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I was ever told to install the wrong DRIVERS for
Twinhead efio121il.
In that I installed drivers for H12M
I told to my SENIOR but we GOT no time
n so was forced to install the wrong drivers for customer.
What will happen? I am still thinking .

The equipment may or may not work, or not work correctly. It depends on the component, which you didn't elaborate on. Some are identical between some nearly identical models.

You can probably find the correct drivers and install them from device manager. Sometimes things are in Add and Remove Programs in Control Panel, but usually not.

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I was ever told to install the wrong drivers for
Twinhead efio121il.
In that I installed drivers for H12M
I told to my senior but we got no time
n so was forced to install the wrong drivers for customer.
What will happen? I am still thinking .

Seasons greetings all.

I hope this is the correct forum to post this. My sound has not been working for some time. There is no "speaker" icon in the tray, and when I look at Multimedia properties the whole audio page is greyed out and nothing can be clicked on. Clicking on System, there are yellow exclamation marks next to SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio and Wave Device for Voice Modem.

The device status for Soundmax says QUOTE

"This device is either not present, not working properly, or does not have all the drivers installed (code 10). Try upgrading the device drivers for this device."

"the best driver Windows found is already installed for this device."

"The drivers for this device are not installed (code 28). To reinstall the drivers for this device, click reinstall driver."

"unable to locate a driver."

I think I also had the yellow marks on the Soundbaster PCI128 Legacy device and Creative Labs PCI128 Sound Blaster at one point, but these were probably fixed by the buttons because Device manager says they are working properly. Sorry to be so vague.

I have Windows 98 SE, but that's all I know. I downloaded Everest to give you more info, but [highlight]this programme freezes my computer as soon as it is loaded[/highlight]. I'm sure there is something else wrong as my computer always goes "[highlight]nee-nar, nee-nar" like an ambulance when it's booting or when I load any programmes[/highlight]; also when I exit programmes and shut down. Do I need to move forum and try to fix this problem first?

This CD-ROM is from an older version of Windows than the one you are presently using. Setup functionality from this disk will be disabled.

Alright, my problem is that my sound just stopped working partway through me working one day. I was sitting there then the sound just stopped. Like completely stopped. Then that little speaker icon on the icon bar on my start bar just went away.

I TRIED that geek squad thing but all they could tell me without charging $100 was that my sound driver probly got disconnected.

So what I need to KNOW is how to re-connect the driver.

Thankyou in advance,

NickDLoad and run Everest Home and post a log here...this will help us STEER you in the right direction...Geek squad, $100...

Here is Everest Home:

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html

Make a report and copy and past it here. It will take several posts, or zip it up and attach it.

What is the computer or motherboard make and model?Here is the report I zipped it.Go here and use the live update for the correct drivers from MSI:

http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/download_center.phpOk, I updated the driver for my sound but when it was installing it said that the driver file could not be found. It still installed the update anyway. I restarted my computer and that little speaker symbol on the start bar is back but when I right click it and try to go to volume CONTROL is says that not mixer devices are available. Then is says to go to the control panel to install one.

Right now I'm downloading the other updates for other things.Di dyou get that drive formatted and Windows reinstalled?

Do you have the motherboard CD that came with that?The computer is only about a year old. Straight from the manufacturer. It's been working for months then the sound just stopped.

I have all the cd's that came with the computerThe correct drivers should be on the MBoard driver CD as GX suggested...

My 'F/:' driver is stuck with a disk in it. However TAHT driver does not have a 'relese' button, i can press with a paper clip. the DVD drive does, but its not stuck. PLEASE HeLP me!HelpMe88..... It sounds like you are saying , there is a disk in your F drive , which one WOULD assume is a optical drive ( EITHER a cd drive or a dvd drive .)
and you can press the release with a paper clip.........
So try this . Shut down the machine ...... now press the release mechanism with the paperclip ( you should be able to feel the release ) press the paperclip until the drive door begins to open and then pull it fully open and REMOVE the disk.

dl65

I installed windows 2k on my 7922 presario DESKTOP pc. Now the video and pics are running at safe mode level. I can barely read this as I type. The HP site does not contain any help for me. Nor does any other site I have found. I have tried to overwrite 2k with xp but it won't start. Now I think I have a nice boat anchor.One post is ENOUGH, thread LOCKED.

I RECENTLY got a HP Pavilion 7410P with a crashed Harddrive
After replacing the drive and reinstalling Windows 98SE, I have been looking for ezphoto software to download with the NECESSARY drivers to USE the Pavilions internal scanner again, but had no LUCK. On the DriverGuide Website I FOUND the software, but after I have been trying to install it, it told me that some "tif" and "dll" files are missing.
Does anyone has a solution, where I can get a working application?

Thanks! www.hp.com or use that link to get to their support info for a phone call.

So I went shopping around today for video cards and such but it seems that I NEED a VERY LOW profile card which is rather impossible to find so I've decided to scrap the WHOLE computer and GET a NEW one. Thanx guys for all your input, advice and help.Ship it to GX1_Man...he loves tinkering with old Dell's...But this is a Compaq!

Low Profile AGP:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?DEPA=0&type=&Description=low+profile+agp&Submit=ENE&N=0&Ntk=all

Low Profile PCI:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?DEPA=0&type=&Description=low+profile+pci+video&Submit=ENE&N=0&Ntk=allOooooppps...

Sounds OK, as long as it is installed when you reboot.
As long as you clicked uninstall, it will have uninstalled.
Does the CD work now?ok...i have tried to uninstall twice, RIGHT clicked, clicked on uninstall etc etc, and nothing seems to be happening, when i reboot or before it is all still installed!!

Am i not doing something?

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Sounds OK, as long as it is installed when you reboot.
As long as you clicked uninstall, it will have uninstalled.
Does the CD work now?

...dont slap yourself....it may hurt!!!

Ah well, thanks loads for your help Calum, really appreciate you taking the time.

I have a Maxtor OneTouch III Turbo Edition 1TB Hard Drive Array 7200RPM, External, USB 2.0 / FireWire 400 / FireWire 800

Now I just connected it by USB cable to my computer and I found out all my video files and digital media I saved there before disappeared! I know they are STILL there because when I CHECK the drive in the My Computer screen they found 300gb used but when I click on the drive and highlight all the folders and files THERES 50gb less! What kind of data recovery software do i need to find my invisible files??What happened from when it worked to when it didn't?

