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| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 |  Posted - Oct 17 2007 : 2:36AMA while ago I was having problems with my Windows finding mysterious new hardware when there wasn't any. I thought I had the problem solved when I disabled automatic updated and fussed with USB drivers (rolling them back 1 version fixed it). It is happening again. Whenever I start my machine it says that it has "found new hardware" and wants me to help it locate the drivers. I don't get it. There is no new hardware. Does anyone know if I can get windows to tell me what sort of hardware it is detecting? Maybe something I have needs new drivers? [Link] |
Hardware  All-Star Member Your other left 14594 Posts 3/02 | Posted - Oct 17 2007 : 4:19AM [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Oct 17 2007 : 4:28AM Unfortunately that might be a bit advanced for me. I could look at the IRQ assignments but past that I wouldn't know how to diagnose where the problem is happening. That sort of tweaking is something I haven't done. If it helps I have the most recent BIOS for my board, I think it came out in november of last year. Any tips? It doesn't seem to be a huge issue but it definitely slows down my computer when it is starting up. [Link] |
| Hardware All-Star Member Your other left 14594 Posts 3/02 | Posted - Oct 17 2007 : 4:57AM [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Oct 17 2007 : 5:28AM Fuck Microsoft is torturing me. I tried to post a question in the forums. It told me I needed to register. I filled out the form only to find out that at some point I had registered and had no clue what my password was. I clicked on the "email password reset question". That took me to a help section which explained the how the password reset process works (I have done this type of thing before, you know) but did not have a link to actually have said email sent to me. I clicked back and it resized my window to a column and reloaded the same page. If it is only being a dick to me because I am using firefox I will be even more pissed off. I have given up for now. [Link] |
| willywilly Member Activated Member 662 Posts 2/05 | Posted - Oct 17 2007 : 12:47PM Just out of curiosity, do you let it complete whatever it is that it wants to do? or do you cancel out of it? [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Oct 17 2007 : 1:00PM There is no hope for completion, I have tried clicking my way through thew options. XP tells me I have a new unknown piece of hardware. and wants me me to help locate drivers. I can't help because I don't know what hardware it is detecting. It asked me if it is allowed to look online for drivers, it tried and doesn't find anything. Then it says that there was a problem with my new hardware installation, it failed to install.  All my current hardware appears to be working just fine. I am almost positive the problem is related to some facet of some windows update. I just have no idea what. And if I click on the dialog about the failure it just opens the same damn wizard again. Logic loop. Edited by - conquistador on 10/17/2007 1:02:23 PM [Link] |
| willywilly Member Activated Member 662 Posts 2/05 | Posted - Oct 17 2007 : 1:12PM I just noticed that you said you flashed the bios some time ago. It didn't start right after this, did it? Actually, can you think of anything that you may have changed just before it started happening? [Link] |
| willywilly Member Activated Member 662 Posts 2/05 | Posted - Oct 17 2007 : 1:30PM conquistador: Just tried the "Send you and email" icon, and it says you've disabled emailing from the forum. Click mine, if you don't mind, and send me an email that I can reply to. [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Oct 17 2007 : 2:08PM [Link] |
| Hardware All-Star Member Your other left 14594 Posts 3/02 | Posted - Oct 17 2007 : 2:13PM Try his email now, willywilly. It should work. [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Oct 17 2007 : 2:14PM My ability to get to the advanced properties for my sound (things like adding a subwoofer or side channels or whatever) hasn't been working lately either. It is Realtek AC97. Even when I update it's drivers I still can't open all the menus. I can click them but nothing happens. I haven't really been considering it a problem as my gaming and movie watching continue. [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Oct 17 2007 : 2:17PM There was an error, please review the following: * Sorry, that email address is already associated with a different user's profile. Please try again. see this topic I posted a bit ago. I didn't get any email from forum members and just assumed nobody had tried to send any. [Link] |
| Hardware All-Star Member Your other left 14594 Posts 3/02 | Posted - Oct 17 2007 : 2:25PM BTW, is your Realtek a card or is it built into the motherboard? Edited by - hardware on 10/17/2007 2:26:40 PM [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Oct 17 2007 : 2:29PM [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Oct 17 2007 : 2:33PM What I suspect is going on is: I was inactive here for a long time and I started a new account with the sole point of emailing steph to the access to this account again. The other one was conquistad0r but I assumed steph would have purged it. But it also probably used the email address I am trying to have mail sent to now. I have to go back to work now. If you have any ideas please let me know. [Link] |
