Tom Piwowar wrote:
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.
Looks like you are in driver hell. Sometimes the cuase of the problem is
a conflict caused by a driver that is not flagged. To get around that you
must uninstall devices that are both flagged and not flagged with a "?"
and then let plug and play put everything back together, hopefull in an
order that will work. Best to try this after you are sure you have
current drivers for everything involved. Driver voodoo can drive you nuts.
The problem could also be a too new driver. One that doesn't really match
the version of the OS you are running.
This is the toughest thing about reinstalling Windows. You can't be sure
that the OS and the bunch of drivers you got are really compatable.
Another approach woule be to install OS and drivers from your original CD
that came with the computer. After installing and making sure everything
works you are starting from a known state. Then start updating and
checking gradually while taking careful notes.
Gee, how can I get in on this fun?!
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