When you right click on the drive and choose properties, what does it show?

What CAN you access on the drive? Was it encrypted in any WAY? Does this help?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

Hello,

Recently re-installed Win98SE.

Windows found the MONITOR as a PnP monitor. I believe Windows called it a STANDARD monitor when I looked it up in the list of drivers included with Windows. It did label it A1770NSL.

I had plenty of other stuff to do, to get the computer back to where I wanted it. I COULD see it, it was good enough, - actually, to my eye - it looked good. So I proceeded. Just today, I remembered that I wanted to look into it a bit more.
Figuring on using the newest driver available.....


On the back of the monitor, I found the manufacturers label. Model number is A1770NSL.
Everest reports "Lite-On/Litronic A1770NSL [17" CRT] (907520776)" on the monitor line. This was with the stock Win98 install.... I don't know where Everest gets its info from.....
On the FRONT of the monitor is written NobleView. I'm GUESSING that is just some third party marketing, and that the monitor was really made by Lite-On.

Googled some. Wound up at: http://members.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driverid=8771

I believe that was the right driver. Will somebody knowledgeable kindly have a look and confirm?

Downloaded it.

Used Device Manager to Update Driver.
I believe old driver was dated sometime in 1999. This one is "; Revise date -- 02/23/2000" in the .inf file. That's all the whole thing is... an .inf file.

Installed fine.

I can't see any difference - I suppose I'd have been surprised if I did.

I'm thinking the thing to do right now is nothing. Just leave it with the driver I just downloaded and installed... no need to switch it back. Again, would somebody please confirm?

Question: In all probability, what is the difference in the driver thta Windows found within it's own setup, and the one I downloaded and installed? .... nothing?

Thanks

Windows 98 just installed the latest driver for your monitor that comes with Win98. There isn't really a way to tell if there is a difference, the only difference is that they are new drivers and just a little bit more stable than the old ones provided.CRT monitors usually do not have drivers as such. Occasionally an .inf file is provided with them, but the default plug and play monitor setting is satisfactory.Quote

CRT monitors usually do not have drivers as such.

Occasionally an .inf file is provided with them, but the default plug and play monitor setting is satisfactory.

My cdrom drive is not reading disk. It was working untill a week ago. It opens and closes ok. there is also no icon for the drive in my computer either. Does anyone know how I can fix thisQuote

My cdrom drive is not reading disk. It was working untill a week ago. It opens and closes ok. there is also no icon for the drive in my computer either. Does anyone know how I can fix this

Is it not still under warranty? If it is call Gateway at once.

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576M of ram installed on it.
AMD K6-2 350MHz

Windows 98 can have problems with RAM over 512 meg. Has this amount of memory always been in there?

Since you just reinstalled it and then had problems, I would hazzard a guess that the answer is no.

Try removing enough to get it down to 512 and see if that MAKES a difference.

There is really no advantage to more with a Win98 system anyway.

The gist of it was to reduce the RAM to 512 and reinstall the video card drivers and see if that solves the problem.

Frequently what happens is that Windows was loaded with a lower amount of RAM and when you exceed that amount things keep on working. When you reinstall Win98 with RAM > 512, then you run into the vCache problems promptly if your machine is susceptible to it.

You said that the problems really got worse AFTER the reinstall which supports that theory.

Was that all of the questions to answer?

http://www.frugalsworld.com/tweaking/vcache.shtml

OK, my misunderstanding on point two.

I think there is no specific advantage to using an "updated" driver which may not be correct versus the driver that came with the card. It really all depends on what the update was supposed to fix. I personally would stick with the stock ATI driver on CD.

If you want to use more than 512MB of memory with Win98, a tweak allegedly alleviates the problem GX1_MAN mentioned. See for info: Windows 98 & WinME
Memory Management ; pay particular attention to the "THREE EXCEPTIONS".

GRAPHICS DRIVER I NEED FOR FMVNU5C2 MODEL, FMV-6866NUfaisal one POST per TOPIC is USUALLY sufficient.
See your other thread for ADVICE.
The poll feature is not NEEDED for advice.

It started off when i put in a sound CARD. On start up i got this error http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...g/IMG_0018.jpg, every single option i selected, my COMPUTER would just shutdown. So i TOOK out the sound card and i got the same error but this TIME i selected "last known good configuration" and it worked. Then i tried to play cs:s and got a window saying my drivers are out of date. So i go to the ATI site and download the new drivers and restart my computer and i got the same stupid error on start up. I ask around on how to FIX that error and people said to just reformat. I reformat and install all the new drivers. I start up CS:S and i got the same window saying that my drivers are out of date. I ignore the message and join a server, but its unplayable. I had 1-20fps on high and low settings. I tried a different game (BF2) and i got the same results as CS:S.

Does any know whats wrong? Ive install different drivers like warcat 7.4, it did add a little fps but still didnt work.

SystemSpecs-
Windows Vista Ultimate
Intel Pentium D CPU 2.80GHz, 2792Mhz, 2 Cores, 2 logical Processors
2GB DDR2 of RAM
ATI x1950Pro 256mb DDR3

Drivers out of date?
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...Untitled-2.jpg
High Settings FPS
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...ejong/high.jpg
Low Settings FPS
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...Dejong/low.jpg

I dont know what to do.I am getting the following message from your
photobucket links........


Page not found …but while you're at Photobucket, why not try:

I NOTICED that I'm missing this driver on my computer and I'm TRYING to download it manually because I have lost the disc but I can't find it on dell's WEBSITE. I have a Latitude D500 ... there is no info on the network controller i need ... can someone point out the driver that I need or point me to a website that has this. THANKSIF you travel to Dell's MAIN site there is a box up in the cornere where you enter your service tag ID and it will list all the needed drivers for your machine...

Ok i just received my new custom built pc and am having great problems getting online as I cannot get my software to work diretly.

When I insert my driver cd and click on auto run it comes up with an error box saying unable to fix security error, this comes up around 10 times and when i finally get to the menu for drivers nothing is listed under it. I tried INSTALLING manually by exploring the cd and this seemed to work ok until I went to device MANAGER and it said the driver had successfully installed but the software was having an error when trying to run. The error code was 10. I also looked on the net for updated drivers and they have not solved the problem. I called the guy who sold me the pc and he said he will send me a new cd but I have doubts as to wether this will work.

My mobo is an abit sg-95 socket 775
I am running windows VISTA 32-bit
The LAN is an SiS 190 (ethernet device driver)

If you need any other info please ask and to street1 I will take up your ADVICE and hopefully be a lot more knowlodgeable in the years to come.

Jonas Wauters .... Ah , I didnt realise you had a older version ......
good to hear you found the older one and are back up and running.


dl65

On my COMPUTER, I have three drives: C:/ (14 GB) D:/ (18 GB) and F:/ (5 GB). The problem is that the computer downloads everything on to the F drive and windows is INSTALLED on that drive. Because it only has 5 GB, there is no space on it to do anything and everytime I try to download an update or anything, it says there is no space left. How can I fix this problem so I can use my other drive like C:/ or POSSIBLE make F:/ bigger or something.. PLEASE help Are we talking about one hard drive with three partitions or three separate hard drives?

What operating system are you using?

What's the make and model of your computer?

If it were me...I'd back up everything I wanted to save from this computer and do a recovery...only if there is only one drive and I mistakingly partitoned it into three separate drives. I'd also make sure that none of the existing partitions have a hidden image file used for recovery purposes.

Once I had everything backed up...I recover the system to the way I WANT it.

This may not be what you want to do, though...think about it.
What is on C: and is there a reason Windows is not installed there ? ?
Is this a dual boot setup ? ?

As far as DLoads you can have them land anywhere you choose. Depending on the browser you are using the directions to set this up are different...

What browser ? ?

Device is BIOS enabled. Hardware Props. auto-download from MS avails nowt.
Have scoured the web inc. Intel & can't find it anywhere!
Can't AFFORD XP which I know does include this driver.
Does anyone know if the dreaded ME has it built in?
It's for a Compaq Deskpro
PIII 800Mhz(Coppermine)
i815 Solano chipset
It's a Win98 logoed system and it's an onboard device so I'm sure this driver must EXIST somewhere!
Could some kind soul please try and help? I can supply AIDA32 info. further to the above if this helps.

NB A long while ago I found a driver listed as being for this device written by Realtek but it can't have been right because the install BSOD-ed and crashed my system irretreivably.#6 here: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filter_results.aspx?strTypes=all&ProductID=179&OSFullName=Windows*+Me&lang=eng&strOSs=22&submit=Go!Thanks - the graphics driver is the one and the App. Accelerator does help general performance but - despite fresh attempts with the software on this page installed...still no sound device!I said #6: INF Update Utility - Zip Format (1927KB) - chipset driveryep installed that as well - zip first then the .exe
sorry should have made that clearIn that case, I'd assume, your on-board sound chip is dead.
You may need to buy cheap sound card (~$15).XP finds it and works it fine...but £65 for a new OS? Linux presents a whole raft of other even worse problems or I'd be using that INSTEAD of 98SE cos Big L. finds and uses the sound no probs.Right - obviously this is a non-starter...I'll have to install Tux and fight the inevitable battles over modem detection and driver INSTALLATION and GOD knows what.
Thanks anyway.

A few days ago I was switching computers around with my cousin.....he had bought a new computer and was giving his old one to me which is Windows XP Packard Bell.
Well we were transferring files and we deleted all of his files he had on there in My documents, videos, pics,music and took a few programmes off as well......well I wanted to install something but when I PUT my cd in the drive...the mouse icon started that sand clock but then immdeiately stopped as if I had ejected the cd which i hadn't.
We have tried several things to get it going again.
System reboot, system restore, that destructive reboot as well as non-destructive but all has failed!!!!!
We looked into Drivers and saw some important files missing...gone as in they're no where.
Do we buy a new driver and install it?
We're going crazy here!!
HELP! Did you try a different cd? Is it there in my computer? Go to device manager and dvd/cd-rom drives. Are there any yellow question marks?We tried several thinking the CDs were broken!
When we go to My Computer it doesn't pick it up....whe I click on the CD drive icnon...it says 'Please INSERT a disk into ;E''
No Yellow questions marks.......but some of the files for the drive....you can't click into them........the icon is still there but it is faded which indicates it does not have it there.....does that make SENSE?Did you try a working disk that is know to work. Some times it dont like how the disk were formatted, I ran into this issue before. Drivers are free but if the case is the drive died then there is no REAL saving it. You could try booting off the xp disk an doing a repair or a complete reinstall I had that happen before as well.Check the cables to your CD player...the flat RIBBON cable and the power cable....make sure they are secure at both ends.

I had bought my laptop in February 2008, it CAME with Vista. It took me awhile to get rid of it and install XP again. I had found a program to make a copy of the OS CD but to include the appropriate drivers and stuff to install XP. Before I found nLite, I got an error screen saying that the setup couldn't find any hard drive disks (becuase of RAID).

I bought a new 500GB HDD at FUTURE Shop last night and since I came HOME, i have been trying to install XP on the new HDD. I downloaded nLite again and collected some drivers from the drivers and system32\drivers folders but it dosen't work. I still get that screen.
I can't use the CD that I used before (to install XP the first time) becuase the CD is cracked so a lot of files won't copy over. I've tried.

Do I need to include the inf file for the RAID driver, if so where is it located in XP Home? Or do I need to download it and include it when making an ISO file with nLite? Also, how do I tell which RAID driver/controller I use on my laptop. I went to My Computer>Properties>Hardware Manager and looked but it doesn't really say RAID. It says:

IDE ATA/ATAPI controller:
Intel(R) 82801HEM/HBM SATA AHCI Controller
Intel(R) ICH8M Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 2850
Primary IDE Channel
Secondary IDE Channel

I've tried to disable the RAID in the BIOS but there is no option for it. My BIOS is phoenix TrustedCore(tm)

The 200GB HDD that is in my laptop is SATA, oh course.

Is there anyway to disable the BIOS so i can install Windows XP normally?!

It is now 1:24 AM and I am extremely tired.The RAID/SATA driver needs to be loaded during the XP install...
Very early on in the setup you will see "Press F6 to install RAID/SATA drivers...
They are on the Driver CD that shipped with the laptop...or at the laptop manuf. site...I've found the RAID driver and it worked, I'm installing Windows XP on my new 500GB HDD but theres a problem installing, it'll looking for ASMS it it can't seem to find it on the CD. I put in my old CD, the original OS CD too but it can't seem to find it.You are going to have to borrow a legit XP CD to do this properly...
Some nLite CD's just aren't built properly.
It needs to match the version of your liscense key to work properly.

