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| Thread ID: 47367 | 2004-07-24 02:57:00 | Identifying mobo for BIOS update | Jen C (20) | Press F1 |
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| 255016 | 2004-07-27 10:33:00 | The name "duron" is probbly the key factor here | agent_24 (4330) | ||
| 255017 | 2004-07-27 10:35:00 | also different revisions of the same motherboard can have different configs, eg: rev A might have an ISA slot whereas rev B and C may not. | agent_24 (4330) | ||
| 255018 | 2004-07-27 11:13:00 | Hi Jen The thing I've found before with the hidden drivers in device manager is that you can come up with left overs from un-installed devices, older versions or system files/.dlls that are not in use or conflict with the other (newer) versions. There also seems to be generic system disk/storage device, error tolerance, IO, network, type stuff in there, all the juicy stuff that ends out as events if perfdisk for eg, is configured/working properly and your having any performance issues with how data is being handled between cpu, memory and your disks. I've had occasion to find bits left behind in there by two separate AV programmes that had been un-installed but still seemed to have a good grip on aspects of my win 2k system. It's not necessarily going to be productive time in your case, if you don't recognise the name of files or processes then the research is pretty consuming. That's made harder by not knowing exactly what ahs been on and off the system previously. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 255019 | 2004-07-28 01:51:00 | This seems to be a very tricky problem, Jen Keep us posted on what is eventually found wrong with it. Maybe you can send it to Colin Browne to fix :D |
tech_meister (5509) | ||
| 255020 | 2004-08-06 07:46:00 | UPDATE: Well the computer went into the repair shop and the CPU and motherboard were both fine. They reinstalled XP again which I had already done myself only days earlier and announced that this had fixed the problem. When the PC owner was just about to leave the shop with the machine, the tech guy mentioned the modem was a bit *odd* and offered to replace the modem before they left. They took up this offer (was only going to cost them $10 for the modem) and for the last 3 days the machine has been working fine. I am picking that it was the modem at fault (tech_meister did suggest this), and I when I was testing the machine I only swapped the modem into a different PCI slot which did not fix the freezing. I do have a spare modem here, and in hindsight, wished I had thought of swapping this out as well - live and learn I guess :D The ACPI error still occurs on each boot up, but XP seems happy enough again and the owner is certainly happy they have a functioning computer again. Big thanks again for everyone's input into this problem. :) Jen |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 255021 | 2004-08-06 11:25:00 | Good to see that the PC is working again, Jen Winmodems can cause all sorts grief (never heard one described as *odd* though?) I think however the repair shop should have fixed the ACPI error as XP relys heavily on it to function properly, they may still have problems later on. Does the error come up when Xp is actually booting up or is the error just listed in the device manager? |
tech_meister (5509) | ||
| 255022 | 2004-08-06 11:53:00 | > Winmodems can cause all sorts grief (never heard one > described as *odd* though?) This was how the problem was described to her by the tech who spoke English as a second language, the owners are not pc-savy and didn't question him further. > I think however the repair shop should have fixed the > ACPI error > as XP relys heavily on it to function properly, they > may still have problems later on. > Does the error come up when Xp is actually booting up > or is the error just > listed in the device manager? This error shows in every event log > system errors log after each bootup. I got the PC's owners to check to see whether it still does this after it was returned from the shop, and it does. Hopefully this is the end of their problem and it won't resurface. |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 255023 | 2004-08-07 00:28:00 | Hope so | tech_meister (5509) | ||
| 255024 | 2006-03-27 13:43:00 | Hi, all I happened to the same trouble.My mainboard bios isn't OK.I haven't update bios.So my computer is going to paralysis.Please help me!I want to get special BIOS.Aida32 tells me this board is actually a VIA KT133 VT8363 Apollo chipset and the mobo is a Chaintech 7AIA board. Hi Jen c I knowed that you have gotten it.Please help me and give me try it,is that right? devout your friend my email:chenmxiu@163.com Thanks again! |
cmx2 (5922) | ||
| 255025 | 2006-03-27 18:56:00 | Hi cmx2 This thread is over 18 months old now, and I no longer have that BIOS update file. Have you tried looking on the Chaintech website for the file? :) |
Jen (38) | ||
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