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Can I uninstall ALL device drivers? Upgrade problem...
Hi,
I know next to nothing about hardware and drivers, so forgive any ignorance that comes across... I recently 'clean' installed Windows 2000 over my Win 98 Presario (5446). The installation I'm using at the minute is actually the third in 2 weeks, so I don't want to to do anything that will force me to have do a 4th install - I'm fed up restoring files and settings for the 3 users who use this PC. Anyway - the problem: I keep getting BSODs with IRQ error messages about memory dumps. After researching this it led me to look at my device drivers and I discovered that things don't look too hot in device manager - a few devices are duplicated and most drivers are now generic or Microsoft-branded rather than Compaq. 3 devices share IRQ 7, and they strangely happen to be 3 of only 4 drivers I installed manually via *.exe files (my ESS Solo audio, my SupraExpress modem driver and Intel Chipset Graphics controller). The other driver I installed manually was the Canon printer driver - and it's listed under (printer) port - but then I see it listed again as '? Other devices'. Also, when I look at a full system report, there's 'debug' info at the bottom that mentions these 3 shared drivers. Basically, I don't like what I'm seeing and I want to fix things in Device Manager as cleanly as possible, put things back to scratch. I think what's happened (and remember, I'm a novice so don't s****** at my thoughts) is that maybe I installed 4 new drivers over the top of preinstalled compaq drivers that are still lurking and causing me problems. I should have removed a lot of stuff from my Win 98 before I 'clean installed' Win 2K. I thought I'd done enough, as I had actually 'clean installed' Win 98 using the Quick Restore CD before installing Win2k, so basically anything left over was the bare minimum on a Compaq Win98 factory state PC. I manually deleted the C:\Windows folder and removed Win 98 system files (like msdos.sys, config.sys etc), but I'm now realising I was probably supposed to uninstall a bunch of drivers from device manager too. I just assumed the 'clean install' or Win 2K would erase everything for me. Since I know so little about devices and hardware, I would like someone to tell me first of all if I can uninstall 'everything' in Device manager to create a clean slate or would that be PC suicide? I look at some devices and I don't know what they are for or if I even need them. I already uninstalled 'standard gaming port' (since I don't use any gaming hardware) and it just gets detected & reinstalled when I reboots the PC. I even went into BIOS but there was very little I could change (only 3 or 4 IRQ slots were listed and they didn't include 7). Aggh - what am I saying - basically: I'M LOST. PLEASE HELP! I have copied the device details from a system info utility (aida32 - cool little app). I hope someone who knows better can maybe tell me what I *should* be seeing... (I've updated Win2k to service pack 4 & all critical updates) Cheers in advance, Joanna --------[ Physical Devices ]------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- PCI Devices: Bus 1, Device 10, Function 0 Diamond SupraExpress 56i Pro CW Modem Bus 1, Device 5, Function 0 ESS Technology ES1938/ES1941/ES1946 Solo-1(E) Sound Card Bus 0, Device 31, Function 1 Intel 82801AB I/O Controller Hub - IDE Controller Bus 0, Device 31, Function 0 Intel 82801AB I/O Controller Hub - PCI-LPC Bridge Bus 0, Device 31, Function 3 Intel 82801AB I/O Controller Hub - SMBus Controller Bus 0, Device 31, Function 2 Intel 82801AB I/O Controller Hub - USB Controller Bus 0, Device 30, Function 0 Intel 82801AB I/O Controller Hub (ICH0) [B-1] Bus 0, Device 0, Function 0 Intel 82810-DC100 GMCH - DRAM Controller [A-2] Bus 0, Device 1, Function 0 Intel 82810-DC100 