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| Thread ID: 106010 | 2009-12-22 01:24:00 | help with reinstalling sound card & ethernet drivers | deno240 (13664) | Press F1 |
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| 842209 | 2009-12-22 01:24:00 | I had to reinstall xp, I have dial up working fine, but there is no sound and I can't get broadband working. I have no idea what the model of the computer is as when I purchased it (second hand), it wasn't in the original case, so my guess is they had built the computer and then sold it. Anyway, from memory, it has something to do with the motherboard but I'm not sure where to find it. I have everest.. there's a motherboard ID but where it says Motherboard Name, it says Unknown.. I think the sound and network card are the only two problems that I'm aware of at the moment. So if anyone can help me out, it would be much appreciated. Thanks! |
deno240 (13664) | ||
| 842210 | 2009-12-22 01:31:00 | Open the case and look for a model on the mobo itself. If nothing else will tell you what the brand / model of the mobo is. Thats the only way youre going to find out what drivers to get and install. See if PCwizard tells you (www.cpuid.com). You should also install the chipset drivers, once you find out what the mobo is. Or go intto the BIOS. Does it show the brand / model here. Or on the post screen? (press pause, once the info on the post screen appears) | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 842211 | 2009-12-22 01:32:00 | Until the motherboard chipset drivers are installed, everest will not be able to identify the other components in the computer..... If I were you, I would remove the side panel and have a look for make and model and revision of the motherboard, it should be in the middle between the cpu and graphics card slot... |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 842212 | 2009-12-22 01:45:00 | Not sure if i've got it right.. but it says GIGABYTE in different places of the motherboard.. and underneath that it says GA-M68sm-s2l - So I install the drivers for the motherboard first? | deno240 (13664) | ||
| 842213 | 2009-12-22 01:49:00 | Not sure if i've got it right.. but it says GIGABYTE in different places of the motherboard.. and underneath that it says GA-M68sm-s2l - So I install the drivers for the motherboard first? yes motherboard 1st, reboot, ethernet, sound, reboot and graphics reboot download drivers etc... www.gigabyte.com.tw |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 842214 | 2009-12-22 01:59:00 | Yes. You need the chipset drivers. | Blam (54) | ||
| 842215 | 2009-12-22 02:48:00 | Thank you, that's all sorted now.. but there is another problem, Before I reinstalled windows xp, I had C drive which was around 40Gb which I mainly used for pictures and there was D drive which had around 110Gb on it which was loaded up with games, now that the OS has been reinstalled, it says C drive is 0gb / not valid, and D drive only has the same amount as C had on it before the reinstall.. Does anyone know why that is? |
deno240 (13664) | ||
| 842216 | 2009-12-22 02:51:00 | What drive letter is the windows o/s on now?....and if you right click on my computer>manage>disk management, do you see more disk space without a drive letter? | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 842217 | 2009-12-22 03:01:00 | Xp is installed onto D drive, under disk management it says Disk 0, D: 37.26gb Disk 1, C, 111.78gb But when I go into my computer and click C, it says 0 bytes free and 0 bytes used.. |
deno240 (13664) | ||
| 842218 | 2009-12-22 03:07:00 | Right, well, you have installed the new operating system on the remaining space of your old c: drive via a new partition now called D:....I would wipe and start again formatting the entire drive!. Did you backup any of your data? | SolMiester (139) | ||
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