The only thing I found with a yellow question mark were "Other Devices" which listed 5 items:
Video controller SM Bus Controller Other PCI Bridge Device PCI Device PCI Simple Communications Controller I uninstalled them all and tried to reinstall them when the computer found them upon reboot, but that installation failed. The monitor refresh is sluggish, and the Ethernet port still doesn't work. Any suggestions or is it time to give up. Can't figure out if it's hardware or software or both at this point. Richard P. > Uninstall it from network connections first; then uninstall it from the > device manager (the actual ethernet in network adapters listing); then > reboot and let windows tell you it has found new hardware and install it and > you shud be gud2go... > > Subject: On-board Ethernet Connection (was:Re: Hard Drive Failure?) > > > Thanks for all the helpful tips. I now have the computer up and running, but > a different problem has emerged. The on-board Ethernet connection doesn't > work. It was working fine the last time the computer was running. As a > work-a-round, I've put in a wireless PCI board to get the needed updates and > AVG. I've never seen this happen before on any computer. > > Any ideas on what might be going on with the on-board Ethernet connection? > > Richard P. > > > Richard P.wrote: >> This is a followup from my earlier post (see below). The computer has >> crashed again with the exact same error since then and it has been >> suggested that either the hard drive or controller might be the >> problem. The new diagnostic info is that immediately before failure, a >> high pitched whistle or scream was heard coming from the hard drive. >> The computer was on over night with AVG doing it's nightly sweep. I >> now have the computer in my possession which won't boot up, and I >> would like suggestion on the best way to proceed. My thought was to >> install a new hard drive and then reinstall the operating system. >> Comments and suggestions please. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Richard P. >> >> My relative's Windows PC has come up this morning with a registry >> error (Windows XP could not start because the following file is >> missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM) and the computer >> is recommending repair. >> >> What might cause this to have happened? >> >> Windows XP, SP2 >> Compaq PC >> > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