GMCH - Graphics Controller [A-2] PnP Devices: PNP0303 101/102-Key or MS Natural Keyboard PNP0501 16550A-compatible UART Serial Port PNP0C08 ACPI Driver/BIOS FIXEDBUTTON ACPI Fixed Feature Button PNP0200 DMA Controller PNP0700 Floppy Disk Controller PNPB02F Game Port Joystick PNP0F13 Logitech PS/2 Port Mouse PNP0C02 Motherboard Resources PNPB006 MPU-401-compatible PNP0C04 Numeric Data Processor PNP0400 Parallel Port PNP0800 PC Speaker PNP0A03 PCI Bus PNP0C0C Power Button PNP0000 Programmable Interrupt Controller PNP0B00 Real-Time Clock PNP0C01 System Board Extension PNP0100 System Timer LPT PnP Devices: CANONBJC-1000 Canon BJC-1000 USB Devices: 0451 1446 General purpose USB Hub Ports: COM1 Communications Port (COM1) LPT1 Printer Port (LPT1) --------[ Device Resources ]----------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- DMA 02 Exclusive Standard floppy disk controller DMA 04 Exclusive Direct memory access controller IRQ 00 Exclusive System timer IRQ 01 Exclusive Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard IRQ 04 Shared Communications Port (COM1) IRQ 06 Exclusive Standard floppy disk controller IRQ 07 Shared SupraExpress 56i Pro CW IRQ 07 Shared ESS Solo1 PCI AudioDrive (WDM) IRQ 07 Shared Intel(r) 82801AB USB Universal Host Controller IRQ 08 Exclusive System CMOS/real time clock IRQ 09 Shared Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System IRQ 0A Exclusive MPU-401 Compatible MIDI Device IRQ 0C Exclusive PS/2 Compatible Mouse IRQ 0D Exclusive Numeric data processor IRQ 0E Exclusive Primary IDE Channel IRQ 0F Exclusive Secondary IDE Channel Memory 00000000-0009FFFF Exclusive System board Memory 000A0000-000BFFFF Shared PCI bus Memory 000A0000-000BFFFF Shared Intel(R) 82810-DC100 Graphics Controller Memory 000C8000-000DFFFF Shared PCI bus Memory 000E0000-000FFFFF Exclusive System board Memory 00100000-03FFFFFF Exclusive System board Memory 04000000-FFDFFFFF Shared PCI bus Memory 40100000-4017FFFF Exclusive Intel(R) 82810-DC100 Graphics Controller Memory 44000000-47FFFFFF Exclusive Intel(R) 82810-DC100 Graphics Controller Memory FFB80000-FFBFFFFF Exclusive System board Memory FFDF0000-FFDFFFFF Exclusive SupraExpress 56i Pro CW Memory FFF80000-FFFFFFFF Exclusive System board Port 0000-000F Exclusive Direct memory access controller Port 0000-0CF7 Shared PCI bus Port 0010-001F Exclusive Motherboard resources Port 0020-003F Exclusive Programmable interrupt controller Port 0040-0043 Exclusive System timer Port 004E-004F Exclusive Motherboard resources Port 0050-0052 Exclusive Motherboard resources Port 0060-0060 Exclusive Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard Port 0061-0061 Exclusive System speaker Port 0064-0064 Exclusive Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard Port 0070-0071 Exclusive System CMOS/real time clock Port 0072-0077 Exclusive Motherboard resources Port 0080-008F Exclusive Direct memory access controller Port 0090-009F Exclusive Motherboard resources Port 00A0-00BF Exclusive Programmable interrupt controller Port 00C0-00DF Exclusive Direct memory access controller Port 00F0-00FF Exclusive Numeric data processor Port 0170-0177 Exclusive Secondary IDE Channel Port 01F0-01F7 Exclusive Primary IDE Channel Port 0274-0277 Exclusive ISAPNP Read Data Port Port 0279-0279 Exclusive ISAPNP Read Data Port Port 0300-0301 Exclusive MPU-401 Compatible MIDI Device Port 0376-0376 Exclusive Secondary IDE Channel Port 0378-037F Exclusive Printer Port (LPT1) Port 03B0-03BB Shared Intel(R) 82810-DC100 Graphics Controller Port 03C0-03DF Shared Intel(R) 82810-DC100 Graphics Controller Port 03F0-03F5 Exclusive Standard floppy disk controller Port 03F6-03F6 Exclusive Primary IDE Channel Port 03F7-03F7 Exclusive Standard floppy disk controller Port 03F8-03FF Exclusive Communications Port (COM1) Port 0400-047F Exclusive Motherboard resources Port 04D0-04D1 