P.S. Remember to install the Service Packs as well and run Windows UPDATE...I did this from a legit XP OS CD.You STATED it was a copy of an XP CD...It is now fixed.

Ok so i got a new graphics card, its an ati Radeon 256m card. When i OPENED my computer i didn't see any current graphics cards in... I put in the new one but when i tried to start the screen is just black... when i take out the new card its normal. I'm not familiar with computers, any help?First, you have onboard graphics. If you can see things on your monitor as normally expected, then you have a graphics card in your system. Onboard graphics (also can be called integrated graphics) just means it's one that's built into the monitor and shares memory with the main memory that the computer uses (the memory sticks) which probably why you didn't see any current graphics card in as you mentioned but a graphics card is definitely in your system and for your purposes, you can't remove the onboard graphics but you can disable it so computer knows not to use it anymore.

If you're INSERTING in a separate graphics card, it doesn't share memory with the computer's main memory sticks thus is better.

I'm thinking one of two things may have happened.

1. Have you unplugged the cable from old graphics card to the new one? (That might be a reason wh your screen is black ... old card has been disabled, new one has been detected by windows but monitor isn't CONNECTED to it)

2. Old graphics card was not disabled as should have been.... in this case, try following instructions to see if you get it working ....
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To disable the onboard graphics (assuming that you are running Windows)., turn your computer on and log on using Safe Mode. You can do this by pressing F8 repeatedly during boot up. You should come to a list of options; highlight Safe Mode using the up and down buttons, and press 'Enter' to select.

Right click on My Computer and select Properties.

Select the Advanced tab, and click on Device Manager.

Click on the '+' by the picture of a monitor. It should pull up your graphics device (something like Intel Integrated Graphics or whatever the name of your current graphics card is).

Right click on the device for your onboard graphics.Disable it, don't uninstall it; otherwise, this will cause you a world of trouble.

Log off, and power your computer off.

Remove the case cover and insert the new card in an empty slot.

Plug your monitor cable into the new card, and when you log on, it should run on low resolution until the driver is installed. It should find the new hardware, and from here, follow the graphics card installation MANUAL. Sometimes it has programs that install the driver and not the Found New Hardware Wizard.

[Ow btw, some displays have an "INPUT Source option", thats when you have both AGP and DVI connections, and some of those dont switch umong them automaticly. So if you had an AGP before and now you connected DVI it could still be in AGP mode./quote]]

Hey

Just got new sounds card, cannot get it to work get the following error message when using the directx Diagnostic tool.

DirectSound test results: Failure at step 3 (DirectSoundCreate): HRESULT = 0x8878000a (The request failed because DirectSound resources, such as the priority LEVEL, were already in use by another CALLER.)

Windows Xp S3
Packard Bell

Cheers Did your computer have integrated audio that NEEDS to be disabled?

You may ALSO need to enable the Windows Audio Service.

Hi.

Yesterday I bough a HDD with a case to go with it which has a power plug and a usb from the case to the computer (case has a thing that connects to HDD) Once I plug it in, it can detect that there it is there and will install the drivers for it BUT I cant FIND the place to get to it... Normly I would go thru My Computer -> find it there.. When I do that also there is a E) Drive but thats been there before I pluged this in. Ive tryed it on two diffrent USB ports and both times I cant access into th HDD. Also in Device Manager there is one -USB Mass Storage, and there is no yellow "!" at all.

What am I doing WRONG?


ThanksDid you format it?its all brand new, dont have a option toGo Start, and in "Start search" TYPE in:
diskmgmt.msc
Hold CTRL, and SHIFT, press Enter.

In Disk Management, right click on new drive, click "Format".Thanks, worked good! Also there is a brrrrrr noise coming from my stero when the external HDD is pluged in... any reason for that to ACURE?I have no IDEA. It sounds like some interference. Try different USB port.Did you plug the external hard disk into the same power source as the speakers and or PC?

I have somehow stupidly deleted my audio DRIVER and I can not reinstall it.


I have an Acer Aspire One AOA150 with windows xp home edition
And my driver is RealTek High Definition Audio driver 5.10.0.5628

When I went to device manager there was a Yellow EXCLAMATION mark on Audio device on HD audio bus. Device STATUS said "the driver for this status is not installed (code 28)'
I clicked reinstall but said I needed a CD. This laptop does not take Cd's, its a tiny little 10" thing.
I also tried to rollback Drive, but no driver was ever backed up.
This computer was given to me so I do not have any info that may have come with it.

I went to the Acer site and tried to download the driver from there but it would not run.
I finally found a site to download it from and and once I was installing it a message came up
'Install RealTek HD Audio Driver Failure!! [ERROR code: -0001]'

It TELLS me that no sound card is found.
Oh, but when I go to my programs I still have this: RealTek GbE &FE Ethernet PCI-E NIC Driver.

Could this be why it wont install the driver again?
If you know some way to get my audio back, please help.
RealTek GbE &FE Ethernet PCI-E NIC is your ethernet card driver, and it has nothing to do with sound.

Go here: http://us.acer.com/acer-v2/service.do?LanguageISOCtxParam=en&miu10einu24.current.attN2B2F2EEF=3750&sp=page15e&ctx2.c2att1=25&miu10ekcond13.attN2B2F2EEF=3750&CountryISOCtxParam=US&ctx1g.c2att92=453&ctx1.att21k=1&CRC=2054404012
Download, and install chipset driver first, then audio driver.thanks but
Thats where I went to install it....
and didnt work...

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install chipset driver first

If anyone can solve this they can have my two children....okay, maybe only the first born one.

It doesn't matter what program I use, it does the same thing. The music or audio file starts playing and 15-30 seconds into it, it sticks at the current sound and then 5 seconds later into the file, it does it again and again. It's getting really annoying. At first, it didn't bother me so I just dealt with it but now, I want it fixed. I tried the help through Windows Media and it told me it was an audio DRIVER problem. Right now, I don't have an output device installed. I'm needing something that works correctly.
Some information about my computer... Gateway Desktop PC, GT5408 series. Gateway Council Bluffs Intel 945G Viiv motherboard, Integrated high definition audio. If you need more, let me know and I will ATTEMPT to get it. I appreciate any advice.
FYI, I had to reinstall Windows about a month ago.



Your sound depends on 945G chipset, so you may try to reinstall chipset driver: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Filter_Results.aspx?strOSs=All&strTypes=All&ProductID=2115&lang=eng&OSFullName=All%20Operating%20Systems (number 5)I tried to reinstall it and an Error message came up when I tried to install it, "This computer does not meet the minimum system requirements for installing the software." We're talking Vista here, correct?Yes, Vista was installed when I bought it. When I (not sure if this is the correct word but...) reformatted my computer, I noticed it was originally XP and I just ran the CD my computer came with, which was Vista. I'm going to try and find the driver that was originally on here. I found out that gateway keeps these things hidden on their computers for people like me who tend to delete IMPORTANT stuff! Quote

I just ran the CD my computer came with

I went to my device manger - sound- and uninstalled the audio driver software that i currently had.

Ok... I am trying to use a Concord Eye-Q 2000 digital camera on my computer. I don't have the driver or software for this camera on my PC. There are pictures on the camera I want to download to my computer.
So I googled to find the driver and found this site:
http://members.driverguide.com/index.php?action=dosearch&qm0=+concord+eyeq+2000&qa5=2&qa7=Windows+XP&sm=s&si=ed1146a635c3fe1d4df7c871dc12f244&st=1243355616&pg=1

I don't guess I really know what I'm doing.
The computer prompted me that this driver was not proven to be compatible with Windows XP and gave me an option to cancel download. I opted to cancel, but it continued the download anyway!!? So, I did a driver scan from this site:
http://www.driverguide.com/
© iCentric Corp. 2003 - 2008

It said UNKNOWN in REGARDS to this driver that was installed.

So, I'm like "Okay, I need to get this mess off my computer"....
But I don't know how.

Can someone advise me on how to get this off of my computer, or tell me that it's ok to use it. I haven't tried to use it with the camera, because I got scared that it was gonna mess it up.
Also, can anyone tell me how I can find the proper place to download something to help me get the pictures off of my camera onto my computer??? Thank You!!!!Don't ever use Driver Guide sites like that one. Many of them tell you that your computer is missing drivers, when it MAY not be.

Do you remember what the driver was called?No, I don't. It is a camera. A Concord EyeQ Duo 2000.
It seems to be a camera that is no longer being made and maybe even the company has changed it's name. But I have pictures on it that I am really hoping to be able to download.
And the driver is for Windows XP?

Try hereOK...I have a stupid question: Hopefully you are KINDA use to that!

Do I need to have the camera attached to the computer when I do this?
I've never had this driver on my PC before EITHER...does that matter?Okay, let's start again.

Did a CD come with this, or did the software install from the camera?It came with a CD. But I don't have it anymore. I found the CD! Can you help me now, please? Oh, forgot completely about this.....Sorry about that.

Usually all you have to do is INSERT the CD and it should run and install the software. If the software was installed before, then you'll want to do a repair install.It worked! THANKS! Great. Have fun with it!

Lately, some of my games have been crashing so I tried to up date my graphics card.
I'm currently using:

Gateway
GM5088
WINDOWS Xp, Media Center Edition, Ver. 2002, SP3
Geforce 6100 (Its crap, I know)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual, 4600+, 2.41 Ghz
1.87 GB of Ram

I go To the nVidia website and download the latest driver.
Link: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_186.18_whql.html

It unpacks fine but when it GET to the "InstallSheld wizard is...Blah Blah Blah" Stage, it hangs just about 2 bars away from completing, and FREEZE's my computer up if I try to do anything, so I have to reboot.

Ive tried to leave it on overnight to see if it was just being slow, but it stayed like that all night.

Id run it in safe mode and try but its a gateway and the boot menu doesn't have such OPTIONS. If it does, I cant find it.

My best guess is that it USES all of my processing power and locks it up, but I don't know how Id fix something like that.

Edit: I tried to install the latest nVidia Control center but the same thing happens. If some one could at least give me an Idea what to do that would be great...Scrappy,

Safe mode is a feature of Windows, not of computer hardware manufacturers (like Dell, Gateway, etc.) so it doesn't matter that you have a gateway.

As soon as the gateway logo disappears press "F8" on your keyboard (when booting the computer). Feel free to press it a number of times, as it won't harm anything.

As long as you press it before the windows logo pops up, it should give you the option of "Safe mode," where you can then try loading the new driver.

good luck.

Hello, ive got a problem with my drivers, ive run the driverzone scan and installed my CHIPSET drivers but when i reboot and run the scan agian there still not there.
I have CPU usage drops when i play any games, causing GAME frezzes and i suspect that this might be the problem.

I got a custom built laptop, DIDNT built it myself but bought it assemblet.

Windows 7 Professional 64bit.
Processer: Intel(R) core(TM) i7.2720AM CPU @ 2,20GHz.
Gfx card: Nvidia Geforce GT 540M

(dont know much about this, and sorry for my bad english)It's okay, your English isn't bad at all considering it's your 2nd language

In task manager, are there any CPU-intensive programs besides your game that use your CPU's resources?
When the freezes occur is your HDD light flashing/solid?
Also, try disabling Intel Speedstep-your processor may be throttling due to low CPU usage.There are no recourses intensive programs running while the lag happens

When i was trying to moniter it it seemed that it was only the game that drops in cpu and not the other aplications.

Erm im not sure if the HDD light is on... dont know where to look :p
and i cant acces speed-step in my bios..QUOTE from: Guldlossen on April 01, 2012, 03:10:38 PM

and i cant acces speed-step in my bios..

Erm im not sure if the HDD light is on... dont know where to look :p

I have CPU usage drops when i play any games, causing game frezzes and i suspect that this might be the problem.

The HDD light is defferantly frezzed in flashing when it lags!

Its more like every 10 secounds or something... it makes gaming impossible.

Yes, thanks for the response, I solved this with nvidia driver update. First I tried to update it using nvidia controll panel and it said that update is complete so I thought my driver is up to date. But this piece of crap deceived me! I opened control panel → installing/removing apps and noticed that nvidia driver is still outdated.
So, everybody who having the same troubles, you need to GO on nvidia site and download the driver manually.

Hello,

I have another tough driver-related problem. Your help is always most appreciated.
how do I go about installing these drivers, starting with the CHIPSET drivers?

I just installed xp professional on a HARD drive and updated all the microsoft updates that I could in hopes to install the drivers as well, but there are three yellow question mark/exclamation points in device manager. SMBus, Audio Device on high definition Audio Bus, and Video Controller.
I grabbed the drivers from the emachines site on a flash drive. the OS that I have compresses them.
I started with the SMBus driver. (this is the chipset driver, am I correct?) I have not tried to do anything with any other driver.
I extracted it right in the folder. I also double-clicked the setup file with the HOPE that this could be easy (I was hoping that the driver would just install without a problem). a couple of screens did come up, but activity seased, and the drivers did not install to completion.

