re: Many missing Drivers & ID-ing the hardware
Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 9:05 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Kiwi
(2111 messages posted)
Sometimes the small batteries used for keeping the setup data in the CMOS stored
properly can last 6-7 years, very seldom do they last much longer than that. Sometimes
you get a battery that looks like all the rest of them and yet dies in only 2-4 years.
That would have been a good candidate for the optical devices having "disappeared".
Modern PC's have a huge load of built-in functions on the motherboards, and come
from the builders with CD's to provide the buyer with copies of the drivers that
match all of those items. There are also separate drivers for any add-on items in
the PCI and AGP slots, such as internal Modems, Network Interface Cards, and Sound
Cards.
A program such as Everest (formerly Aida32) will usually tell you the names of almost
all of the add-ons, and at least give you a basic idea about the motherboard, if
it doesn't identify it outright. You may still have to open the side panel and visually
inspect the circuit boards for brand names and model numbers.
There are some repositories for driver files, if you cannot get them from the original
producers of the various parts; but you do need names and model numbers.
Incidentally, it is a TERRIBLE idea to include your eMail address anywhere in open
text without at least inserting a "nospam" diversion device.
.
Kiwi
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On Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 1:25 pm, Cherie Clark wrote:
> (Snip!) my CD and DVD drives disappeared.
- Written in response to:
- Now what??? LOL Cherie (Cherie Clark: Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 1:25 pm)
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