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Thread ID: 40470 2003-12-09 02:46:00 Win98se does not detect CD-Rom drive (new mobo) Jimmy D (2061) Press F1
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198604 2003-12-09 04:06:00 okay, we put the main hdd back in the old comp, removed everything in device manager, we are now putting main hdd in new mobo, hope everything WORKS Jimmy D (2061)
198605 2003-12-09 04:08:00 just to be silly, CyaBro live in whangarei no?

come out to managai and help us out. We'll give you some ice cream
Jimmy D (2061)
198606 2003-12-09 04:11:00 > just to be silly, CyaBro live in whangarei no?
>
> come out to managai and help us out. We'll give you
> some ice cream

Yes I do but where's managai??
CYaBro (73)
198607 2003-12-09 04:12:00 Did you mean Mangawai? Like out past Waipu Cove / Langs Beach? CYaBro (73)
198608 2003-12-09 04:14:00 sorry thats mangapai* turn off is just after oakleigh rail bridge, it is opposite another road on the left




okay, took everything off device manager, put main hdd back in new mobo, and it didnt even detect anything . CD ROm detected at bios but nothing at windows . No CD rom in windows .
Jimmy D (2061)
198609 2003-12-09 04:20:00 Mangapai a bit far to go for me :)

Have you now run the Add/Remove Hardware wizard?
CYaBro (73)
198610 2003-12-09 04:23:00 yes we run add new hardware, it didnt find any plug and plug stuff.

then we searched for non plug and plug stuff and it come up with stuff like commuuncations ports and system timer and stuff, we didnt install them cause we werent sure what to do .
Jimmy D (2061)
198611 2003-12-09 04:32:00 we are now formatting old hdd to put in new mobo. see what happens Jimmy D (2061)
198612 2003-12-09 04:53:00 okay, we did that.

when put back into new mobo it tries to run off cd and win98 setup comes up and then it says error trying to create partition.
Jimmy D (2061)
198613 2003-12-09 05:46:00 okay, formatted C:/ on main HDD and installed win98se and then now everything is going sweet. mobo drivers installed, we're just installing tnt2 drivers now Jimmy D (2061)
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