re: Now what??? LOL Cherie Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 8:22 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by dhm (966 messages posted) A failing battery can make you lose all your BIOS settings. It could still have enough charge to start up occasionally. That is, your problem sounds to me like a hardware, not a software problem. On Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 1:25 pm, Cherie Clark wrote: >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 Written in response to: Now what??? LOL Cherie (Cherie Clark: Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 1:25 pm) Responses to this message: re: Now what??? LOL Cherie (Cherie Clark: Friday, June 24, 2005 at 8:37 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