Exclusive Motherboard resources Port 0A79-0A79 Exclusive ISAPNP Read Data Port Port 0D00-FFFF Shared PCI bus Port 1000-103F Exclusive ESS Solo1 PCI AudioDrive (WDM) Port 1040-104F Exclusive ESS Solo1 PCI AudioDrive (WDM) Port 1050-105F Exclusive ESS Solo1 PCI AudioDrive (WDM) Port 1068-106B Exclusive ESS Solo1 PCI AudioDrive (WDM) Port 106C-106F Exclusive ESS Solo1 PCI AudioDrive (WDM) Port 2000-201F Exclusive Intel(r) 82801AB USB Universal Host Controller Port 2020-202F Exclusive Intel(r) 82801AB Bus Master IDE Controller Port EE00-EE7F Exclusive Motherboard resources Port EE80-EEBF Exclusive Motherboard resources Port FFF8-FFFF Exclusive SupraExpress 56i Pro CW --------[ Debug - PCI ]----------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------- B00 D1F F02: Intel 82801AB I/O Controller Hub - USB Controller Offset 00: 86 80 22 24 00 00 00 00 02 00 03 0C 00 00 00 00 Offset 10: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 86 80 22 24 Offset 30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 50: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 B00 D01 F00: Intel 82810-DC100 GMCH - Graphics Controller [A-2] Offset 00: 86 80 23 71 00 0.... [ More lines of numbers as above ....SNIP!] B00 D1F F01: Intel 82801AB I/O Controller Hub - IDE Controller Offset 00: 86 80 21 24 00 0 ... [SNIP!] B01 D05 F00: ESS Technology ES1938/ES1941/ES1946 Solo-1(E) Sound Card Offset 00: 5D 12 69 19 00 00 00 00 01... [SNIP!] B01 D0A F00: Diamond SupraExpress 56i Pro CW Modem Offset 00: F1 14 33 10 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset [SNIP!] B00 D1F F00: Intel 82801AB I/O Controller Hub - PCI-LPC Bridge Offset 00: 86 80 20 24 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 Offset 10... [SNIP!] B00 D1F F03: Intel 82801AB I/O Controller Hub - SMBus Controller Offset 00: 86 80 23 24 00 ...[SNIP!] B00 D1E F00: Intel 82801AB I/O Controller Hub (ICH0) [B-1] Offset 00: 86 80 28 24 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 Offset 10: 00 ... [SNIP!] B00 D00 F00: Intel 82810-DC100 GMCH - DRAM Controller [A-2] Offset 00: 86 80 22 71 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 Offset 10: [SNIP!] --------[ Debug - Video BIOS ]---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- C000:0000 VGA Compatible BIOS. ...N.^.l. C000:0040 ....zGeneric Intel Graphics Chip Accelerated VGA BIOS..Version 0 C000:0080 2.01 06/23/1999 11:04:43..Video memory: 1 MB Device Revisio C000:00C0 n: 2.0..DECOMPILATION OR DISASSEMBLY PROHIBITED.....Copyright (C C000:0100 ) 1999 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved......PCIR..#q.... |
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Joanna,
As far as I know Compaq only supported W2K on the few Presarios that originally came with it preinstalled. That is why there are no Compaq drivers available for W2K for the 5446. Windows XP likely would have a better chance of running well on your Presario, due to its larger driver database/support built-in. HH "Joanna" wrote in message ... Hi, I know next to nothing about hardware and drivers, so forgive any ignorance that comes across... I recently 'clean' installed Windows 2000 over my Win 98 Presario (5446). The installation I'm using at the minute is actually the third in 2 weeks, so I don't want to to do anything that will force me to have do a 4th install - I'm fed up restoring files and settings for the 3 users who use this PC. Anyway - the problem: I keep getting BSODs with IRQ error messages about memory dumps. After researching this it led me to look at my device drivers and I discovered that things don't look too hot in device manager - a few devices are duplicated and most drivers are now generic or Microsoft-branded rather than Compaq. 