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Thread ID: 85197 2007-12-03 03:00:00 no mouse detected on win98se machine Ravage (6815) Press F1
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617550 2007-12-03 11:02:00 Howdy

Nothing has worked so I bit the bullet and formated the drive and reinstalled win98se.

The mouse works fine at the moment so I guess it wasn't a hardware fault or damaged socket.

Tomorrow I shall reinstall all the programs including the updates.

One question though, is it better to install the later/latest versions of things like directx 9.0c, wmp9 etc or are earlier versions better for the older operating system?

thanks for the help

Ravage
Ravage (6815)
617551 2007-12-03 11:33:00 Force Update ESCD in bios might have sorted it..


Common Options : Enabled, Disabled

Quick Review

If you install a new piece of hardware or modify your computer's hardware configuration, the BIOS will automatically detect the changes and reconfigure the ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data). Therefore, there is usually no need to manually force the BIOS to reconfigure the ESCD.

However, the occasion may arise where the BIOS may not be able to detect the hardware changes. A serious resource conflict may occur and the operating system may not even boot as a result. This is where the Force Update ESCD BIOS feature comes in.

This BIOS feature allows you to manually force the BIOS to clear the previously saved ESCD data and reconfigure the settings. All you need to do is enable this BIOS feature and then reboot your computer. The new ESCD should resolve the conflict and allow the operating system to load normally.

Please note that the BIOS will automatically reset it to the default setting of Disabled after reconfiguring the new ESCD. So, there is no need for you to manually disable this feature after rebooting.
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