[TechAssist] Re: Question about computer
- From: "tom lee" <t8872695@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 10:06:41 -0000
Thank you Mike .
I will do it.
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From: jmgoins.tn@xxxxxxxxxxx <jmgoins.tn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, November 03, 2001 9:09 AM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Question about computer
>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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>>>----- 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
>>>> >> > >http://tech-assist.org
>>>> >> > >techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> >> > >
>>>> >> > >
>>>> >> > >----- 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 ===
>>>
>>>
>>>=====
>>>Richard Golden
>>>Golden Video Repair Center
>>>1214 e. 6th street
>>>ontario ca. 91764
>>>(909)988-3356
>>>
>>>reldong@xxxxxxxxx
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