3 devices share IRQ 7, and they strangely happen to be 3 of only 4 drivers I installed manually via *.exe files (my ESS Solo audio, my SupraExpress modem driver and Intel Chipset Graphics controller). The other driver I installed manually was the Canon printer driver - and it's listed under (printer) port - but then I see it listed again as '? Other devices'. Also, when I look at a full system report, there's 'debug' info at the bottom that mentions these 3 shared drivers. Basically, I don't like what I'm seeing and I want to fix things in Device Manager as cleanly as possible, put things back to scratch. I think what's happened (and remember, I'm a novice so don't s****** at my thoughts) is that maybe I installed 4 new drivers over the top of preinstalled compaq drivers that are still lurking and causing me problems. I should have removed a lot of stuff from my Win 98 before I 'clean installed' Win 2K. I thought I'd done enough, as I had actually 'clean installed' Win 98 using the Quick Restore CD before installing Win2k, so basically anything left over was the bare minimum on a Compaq Win98 factory state PC. I manually deleted the C:\Windows folder and removed Win 98 system files (like msdos.sys, config.sys etc), but I'm now realising I was probably supposed to uninstall a bunch of drivers from device manager too. I just assumed the 'clean install' or Win 2K would erase everything for me. Since I know so little about devices and hardware, I would like someone to tell me first of all if I can uninstall 'everything' in Device manager to create a clean slate or would that be PC suicide? I look at some devices and I don't know what they are for or if I even need them. I already uninstalled 'standard gaming port' (since I don't use any gaming hardware) and it just gets detected & reinstalled when I reboots the PC. I even went into BIOS but there was very little I could change (only 3 or 4 IRQ slots were listed and they didn't include 7). Aggh - what am I saying - basically: I'M LOST. PLEASE HELP! I have copied the device details from a system info utility (aida32 - cool little app). I hope someone who knows better can maybe tell me what I *should* be seeing... (I've updated Win2k to service pack 4 & all critical updates) Cheers in advance, Joanna --------[ Physical Devices ]------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- PCI Devices: Bus 1, Device 10, Function 0 Diamond SupraExpress 56i Pro CW Modem Bus 1, Device 5, Function 0 ESS Technology ES1938/ES1941/ES1946 Solo-1(E) Sound Card Bus 0, Device 31, Function 1 Intel 82801AB I/O Controller Hub - IDE Controller Bus 0, Device 31, Function 0 Intel 82801AB I/O Controller Hub - PCI-LPC Bridge Bus 0, Device 31, Function 3 Intel 82801AB I/O Controller Hub - SMBus Controller Bus 0, Device 31, Function 2 Intel 82801AB I/O Controller Hub - USB Controller Bus 0, Device 30, Function 0 Intel 82801AB I/O Controller Hub (ICH0) [B-1] Bus 0, Device 0, Function 0 Intel 82810-DC100 GMCH - DRAM Controller [A-2] Bus 0, Device 1, Function 0 Intel 82810-DC100 GMCH - Graphics Controller [A-2] PnP Devices: PNP0303 101/102-Key or MS Natural Keyboard PNP0501 16550A-compatible UART Serial Port PNP0C08 ACPI Driver/BIOS FIXEDBUTTON ACPI Fixed Feature Button PNP0200 DMA Controller PNP0700 Floppy Disk Controller PNPB02F Game Port Joystick PNP0F13 Logitech PS/2 Port Mouse PNP0C02 Motherboard Resources PNPB006 MPU-401-compatible PNP0C04 Numeric Data Processor PNP0400 Parallel Port PNP0800 PC Speaker PNP0A03 PCI Bus PNP0C0C Power Button PNP0000 Programmable Interrupt Controller PNP0B00 Real-Time Clock PNP0C01 System Board Extension PNP0100 System Timer LPT PnP Devices: CANONBJC-1000 Canon BJC-1000 USB Devices: 0451 1446 General purpose USB Hub Ports: COM1 Communications Port (COM1) LPT1 Printer Port (LPT1) --------[ Device Resources ]----------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- DMA 02 Exclusive Standard floppy disk controller DMA 04 Exclusive Direct memory access controller IRQ 00 Exclusive System timer IRQ 