Now what??? LOL Cherie Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 1:25 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Cherie Clark (12 messages posted) I have a problem that I have been wrestling with for many weeks. I was using Windows XP Pro, but my CD and DVD drives disappeared. I tried all fixes found on the net, nada. I tried different operatiing systems, same thing. I did a complete wipe of the hard drive, and installed Windows 98. The CD and DVD are now back. BUT......now I have (with a fresh install and no new programming added) 4 big yellow splotches under Device Manager: 1. PCI Communication Device; 2. PCI Ethernet Controller; 3. PCI Input Controller; and 4. PCI Multimedia Audio Device. I also now have no sound, where it was fine before. Does anybody have any ideas how to fix these items? When the computer restarts, it says it has found new devices, and we go through all four, demanding drivers, and not "finding" them anywhere (on the Win 98 CD, or floppy disks with drivers on them, it always says the same thing: no drivers found at that location. Help?? Thanks, Cherie online77@comcast.net Responses to this message: re: Now what??? LOL Cherie (herb: Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 3:51 pm) re: Now what??? LOL Cherie (dhm: Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 8:22 pm) re: Many missing Drivers & ID-ing the hardware (Kiwi: Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 9:05 pm) re: Now what??? LOL Cherie (herb: Friday, June 24, 2005 at 10:08 am) All messages in this thread [show all] Now what??? LOL Cherie (Cherie Clark: Thu, Jun 23, 2005, 1:25 pm) re: Now what??? LOL Cherie (herb: Thu, Jun 23, 2005, 3:51 pm) re: Now what??? LOL Cherie (Cherie Clark: Fri, Jun 24, 2005, 8:40 am) re: Now what??? LOL Cherie (dhm: Thu, Jun 23, 2005, 8:22 pm) re: Now what??? LOL Cherie (Cherie Clark: Fri, Jun 24, 2005, 8:37 am) re: Many missing Drivers & ID-ing the hardware (Kiwi: Thu, Jun 23, 2005, 9:05 pm) re: Many missing Drivers & ID-ing the hardware (Cherie Clark: Fri, Jun 24, 2005, 8:22 am) re: Missing Device Drivers, & ID-ing the hardware (Kiwi: Fri, Jun 24, 2005, 9:45 am) re: Many missing Drivers & ID-ing the hardware (dhm: Sat, Jun 25, 2005, 4:48 am) re: More off-topic about CMOS batteries (Kiwi: Sat, Jun 25, 2005, 10:00 am) re: More off-topic about CMOS batteries (dhm: Sun, Jun 26, 2005, 4:28 am) re: Now what??? LOL Cherie (herb: Fri, Jun 24, 2005, 10:08 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum