'Ilya Zeldes' wrote, in part:
| Phil,
| thank you for your message. I'll try to answer all your question.
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There are only two likely sources for BIOS; each large manufacturer of
computer systems will usually customize ( to a relatively small extent ) the
BIOS chosen.
Unless your BIOS has been customized so as to offer almost no user access,
there are far too many settings and details for 'looked <normal>' to be
meaningful.
Three items.
#1. Get out the manual for your computer system and look for BIOS setting
directions.
#2. Contact technical support at the manufacturer.
#3. Carefully write down the details of the problem, including what type of
system and what you have added hardware wise.
THEN
Be prepared for a lot more questions from anyone in this newsgroup who wants
to help. So far you have not describe your system at all, even such a basic
fact as whether it is a laptop or desktop.
Judging from your description so far, I suggest you take the system in to a
good computer repair shop. You have a hardware problem that has NOTHING to
do with Windows XP or any operating system.
I can't tell you where to find the reset for interrupt allocations in the
BIOS because I have no idea of what BIOS you have, and how it has been
customized. A repair shop, looking at the BIOS setting screens, can tell if
there is a interrupt allocation reset and where it is in less than a minute.
I sorta get the impression you have a laptop, and if that is the case, there
really isn't much you can do yourself. You might try looking in the PCI/pNp
page of the BIOS settings try to find something like 'Force ESCD update';
but this alone probably will not solve your problems. And if you have a
laptop you will have no choice but a computer repair shop.
And, once again, you really ought to try a hardware newsgroup.
Phil Weldon
| Phil,
| thank you for your message. I'll try to answer all your question.
|
| | > 'Ilya Zeldes' wrote:
| > | Today, I turned on my machine (WinXP SP2 with all updates) and instead
| > of
|
| > First, who is the manufacturer of your system, and what has been the
reply
| > from their customer support?
| eMachine, out of warranty, did not contact tech support...
|
| > If your message is from the BIOS boot (occurs before Windows begins to
| > load)
| Exactly! This message appears before WinXP loads.
|
| > then the message has nothing to do with Windows XP. There should be a
| > setting in the BIOS to force reallocation of interrupts (this setting
| > lasts
| > only for the next boot.) If you don't have such a setting in your BIOS
| > then
| > check the BIOS settings for the PCI slot interrupts.
| I looked in the BIOS, but could not find anything about PCI slot
| interrupts... Any suggestion where it could be nested?
|
| > The message seems a bit strange since Windows XP, if properly set up and
| > if
| > the peripheral devices are properly designed, reallocates interrupts
when
| > it
| > takes control from the BIOS.
| As I mentioned in my reply to Sharon, this message came from nowhere...
| No new drivers, no new hardware...
|
| > Lastly, not to put too fine a point on it, what do you mean by your BIOS
| > 'looks normal'?
| To me it looked <normal>, the same, as it was last time (long ago),
| whatever should be enabled was enabled, etc.
|
| And what do you mean by Windows 'resumes download' and
| > 'frizzes' when the desktop appears?
| After I turned comp on, a message about Resource conflict appeared.
Also
| it said <Press F1 to resume, press Del to Setup>. At this point, pressing
F1
| starts Windows loading, the logo shows up, the dots start running, the
| desktop appears, all icons load and the system frizzes - mouse does not
move
| and nothing works...
|
| > Without information answers are guesses.
| >
| > Phil Weldon
|
|
