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From: Jeff Strickland on 15 May 2010 17:24 "James D. Andrews" <jamesdandrews(a)att.net> wrote in message news:hsmt74$2ofk$1(a)adenine.netfront.net... > > "Jeff Strickland" <crwlrjeff(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:hsms2n$r60$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> >> "Paul" <nospam(a)needed.com> wrote in message >> news:hsmj46$l42$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>> Jeff Strickland wrote: >>>> "JD" <No.Reply(a)Sorry.com> wrote in message >>>> news:4bee9d85$0$12160$fa0fcedb(a)news.zen.co.uk... >>>>> On 15/05/2010 12:32 PM, Jeff Strickland wrote: >>>>>> I'm sorry, but I have no Floppy. I only have a CD, and the Boot >>>>>> Priority is >>>>>> set to boot from the CD first, but this does not happen. >>>>>> >>>>>> I've got some serious issues going on here. I have no network, but >>>>>> the NIC >>>>>> is built into the motherboard. >>>>>> >>>>>> The CD is not recognized, but I can Eject with a right click. It >>>>>> shows up, >>>>>> and if empty I am prompted to load a disc. But when the disc is in, >>>>>> it is >>>>>> not read. I can right-click and chooes Eject, and the tray opens. >>>>>> >>>>>> I need the drivers for the motherboard, and I probably need to burn >>>>>> the BIOS >>>>>> in again. >>>>>> >>>>>> This is a Work in Progress.;-) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Could be a couple of things going on with the CD drive, older drives >>>>> cant read some or all copied disc's or the drive its self could be >>>>> faulty, you can check this by trying an original CD (if you have not >>>>> already) also check all the jumpers are set to cable select, CD >>>>> drives(well DVD-RW )are cheap, around �12 here so no big deal for >>>>> replacment. >>>>> >>>>> Also you have made a XP slipstream disk up with all the patches & >>>>> hotfixes ? (also your serial number, regional settings and drivers if >>>>> you want to be really fancy) www.nliteos.com (Nlite) >>>>> >>>>> JD >>>> >>>> The CD drive does not work and there are no CD drivers. There's also no >>>> network drivers. I went to the Website for the BIOS, but what they >>>> offer for the Model Number that I input does not go in -- there's a >>>> report back that the BIOS being installed is not right. There are three >>>> different machines that come up, but none of the BIOS upgrades work. >>>> >>>> I think I have a bad motherboard on my hands. The only way I can think >>>> of to isolate it is to get the original CD with the drivers and stuff >>>> for it, but I seriously do not think it is available. >>>> >>>> I think I'll be buying a new motherboard for this one. >>>> >>> >>> If you have the tool to burn a BIOS, start by archiving the existing >>> BIOS. Then, take a hex editor, and look for a version string for the >>> BIOS. Perhaps by comparing versions, you can figure out what *should* >>> be working. >>> >> >> I don't know how to do that, or what to do. >> >> The machine is a corporate-build Compaq. I have another machine with the >> EXACT SAME case and all of the same holes for memory sticks and those >> sorts of things. You would think the two machines are identical, but they >> are not. Once you get past the paint scheme, there is nothing about them >> that's the same. I went to the Compaq Website to download BIOS, but the >> machine I have isn't one of the options, and the three options that come >> up by entering the model number have a BIOS upgrades that do not work on >> my machine. >> >> I don't know enough about this stuff, but since I am having so many >> different problems AND I know there was a serious virus infection, I >> don't know that reading the current BIOS would be very helpful. I suppose >> if you knew what you were doing, it could help. >> > > > I think JD mentioned earlier and one that comes to mind to me before > getting into the serious work: did you try substituting another CD drive > that you know works? If so, what were your results? I have a USB-based CD that reads on another machine, but not this one. I have not taken the drive from this machine and plugged it in to a different machine, but that's a good test that I ought to do. The CDs themselves read fine, except on this machine. The drive "works" in that it reports as empty in Explorer when there is no CD, it ejects on command, and when there is a CD, it shows in Explorer, but there are no files listed. Basically, it does everything but read the disc. The USB-based CD drive behaves the same way. And, after all of that, the Network hardware (built-in NIC) is not recognized. I plugged the Model Number into the Compaq Website for Driver Downloads, and the machine does not come up as a supported product, so I can't get drivers for the motherboard.
From: Baron on 15 May 2010 17:29 Jeff Strickland Inscribed thus: > I plugged the Model Number into the Compaq Website for Driver > Downloads, and the machine does not come up as a supported product, so > I can't get drivers for the motherboard. Run "SIW" and locate the drivers that way. -- Best Regards: Baron.
From: Jeff Strickland on 15 May 2010 20:42 "Baron" <baron.nospam(a)linuxmaniac.nospam.net> wrote in message news:hsn3mt$ndj$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Jeff Strickland Inscribed thus: > >> I plugged the Model Number into the Compaq Website for Driver >> Downloads, and the machine does not come up as a supported product, so >> I can't get drivers for the motherboard. > > Run "SIW" and locate the drivers that way. > Run what? And from where? This sounds like something I don't know. I went to START>RUN and typed in siw, but got an error message. Tell me more.
From: Paul on 15 May 2010 21:43 Jeff Strickland wrote: > "Baron" <baron.nospam(a)linuxmaniac.nospam.net> wrote in message > news:hsn3mt$ndj$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> Jeff Strickland Inscribed thus: >> >>> I plugged the Model Number into the Compaq Website for Driver >>> Downloads, and the machine does not come up as a supported product, so >>> I can't get drivers for the motherboard. >> Run "SIW" and locate the drivers that way. >> > > > Run what? And from where? > > This sounds like something I don't know. > > I went to START>RUN and typed in siw, but got an error message. Tell me > more. > > "SIW - System Information for Windows" http://www.gtopala.com/siw-download.html It's another tool like an Everest, or a Belarc Advisor. Paul
From: JD on 15 May 2010 22:44 On 16/05/2010 2:43 AM, Paul wrote: > Jeff Strickland wrote: >> "Baron" <baron.nospam(a)linuxmaniac.nospam.net> wrote in message >> news:hsn3mt$ndj$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>> Jeff Strickland Inscribed thus: >>> >>>> I plugged the Model Number into the Compaq Website for Driver >>>> Downloads, and the machine does not come up as a supported product, so >>>> I can't get drivers for the motherboard. >>> Run "SIW" and locate the drivers that way. >>> >> >> >> Run what? And from where? >> >> This sounds like something I don't know. >> >> I went to START>RUN and typed in siw, but got an error message. Tell >> me more. >> >> > > "SIW - System Information for Windows" > > http://www.gtopala.com/siw-download.html > > It's another tool like an Everest, or a Belarc Advisor. > > Paul Or you could use the "PLOP" boot loader to boot a usb drive from floppy or any other device you can boot from. http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager.html JD
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