I installed everest home, but immediately after launching it, I GOT a pop-up 'error' that stated everest home did not support the chipset which my computer has, northbridge ATI RS400/southbridge ATI SB450 (everest provided this info after stating my computer was not supported??)
Also, according to everest, my motherboard is RC410-SB450-PTRC-GC-00. however, if everest is not working correctly, can everest be trusted?

I will attempt to attach the readme text file that is included with the driver. it explains several different ways of installing this chipset driver.

the computer is an emachines T2542 with 320mb ram and pentium 4. I may however increase the memory if I have some that is compatible. I am looking into it today.

GPU chipset according to everest is ATI Radion Xpress 200 (RC410) Chipset
The most info I could acquire about audio was ATI SB450 high definition audio controller. that was all that everest had to offer.

if the readme file doesn't attach properly I will have to copy and paste that seperately.

Sorry if my post is LACKING or disorganized in any way, and thanks as you have helped me many times in the past. ejames82

[year+ old attachment deleted by admin]I was able to find the drivers. the others were incorrect. the correct drivers were here:

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/SearchResult.aspx?lang=eng&ProductFamily=Desktop+Boards&ProductLine=Third-Party+Chipset+Boards&ProductProduct=Intel%c2%ae+Desktop+Board+D101GGC

all that was required was double-clicking on them. once I discovered the name of the motherboard was D101GGC things fell into place.
Glad we could help.

Hi.

I seem to be running into a lot of BSODs resulting from my ATI graphics driver, namely atikmpag.sys according from the dump, on my Dell Inspiron M5010. I've tried reinstalling drivers from both Dell's website and AMD's site but to no AVAIL. Both of them have resulted in the BSOD with bug code 0x00000116 which I believe is a STOP error.

If you need more info from me, lemme know. I'm new to the whole PC support posting. ^^;Download BlueScreenView
No installation required.
DOUBLE click on BlueScreenView.exe FILE to run the program.
When scanning is done, go Edit>Select All.
Go File>Save Selected Items, and save the report as BSOD.txt.
Open BSOD.txt in Notepad, copy all content, and paste it into your next reply.==================================================
Dump File : 040712-35942-01.dmp
Crash Time : 4/7/2012 3:57:25 PM
Bug Check String :
Bug Check Code : 0x00000116
Parameter 1 : fffffa80`04ede4e0
Parameter 2 : fffff880`03f0ba5c
Parameter 3 : ffffffff`c0000001
Parameter 4 : 00000000`00000003
Caused By Driver : dxgkrnl.sys
Caused By Address : dxgkrnl.sys+5d000
File Description :
Product Name :
Company :
File Version :
Processor : x64
Crash Address : ntoskrnl.exe+66500
Stack Address 1 :
Stack Address 2 :
Stack Address 3 :
Computer Name :
Full Path : C:\Windows\Minidump\040712-35942-01.dmp
Processors Count : 3
Major Version : 15
Minor Version : 7600
Dump File Size : 1,183,096
==================================================And you're sure you downloaded the right driver from Dell? This one
http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/04/DriverDetails/DriverFileFormats?c=us&l=en&s=bsd&cs=04&DriverId=R266228Did the first time, gave me the BSOD. I'm currently using the ones from AMD and they seem to work nicely for now.Quote from: Koyote on April 07, 2012, 05:22:26 PM

I'm currently using the ones from AMD and they seem to work nicely for now.

Nope! Just BSOD'd. Same error and everything. Should I replace them with the ones you linked?

Yes.

i was told by Sony support on theit chat support to take my sony VIO VGN-NW20EF bact to factory settings due to the disc DRIVE not working, i done this, now the lap TOP does not see my Novus when i plug into the USB, worked before, other usb connections are working ok, i am now confusedWhat is a Novus ?
Does it need its own instillation and drives?

If it is a remote temperature and environment monitor, it is not a standard feature of your Toshiba. It is not a simple USB device. The device and has its own instantiation SOFTWARE. Do the install again, using the CD that came with that USB external CONTROLLER.

I want to get an older computer that has been home built with the ep-61BXA-M motherboard to recognize a larger HDD I want to install. It's a Western Digital WD800JB, 80GBs HDD. This will be the only HDD in the computer, and I am not sure how the jumper should be set. According to the diagram there should be no jumper if I use it as master. It came set with jumper in CABLE SELECT SETTINGS. I do have a CD ROM that is jumpered for slave on the the same Primary IDE and a DVD drive on the Secondary IDE jumpered to master. For some REASON I cannot get my computer to see this HDD.

What am I doing wrong?

ThanksMB=================================Slave========Master.
Not sure that I follow your meaning.




Quote from: patio on April 07, 2012, 04:35:01 PM

MB=================================Slave========Master.

Thats the cabling diagram...
If the HDD is the only device on that cable hook it to the end connector...and yes most HDD's if master need no jumper.
You may want to consider the chance that the HDD has failed...

Let us know.

Cable Select (CS) only works with an 80-conductor cable.
http://www.mikeshardware.com/howtos/howto_connect_ide_hd.html

Hey all. My laptop just died, well actually the screen died I think. I have toshiba satellite L 500 D. What I was wondering is there anyway I can salvage my hard drive? Or can I install it on another laptop? You can remove the HDD...place it in an external enclosure ...and have full access to it on any other PC.

NOTE: Placing it into another laptop it'll probably fail to boot if it's Win XP or newer...this is by design....however it does not need to be able to boot to access the data.so can I use the hard drive again? or will I just be able to get the data from it and that's it? I'm not that great with computers so forgive me if I'm asking stupid questions First, they are not stupid questions. Second, as long as the drive itself is not damaged or the cause of your problem then yes, you may certainly continue to use it. Last, perhaps you'd like to explain exactly what happened with your laptop - if it's not a dead screen, it may be something with which we can help.How did it died? If it didn't burnt or fall of the building, yes you can pull something out of your hard drive Quote from: Trafalgar on April 09, 2012, 10:13:34 AM

How did it died? If it didn't burnt or fall of the building, yes you can pull something out of your hard drive

First, they are not stupid questions. Second, as long as the drive itself is not damaged or the cause of your problem then yes, you may certainly continue to use it. Last, perhaps you'd like to explain exactly what happened with your laptop - if it's not a dead screen, it may be something with which we can help.