01 Exclusive Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard IRQ 04 Shared Communications Port (COM1) IRQ 06 Exclusive Standard floppy disk controller IRQ 07 Shared SupraExpress 56i Pro CW IRQ 07 Shared ESS Solo1 PCI AudioDrive (WDM) IRQ 07 Shared Intel(r) 82801AB USB Universal Host Controller IRQ 08 Exclusive System CMOS/real time clock IRQ 09 Shared Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System IRQ 0A Exclusive MPU-401 Compatible MIDI Device IRQ 0C Exclusive PS/2 Compatible Mouse IRQ 0D Exclusive Numeric data processor IRQ 0E Exclusive Primary IDE Channel IRQ 0F Exclusive Secondary IDE Channel Memory 00000000-0009FFFF Exclusive System board Memory 000A0000-000BFFFF Shared PCI bus Memory 000A0000-000BFFFF Shared Intel(R) 82810-DC100 Graphics Controller Memory 000C8000-000DFFFF Shared PCI bus Memory 000E0000-000FFFFF Exclusive System board Memory 00100000-03FFFFFF Exclusive System board Memory 04000000-FFDFFFFF Shared PCI bus Memory 40100000-4017FFFF Exclusive Intel(R) 82810-DC100 Graphics Controller Memory 44000000-47FFFFFF Exclusive Intel(R) 82810-DC100 Graphics Controller Memory FFB80000-FFBFFFFF Exclusive System board Memory FFDF0000-FFDFFFFF Exclusive SupraExpress 56i Pro CW Memory FFF80000-FFFFFFFF Exclusive System board Port 0000-000F Exclusive Direct memory access controller Port 0000-0CF7 Shared PCI bus Port 0010-001F Exclusive Motherboard resources Port 0020-003F Exclusive Programmable interrupt controller Port 0040-0043 Exclusive System timer Port 004E-004F Exclusive Motherboard resources Port 0050-0052 Exclusive Motherboard resources Port 0060-0060 Exclusive Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard Port 0061-0061 Exclusive System speaker Port 0064-0064 Exclusive Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard Port 0070-0071 Exclusive System CMOS/real time clock Port 0072-0077 Exclusive Motherboard resources Port 0080-008F Exclusive Direct memory access controller Port 0090-009F Exclusive Motherboard resources Port 00A0-00BF Exclusive Programmable interrupt controller Port 00C0-00DF Exclusive Direct memory access controller Port 00F0-00FF Exclusive Numeric data processor Port 0170-0177 Exclusive Secondary IDE Channel Port 01F0-01F7 Exclusive Primary IDE Channel Port 0274-0277 Exclusive ISAPNP Read Data Port Port 0279-0279 Exclusive ISAPNP Read Data Port Port 0300-0301 Exclusive MPU-401 Compatible MIDI Device Port 0376-0376 Exclusive Secondary IDE Channel Port 0378-037F Exclusive Printer Port (LPT1) Port 03B0-03BB Shared Intel(R) 82810-DC100 Graphics Controller Port 03C0-03DF Shared Intel(R) 82810-DC100 Graphics Controller Port 03F0-03F5 Exclusive Standard floppy disk controller Port 03F6-03F6 Exclusive Primary IDE Channel Port 03F7-03F7 Exclusive Standard floppy disk controller Port 03F8-03FF Exclusive Communications Port (COM1) Port 0400-047F Exclusive Motherboard resources Port 04D0-04D1 Exclusive Motherboard resources Port 0A79-0A79 Exclusive ISAPNP Read Data Port Port 0D00-FFFF Shared PCI bus Port 1000-103F Exclusive ESS Solo1 PCI AudioDrive (WDM) Port 1040-104F Exclusive ESS Solo1 PCI AudioDrive (WDM) Port 1050-105F Exclusive ESS Solo1 PCI AudioDrive (WDM) Port 1068-106B Exclusive ESS Solo1 PCI AudioDrive (WDM) Port 106C-106F Exclusive ESS Solo1 PCI AudioDrive (WDM) Port 2000-201F Exclusive Intel(r) 82801AB USB Universal Host Controller Port 2020-202F Exclusive Intel(r) 82801AB Bus Master IDE Controller Port EE00-EE7F Exclusive Motherboard resources Port EE80-EEBF Exclusive Motherboard resources Port FFF8-FFFF Exclusive SupraExpress 56i Pro CW --------[ Debug - PCI ]----------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------- B00 D1F F02: Intel 82801AB I/O Controller Hub - USB Controller Offset 00: 86 80 22 24 00 00 00 00 02 00 03 0C 00 00 00 00 Offset 10: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 86 80 22 24 Offset 