Hello John,
Which SP is now on your PC ?
Most of the drivers are very SP / HF dependent.
(SP == Servicepack
HF == Hotfix)
Robert
On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 09:31:25 -0700, "John" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:
>Question.
>Where, in the registry, does the System Information snap-
>in get the information for the System Summary entries
>for "System Manufacturer" and "System Model"?
>
>OK that was the easy part. Here comes the head scratcher
>parts. Two separate problems.
>
>Background for both problems.
>I've been running Win2K SP2 for about two years now. When
>SP3 was first released I installed and had no end of
>problems so I uninstalled it. The problems remained so I
>lived with them until last weekend. I disconnected all
>other drives and did a low level format of my primary hard
>drive where Win2K resided by writing 0's to the drive
>using the WD Utility disk. In fact I did it twice to make
>sure all data was wiped. I installed Win2K as a clean
>install to the C: drive which is a single partition and is
>set as the Master on the Primary IDE channel. All went
>well. No errors no (install) problems, no crashes.
>
>System Information for reference. This is an ancient
>computer by current standards but has worked well for
>several years.
>Tyan Trinity S1890 AT MB with 512MB of onboard L2 cache.
>VIA MVP3 Chipset
>Award BIOS 4.51PG 09/23/99 the last that was available.
>AMD K6-2 500MHz CPU
>384MB PC100 SDRAM (the max that is supported)
>3dFX Voodoo 3000 AGP Graphics Adapter
>Adaptec AHA2940UW Pro PCI SCSI adapter IRQ 5.
>3Com 3C905 PCI NIC IRQ 10.
>Sound BLaster AWE64 ISA sound card IRQ 7
>US Robotics 5685 56K ISA voice modem using COM 2/IRQ3.
>WD 13GB HD set as Master on IDE channel 1. (ATA 66)
>Matsushita CD-R SCSI burner.
>WD 6.4GB HD set as Master on IDE channel 2 (Drive is only
>ATA 33 capable).
>DVS DVD ATAPI DVD drive set as Slave on IDE channel 2.
>I reconnected the D: drive the 6.4GB drive D: and it was
>OK too. Recognized just fine by Windows with no problems
>and reported as Healthy.
>
>Now the problems.
>
>Problem 1.
>The USR modem reported Error 680 there was no dialtone.
>Modem Line/Telco jack was plugged into the phone jack in
>the wall and a phone was connected to the Phone jack on
>the modem. I could clearly hear a good, clear, steady
>dialtone on the phone. When I clicked "Connect" I head
>the realy in the modem click and I also heard the modem
>try an size the line listening to the phone where the
>dialtone was still present but not as loud as the modem
>was in the line now also. Error 680 again. Disconnected
>the phone from the modem and rebooted. Error 680
>continues. Tried new downloaded drivers from USR for the
>modem. Error 680. Reinstalled the native Win2K drivers.
>Error 680. All time the Device Manager recognized and
>reported the modem as OK. OK maybe it's a modem problem. I
>took a USR OEM 1787 modem out of another computer
>uninstalled the 5685 and installed the 1787 modem and it's
>drivers. Error 680 continued. I had another junk modem I
>was saving for emergencies an old pice of crap LogiCode
>33HP CL ISA modem. I installed that piece of crap 33.6
>modem in the same ISA slot the USR modems were in. Windows
>recognized it an it dialed and connected on the first try
>It's what I'm connect with right now in fact.
>
>Anybody got any ideas on how to get back to using a USR
>56K ISA modem.
>
>
>Problem 2.
>No sound at all.
>My Creative AWE64 sound card worked just fine with
>Windows2000 before the reinstall. But absolutely nothing
>after the reinstall on Win2K a few days ago. Device
>Manager shows all it components present and working OK on
>IRQ 9 but there was no sownd. There were no drivers
>availabl from creative specifically for Win2K but then
>again it work in Win2K for over two years just fine. I
>tried the latest 95/98/NT drivers nothing, absolutely
>nothing. Went back to the native drivers offered by
>Win2K, same thing nothing. Like the modem I grabbed a PCI
>SB16 sound card from another computer and installed it.
>Windows recognized it right away and I installed the
>drivers off the Creative CD then rebooted. Still no sound
>at all. Device Manager shows the SB16 working fine.
>Device Manager also shows under Sound, Video and Game
>Controllers the following items:
>Audio Codecs
>Creative Sound Blaster AudioPCI (WDM)
>Game Port for Creative
>Legacy Audio Drivers
>Legacy Video Capture Drivers
>Media Control Devices
>and
>Video Codecs.
>
>Could any of these be conflicting with the SB16 sound card
>keeping it from feeding the speakers. The same extra
>components are also shown with the AWE64 sound card as
>well.
>
>You now know my sad tale of woe here. Can anyone offer
>any insights?
>
>Thanks in advance for any help you offer.
>John
>
>
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