ! yellow said error code 10
>,
>"this device is not present, or not working properly,or does
>not have
>all drivers installed. Try upgrading device driver for this
>device."
>I do not know what to do from here. I have standard cd . and
>win98 is
>installed from
>this cd drive.does machine need driver if cd drive is
>standard.?
>Dang
>-----Original Message-----
>From: TechAssist Admin. <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: TechAssist <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Date: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 8:02 AM
>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Question about computer
>
>
>>
>>Yes, it can. In short, this is how (in the BIOS) the choice
>>is made if one wants to boot from the CDROM drive. Also on
>>the first BIOS menu entry (1st on most, 2nd on a few) CDROM
>>drives as well as other optical or laser devices (LS120,
>etc)
>>show up there.
>>
>>Tom, you still do not mention the motherboard brand or
>model.
>>If this is an Intel chipset board, you usually do not need
>>any drivers for it (as far as the IRQ routing, IDE
>>controllers, Bus mastering, etc. goes). If it is a non
>Intel
>>chipset board (SiS, VIA, ALi, etc), you usually do need
>>drivers for these mentioned above. If you have removed the
>>yellow marked devices from the DM and restarted and windows
>>still puts yellow marks there, you either need drivers or
>>it's an IRQ problem. The yellow marks will either be a ? or
>>an !. I forget which, but one is a driver problem and the
>>other is a resource (IRQ) conflict.
>>
>>To find out which, highlight the device(s) with the yellow
>>mark then look at the properties and it will state there
>what
>>the problem is. Then you go from there. If it states a
>>driver, then you know what to do. If it states a resource
>>conflict, there are 3 things you can do. One, go into the
>>BIOS under the "PnP settings" (for Award) and what ever the
>>entry "PnP OS..........yes/no" is set to, change it to the
>>other, then restart. Change this back and forth from yes
>and
>>no a few times and restart. This will in many cases fix the
>>conflict. If this does not, another way is you have to
>>uncheck the box 'automatically detect settings' at this
>prior
>>area mentioned above in the DM (device manager) in one of
>the
>>tabbed areas. Sometimes this area is grayed out and you
>>cannot uncheck or check this box, or sometimes it is absent
>>all together. This means of course you cannot change the
>IRQ
>>setting from within windows. if you are able to change it,
>>most of time when you attempt to pick a number from 1-15, it
>>will tell you if that # is available or not. Remember most
>>IRQ's can be shared, and some cannot be shared. For
>>instance, most mice are IRQ 3, most video cards are IRQ 11
>>(on my PC, 11 is also my DSL modem). To see a list of IRQ
>>assignments, go to 'system information' and expand 'hardware
>>resources'. Then you can click the appropriate areas at the
>>left margin for IRQ info, (shared, conflicts, settings,
>>forced, etc).
>>
>>If you are not able to set an IRQ from within windows, then
>>there is the 3rd way. Go in the BIOS under the PnP area
>>and put the 'resources controlled by' to 'manual' if it is
>>set to 'auto', or auto if it is manual. If you set it to
>>auto, it will assign IRQ's. If you set it to manual, you'll
>>just have to pick what's available by trial and error until
>>you find one that works. You can free up IRQ's there,
>>then they will be available in windows, so windows then
>>can theoretically reassign IRQ's and get rid of the yellow
>>marks (of course only if the yellow mark is an IRQ
>conflict).
>>You can also rearrange your PCI/ISA cards to possible
>>free up an IRQ.
>>-Clint
>>
>>God Bless Us All
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>>http://OrpheusComputing.com
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>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Richard Golden" <reldong@xxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 8:30 PM
>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Question about computer
>>
>>
>>
>>some one tell me if i'm wrong on this?
>>I don't think you can see if your cd is on in cmos?
>>your computor detected it on setup,your setup disk
>>turned it on? and now you have problem on primary
>>drive (yellow !) and no cd, I think its there ,
>>just delete and reboot let win 98 find them????
>>
>>ps do you have same cable connected to both hd&cd
>>if you do and hd is in middle and cd is on the end of
>>cable,try them the other way?
>>good luck richard
>>
>>--- tom lee <t8872695@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Richard.
>>> I your case may be you already have C,D.. by some
>>> reasons your computer
>>> fails to detect the drive. My case Is after install
>>> win98 the os does not
>>> detect cd drive (D)
>>> even though I install Win98 from this cd drive.
>>> Dang
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Richard Golden <reldong@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Date: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 1:47 AM
>>> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Question about computer
>>>
>>>
>>> >
>>> >I've had this problem ,after i
>>> checked,cmos,cable,etc,
>>> >go to safe mode,device manager,delete all
>>> drives,and
>>> >controllers,and all yellow! rebooted and everthing
>>> >came back, 98 set it back up.scary but worked for
>>> me
>>> >lots of times.