30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 50: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 70: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset 90: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 B00 D01 F00: Intel 82810-DC100 GMCH - Graphics Controller [A-2] Offset 00: 86 80 23 71 00 0.... [ More lines of numbers as above ...SNIP!] B00 D1F F01: Intel 82801AB I/O Controller Hub - IDE Controller Offset 00: 86 80 21 24 00 0 ... [SNIP!] B01 D05 F00: ESS Technology ES1938/ES1941/ES1946 Solo-1(E) Sound Card Offset 00: 5D 12 69 19 00 00 00 00 01... [SNIP!] B01 D0A F00: Diamond SupraExpress 56i Pro CW Modem Offset 00: F1 14 33 10 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Offset [SNIP!] B00 D1F F00: Intel 82801AB I/O Controller Hub - PCI-LPC Bridge Offset 00: 86 80 20 24 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 Offset 10... [SNIP!] B00 D1F F03: Intel 82801AB I/O Controller Hub - SMBus Controller Offset 00: 86 80 23 24 00 ...[SNIP!] B00 D1E F00: Intel 82801AB I/O Controller Hub (ICH0) [B-1] Offset 00: 86 80 28 24 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 Offset 10: 00 ... [SNIP!] B00 D00 F00: Intel 82810-DC100 GMCH - DRAM Controller [A-2] Offset 00: 86 80 22 71 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 Offset 10: [SNIP!] --------[ Debug - Video BIOS ]---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- C000:0000 VGA Compatible BIOS. ...N.^.l. C000:0040 ....zGeneric Intel Graphics Chip Accelerated VGA BIOS..Version 0 C000:0080 2.01 06/23/1999 11:04:43..Video memory: 1 MB Device Revisio C000:00C0 n: 2.0..DECOMPILATION OR DISASSEMBLY PROHIBITED.....Copyright (C C000:0100 ) 1999 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved......PCIR..#q.... |
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I recently 'clean' installed Windows 2000 over my Win 98 Presario (5446). I think what's happened (and remember, I'm a novice so don't s****** at my thoughts) is that maybe I installed 4 new drivers over the top of preinstalled compaq drivers that are still lurking and causing me problems. I should have removed a lot of stuff from my Win 98 before I 'clean installed' Win 2K. I thought I'd done enough, as I had actually 'clean installed' Win 98 using the Quick Restore CD before installing Win2k, so basically anything left over was the bare minimum on a Compaq Win98 factory state PC. I manually deleted the C:\Windows folder and removed Win 98 system files (like msdos.sys, config.sys etc), but I'm now realising I was probably supposed to uninstall a bunch of drivers from device manager too. I just assumed the 'clean install' or Win 2K would erase everything for me. HH is right that Compaq does not support 2k on this computer. However, IMHO, 2k is way better than XP ever will be. Also, I belive that 2K has more drivers available to it than XP, if only because its been around longer. 2k also has better drivers for older hardware, and runs better with slower processors and less RAM. Now when you say clean install, that means installing an OS on a freshly formatted hard drive. What you did was a messed up upgrade, a virtual nightmare. Your best option at this point is to start all over, fresh. Step 1, format the hard drive. The Win2k CD will do this for you. At the setup screen erase all partitions. Then format them with NTFS. Step 2 Install 2K. Step 3 Immeadiatly connect to the Internet and download all MS patches and hotfixes. There is no reason that 2k will not run perfectly fine on this computer, with the OEM MS drivers from the install cd. If you wish, use AIDA32 and where it points you to a chipsets manufactures website, then download any updated drivers that might be available. Or don't, if its working fine with out updating the drivers, then don't mess with it. (I hardly ever update drivers) |
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