I have read somewhere that this means I NEED to fix one of my DRIVERS but maybe that is incorrect. Is there a fix to this?
I have a Dell Inspirion 530S
Windows Vista Home Premium w/ service pack 2
Processor: Genuine Intel 2160 @ 1.80GHz
Ram: 2 GB
32 BIT OSSometimes this occurs when your CMOS battery is dead and the system can't SAVE its settings. It usually says something other than just press F1.

No, it is not related to drivers. Drivers are loaded by the OS (windows in this case) and what you are talking about is part of the BIOS.Can it be fixed? I would like to have it not show up everytime I re-boot.

Ok so awhile back i had this headset HTTP://www.turtlebeach.com/products/legacy-products/ear-force-x11.aspx and it broke so i got a one which worked fine until it broke. So now my brother had the same headset http://www.turtlebeach.com/products/legacy-products/ear-force-x11.aspx , which he gave to me. But it does not work,neither does my iphone headphones and speakers. So i went looking all over the net trying to look for a solution.

I have downloaded this http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=pv-58189-1&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&os=2093&product=3445434&sw_lang=
Nothing happened...
I have downloaded this http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsCheck.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=24&PFid=24&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false#High Definition Audio Codecs
Nothing happened...

When i say nothing happened, I mean it downloaded great and then it told me to restart my computer. After i restarted my computer it was like i didn't do anything...

Here is a screenshot of what i think could be usefull to you guys.



I run,
Vista 32bit
Welcome to CH!
What model computer do you have? Or is it custom?
Download Everest Free at http://majorgeeks.com/download4181.html. Find the audio section, and post a screenshot.

thomasthexpuserOP has a Realtek ALC888S audio chipset on a ASUS IPIBL-LA G33 chipset motherboard (HP Pavilion a6152n)

The "AMD High Definition" device installed is related to the HDMI output on the graphics card, and has nothing to do with the Realtek onboard chipset. It MIGHT just be just a fluke; Windows may be recognizing it as the default audio output device.

Boot into safe mode, uninstall the Realtek drivers and control panel, then boot back into Windows NORMALLY and reinstall them. Make sure you didn't download the drivers for another operating system.

Quick thought: I notice the Realtek sound chipset isn't even showing in Device MANAGER. Your computer isn't even acknowledging that it exists. Get into your BIOS and make sure onboard sound is enabled. If it lists "AUTO" and "ENABLED" as options pick "ENABLED"

I have a Sony Vaio VGN FZ340E running Windows Vista.

Several weeks ago, I had an error occur with my display drivers. My laptop screen flickered black and would come back on. After turning the computer off and powering back up, I recieved an infamous blue screen that reported an error with nvlddmkm.sys. I BOOTED in SAFE mode, uninstalled the drivers and REBOOTED with standard VGA display drivers. I have attempted to download and reinstall the drivers from Sony's website but every time I do, I still get the blue screen.

Long story short, I have been attempted to run a virus scan, Windows Defender and Malwarebytes Anti-malware scan. All of those reported no issues. I did do a DriverSweeper scan of the NVidia drivers which found many errors. It was able to fix all but 3 files which it can't repair.

Does anyone have any ideas?Post 3 and 4 in the below THREAD provide solutions to your problem.

http://forums.techarena.in/vista-hardware-devices/689444.htmWell I tried those steps listed but when I went to delete the three files listed in that 4th post, only the first one was there. nvvsvc and nvlddmkm were not even in the drivers folder. Is there a reason that those two files were not even installed after just INSTALLING the drivers?Did you go here - http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/model-home.pl?mdl=VGNFZ340E&template_id=1&region_id=1&tab=download#/downloadTab and download/install all video driver updates?Yes. I did all of those updates!Can you try disabling Windows defender when installing the Nvidia drivers? You can install Microsoft Security Essentials which is more of the antivirus and antispyware protection for Microsoft.

Tried posting this in computer hardware. Guess with it being a driver issue it seemed suited better here.

The title says it all pretty much. Ive included a BSOD log as well. My current specs:

Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. - Model GA-790FXTA-UD5
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition, 3200 MHz
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16gb CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 ( x4 4 GB DDR3-1333 DDR3)
GPU: AMD Radeon 5870 1GB GDDR5

The main driver I keep seeing in the blue screens is the 'atikmpag.sys'. The BSODs are mostly "Graphic driver failed & could not recovery" kind of errors. It happens more often in newer games. Battlefield 3/SWTOR are prime culprits. Other minor games such 'Sniper: Ghost Warrior' and even 'A Game of Thrones: Genesis' will crash with this kind of error.
Im sick of the BSODs! If anyone can shed some light on what the PROBLEM may be, please help.

On a side note, ive used the program FurMark before to benchmark my video card and it rarely crashed the drivers surprisingly. It was only when I went to do 'burn in' tests that it auto crashed.

As mentioned above, a BSOD log has been included.

[year+ old attachment deleted by admin]Quote

On a side note, ive used the program FurMark before to benchmark my video card and it rarely crashed the drivers surprisingly. It was only when I went to do 'burn in' tests that it auto crashed.

Quote from: -Dragon- on April 19, 2012, 09:07:31 AM

I was thinking of getting this http://www.coolermaster.co.uk/product.php?product_id=6801 along with my Geforce GT220 but I'm wondering if the PSU will be compatible with my INSPIRON 530?

Has ANYONE been able to UPGRADE HP Pavilion a420n DESKTOP computer to WIN 7? Thanks, gkenneyClik Here...