>>> >richard
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >--- Lawrence Tucker II <kc4iai@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Did I miss something? Have any adjustments, at
>>> all,
>>> >> been done to the
>>> >> hardware? Did this CD ever show up and work? If
>>> this
>>> >> is a new install, it is
>>> >> possible to reverse the data cable and not have
>>> the
>>> >> drive work and no error
>>> >> message will appear. It is possible to hit the
>>> data
>>> >> cable and dislodge it
>>> >> causing the same problem. Same is true of the
>>> power
>>> >> cable.
>>> >>
>>> >> Either your emergency boot disc or the 98
>>> installed
>>> >> software should have
>>> >> discovered the hardware and installed the minimum
>>> >> driver. A valid emergency
>>> >> boot disc has a generic CD ROM driver that is
>>> >> intended to allow you to load
>>> >> Windows from a CD.
>>> >>
>>> >> To test power to the CD ROM put in an audio CD
>>> and
>>> >> use earphones to
>>> >> determine that the Drive is good. If that works
>>> pull
>>> >> and replace the data
>>> >> cable. The red stripe should go toward the power
>>> >> plug but if it is backwards
>>> >> on the motherboard or card it will have to be
>>> >> reversed to work.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> >From: "tom lee" <t8872695@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> >> >Reply-To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> >> >To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> >> >Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Question about
>>> computer
>>> >> >Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 17:33:46 -0800
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> >Hello Clint.
>>> >> >My computer shows type of cd drive atapi ide on
>>> >> bios bootup routine as
>>> >> >secondary, also primary hard drive.
>>> >> >After bootup to windows 98 .It shows IDE
>>> controller
>>> >> (FIFO) with yellow
>>> >> >mark.
>>> >> >on both primary ,secondary
>>> >> >at device manager.I use win98 SEcond edition. do
>>> I
>>> >> need update driver for
>>> >> >higher version?and where I can get it. Do you
>>> have
>>> >> tool that I can help me
>>> >> >to install cd drive to win98?. I can purchase
>>> it.
>>> >> >DANG TVCR
>>> >> >PS may be my windows needs good IDE controller
>>> .My
>>> >> computer has AWARD
>>> >> >MODULAR BIOS 4.51pc.
>>> >> >-----Original Message-----
>>> >> >From: TechAssist Admin.
>>> >> <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> >> >To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> >> <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> >> >Date: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 12:30 AM
>>> >> >Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Question about
>>> computer
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> > >
>>> >> > >Is it showing up in the BIOS or on the first
>>> BIOS
>>> >> boot up
>>> >> > >screen? First be sure it is jumpered
>>> correctly
>>> >> (either
>>> >> > >master, slave or cable select) and the cable
>>> is
>>> >> good. IF you
>>> >> > >are positive it is jumpered correctly and the
>>> >> cable is good,
>>> >> > >try it on another controller. If it is a
>>> master
>>> >> now, try it
>>> >> > >as a slave on the other controller, etc. If
>>> it
>>> >> still is not
>>> >> > >showing up in the boot up screen, it's bad.
>>> If
>>> >> you are
>>> >> > >saying it was OK in the BIOS & boot up screen,
>>> >> and you did
>>> >> > >install windows from it...then what
>>> brand/model
>>> >> of
>>> >> > >motherboard do you have? What are the drives
>>> >> setup on this
>>> >> > >computer? Any yellow marks in the device
>>> >> manager?
>>> >> > >-Clint
>>> >> > >
>>> >> > >God Bless Us All
>>> >> > >Clint Hamilton, Owner
>>> >> > >http://OrpheusComputing.com
>>> >> > >sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> >> > >Fax: 209-882-9602
>>> >> > >TechAssist Administration
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>>> >> > >
>>> >> > >
>>> >> > >----- Original Message -----
>>> >> > >From: "tom lee" <t8872695@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> >> > >To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> >> > >Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 1:05 PM
>>> >> > >Subject: [TechAssist] Question about computer
>>> >> > >
>>> >> > >
>>> >> > >
>>> >> > >Hello friends.
>>> >> > >I install windows 98 for my computer . I
>>> succeed
>>> >> and go to
>>> >> > >the process. but
>>> >> > >one thing is
>>> >> > >it does not have D drive. I click my computer
>>> >> icon It show
>>> >> > >only A,C but no
>>> >> > >D,it suppose
>>> >> > >CD rom drive.I use a floppy disk That I bought
>>> It
>>> >> help me
>>> >> > >boot up and give
>>> >> > >me the way
>>> >> > >that I can use D drive to setup windows98 .But
>>> >> after setup It
>>> >> > >does not
>>> >> > >include D drive.
>>> >> > >Any body know how to do it help me . please.
>>> TIA
>>> >> > >DAND TVCR
>>> >> > >
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>>=== message truncated ===
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>>
>>=====
>>Richard Golden
>>Golden Video Repair Center
>>1214 e. 6th street
>>ontario ca. 91764
>>(909)988-3356
>>
>>reldong@xxxxxxxxx
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