I have a Windows XP system, and I had to search for awhile to find any sort of sound driver for it that works. I finally got SoundMAX. I apparently only get sound in games, but absolutely NOTHING on the internet or windows media player. What can I do to fix it, or what is a better replacement for SoundMAX? my computer cant go on Microsoft.com at all and that's were i was told to download sound drivers.1. Why can't you get on Microsoft.com?
2. Who/What told you to get drivers from Microsoft.com?
3. What is the make/model of your computer or motherboard?
4. Is the sound device built-in to the motherboard, or is it an expansion card?
5. If it's an expansion card, what is the make and model of the sound card?quaxo
1.i do not know why i cant get on Microsoft.com but i know non of the computers at my house can
2. my uncle who gave me the computer
3.i don't know the computer is a hammy down from my uncle and i don't think he still has the box. If that is SOMETHING i could find out with out the box and just form the computer its self with out opening it i will find out and tell you.
4. again but i would guess somethings built in because it beeps for windows messenger A system or sound setting is all you might need to check first. Along with any flags or marks and information PERTAINING to your sound or audio adapter in device manager. Quote from: hatedsamari on March 23, 2012, 06:38:22 PM

1.i do not know why i cant get on Microsoft.com but i know non of the computers at my house can

2. my uncle who gave me the computer

3.i don't know the computer is a hammy down from my uncle and i don't think he still has the box. If that is something i could find out with out the box and just form the computer its self with out opening it i will find out and tell you.
4. again but i would guess somethings built in because it beeps for windows messenger

my computer crashed

a black vises box

I was recently looking at a profile on the OKcupid DATING site when I was prompted to OPEN flashplayer. It LOOKED completely legitimate but, because I had NEVER been prompted to do this before on this particular site (and as it seems like I'm always reading about newer and more complex viruses), it MADE me paranoid. when I clicked "don't allow" the box kept re-opening. Finally I restarted the computer and, fingers crossed, everything seems okay-although I'm nervous about going on to that particular site again.

So I'd appreciate it if anyone could give me their input as to whether I dodged a bullet or if I'm just being paranoid. FYI-I wasn't being prompted to update (I've read about those viruses)-just to open it which doesn't really make sense since I assumed Flash is always open.You are not paranoid. In view of the current state of things, you behavior makes perfect sense.

My system has a current version of flash on it, but I get those update things nearly every week, but when I go to the adobe flash site it says my flash is OK.

And even Mac users are being spoofed by the fake flash update.

You may want to reviews your Anti-Virus plan.

Moderator may move this tread.

Hi CAN SOMEONE HELP ME WITH THIS AN UNKNOWN DEVICE KEEPS REAPPEARING UNDER THE NETWORKS ADAPTER IN THE DEVICE MANAGER. hOW CAN i RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM. HELP COMPUTER MOMBY INSTALLING A DRIVER FOR THAT HARDWARE. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT HARDWARE IS, YOU CAN OPEN THE CASE TO LOOK FOR THE NETWORK ADAPTER. THERE ARE PROGRAMS THAT WILL TRY TO TELL YOU THAT INFORMATION, BUT I HAVE FOUND THEM TO NOT WORK VERY WELL.

WHAT wheew... that's better. Why was I yelling? what is your PC unit? desktop or LAPTOP? if laptop, can you CONNECT through LAN or WIFI?

sir, i am using DELL inspiron 1545 with 320 gb hdd/ 3 gb RAM/ t6600 core 2 duo 2.2 ghz processors win7 home basic......
from last some days laptop's bluetooth has stopeed working.
i tried to reinstall driver from the recovery disc given by the Dell everything install correctly except bluetooth peripheral device.
in device manager it shows ? mark on other device tag under which bluetooth peripheral devices are shown.
i tried to automatic update the driver too, but that to could not help, saying to REFER to original device manufacture.
i refered to widcomm as it is default sofware provider for my laptop, tried to install the software.....but it also says that can't install blutooth software refer to your device manufacture.


at the matter of notification ......the bluetooth icon is being shown as normal, but if i want to ADD any device it simply says no device found.......
to cross check the serviceability of bluetooth i searched my computer by my phone: as a result, as expected it detects but fails to pair with my laptop's bluetooth device........



please do the needfull

just check this report if needed......

[year+ old attachment deleted by admin]experts, i know that you guys are really bzy.
but you are requested to respond at least once.......
please.....


thanks in advanceReboot your PC, and then try pairing your bluetooth devices again. Make sure to enable the option on your computer allowing it to connect with external devices through bluetooth. You can try to read the HELP topics of your computer. Mine is HP, so I think it's somewhat different for DELL PCs.Problem We Came Across That You Might Be Facing:
1.Bluetooth Settings Are Been Poked
2.Bluetooth Hardware Has Gave up
3.Bluetooth Software Or Driver Problem

First Type In Search Box -Bluetooth
You Will see Change Bluetooth Settings Select it
And Click On RESTORE Defaults
And Apply The Settings

OR
Uninstall Full Bluetooth Driver And
Download the Bluetooth Driver From Dell Site of your Own Configuration
And Install It

Ok just got this Laptop IBM Thinkpad R51 from a friend and I had to REINSTALL windows XP, now I can't find the right drivers so I can connect to the internet WIRELESS, it won't even connect directly plugged in with an ETHERNET cord can someone please help. I installed 2 drivers already fron lenvo that I thought would work but they don't. Any help appreciated THANKS You need more than 2 drivers...
MBoard chipset drivers should go 1st...then re-boot and install the rest.
They are all available at the Lenovo site.Already did that and still none of the r51 drivers aren't doing anything still can't connect to internet

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Unless your connection is dial-up, however, it's useless. I would just remove it in your situation. The connection is not the same; ethernet connectors look similar to standard PHONE connectors, especially in a picture, but they are a bit fatter and not compatible at all.

The Sound card I'm not so sure about, again, according to the aforementioned specifications the system includes a sound chip. Are there connections on the rear of that card that lead you to conclude that it is the sound card? If your speakers connect to it, then it is. It could be an extra sound card, too. if nothing is connected to it, It's not necessary.

Having looked at the card and connectors again, I'd say they look identical to phone connectors. I wasn't sure at first because I had a look at some pics of ethernet cards and they looked similar to what I have. I'm still a little confused though because if device manager says the modem and its drivers are working, why is the same modem showing up as an unknown device in a different section? Also, should I uninstall the software before the card is removed or does that not make a difference?

Ideally I'd like to get a couple of upgrades for this old pc, so it's compatible with wireless routers. The tech guy at my ISP told me the pc needed an ethernet card and something about being wireless or wifi enabled but he was somewhat of a tech snob and wasn't very specific. Apart from the card do you know what else I'd need for a wireless router? Would I need to go hunting around for old cards since because of the old motherboard?

I was thinking of having the usb connectors changed to 2.0 ones. Can that little usb "cube" be removed from the motherboard and upgraded or would I need a new mobo? I was under the assumption that old hardware only works with other old hardware (especially 10 year old motherboards).

Thanks for the info. I guess I'll try 2000 and see how it goes. Does 2000 need a boot disc? I don't know if you can create a boot disk without the OS already being installed.