| willywilly Member Activated Member 662 Posts 2/05 | Posted - Oct 17 2007 : 2:42PM Something changed somehow... probably as Drew worked on things, as I know mine used to work fine. When I went to check on it, it was checked on! Just for the hell of it, I clicked on Update, and then went and tried again. This time, it opened a window to allow email to me. [Link] |
| willywilly Member Activated Member 662 Posts 2/05 | Posted - Oct 17 2007 : 2:46PM Conq: Already replied to the email you sent me. The second email - from using the feature here in the forum - that I just now sent, is just a test to be sure it worked from the forum now. [Link] |
| willywilly Member Activated Member 662 Posts 2/05 | Posted - Oct 17 2007 : 2:50PM This could be a pain in the ass, but would it be worth it for him to assemble all his driver disks, then proceed to remove drivers from his computer - one at a time - and reinstall them? Rebooting between each removal/reinstall. [Link] |
| Hardware All-Star Member Your other left 14594 Posts 3/02 | Posted - Oct 17 2007 : 3:02PM Given the problem conquistador is having with his Realtek I suspect that's where the problem lies. @conquistador - your email address is not the same one that's associated with the conquistad0r account. [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Oct 17 2007 : 3:38PM More when I am off work. Thanks for all the interest in helping me fix this strange problem. [Link] |
| Hardware All-Star Member Your other left 14594 Posts 3/02 | Posted - Oct 17 2007 : 4:11PM [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Oct 17 2007 : 5:44PM Hardware: Could dust/dirt be a factor here? It has been several months since I cleaned my computer (I have been being lazy waiting to buy a new P4 heatsink/fan assembly). It has 6 80mm case fans shooting air through it, and through the side window things look a bit on the dusty side. I was just fussing around with the sound outs, it is supposed to have "jack sensing" features where you'll plug something in and it will trigger a menu to set it up (there are 4 audio outs). I just tried plugging in a small pair of powered speakers and my machine didn't notice. I could still get sound through them, just not tweak any options. I have a fresh can of compressed air ready to do some dusting but it will probably be at least a week before I mess around with cleaning. I'll be having company for the next week and I have a ton of stuff to do to make my apartment fit for human habitation. So for now I just want to try fixes that won't involve any screwdrivers. I am going out to get some beer right now and when I get back I'll re-download all the drivers I might need and uninstall and reinstall my platform (nforce4, etc) drivers and see what happens. When I right clock on my "audio accessories" to try to get to the Realtek sound manager the option highlights but doesn't do any thing and there seems to be no changes in the task manager either. [Link] |
| Hardware All-Star Member Your other left 14594 Posts 3/02 | Posted - Oct 17 2007 : 6:11PM The fact that your computer failed to 'notice' the new speakers is further indication that the sound adapter isn't communicating with Windows properly. Your Realtek manager may be failing to load for the same reason - it is unable to establish communications with the hardware. [Link] |
| willywilly Member Activated Member 662 Posts 2/05 | Posted - Oct 17 2007 : 6:14PM I hope something pans out for you. There or here. Let us know what it was, when you do get it figured out.You ran out of beer? You actually ran out of beer??? Well hell.... That's the problem! Anybody knows that! :) Edited by - willywilly on 10/17/2007 6:16:03 PM [Link] |
| RandomPrecision Senior Member Enjoy! 8175 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Oct 18 2007 : 9:51AM Edited by - randomprecision on 10/18/2007 9:51:47 AM [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Oct 18 2007 : 10:18PM [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Oct 18 2007 : 10:19PM Last time I switched the hard drive that windows was booting from (same MoBo different drive) I ended up on the phone with India for 20 minutes trying to explain that I had upgraded my computer and that nobody had pirated my xp. [Link] |
| RandomPrecision Senior Member Enjoy! 8175 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Oct 18 2007 : 10:57PM However, I've only ever used OEM versions of Windows that came with the computer so I guess that could be an issue. What happens if you have to reinstall XP onto the same hard drive? Have you done that before? [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Oct 18 2007 : 11:04PM Apparently my old Dell never thought I might upgrade. The only thing from my Dell that is in my current zombie is an 80 GB disk. Which is filled with all sorts of neat relics, as are all my disks. I can't reformat anything right now. [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Oct 18 2007 : 11:07PM It is not stopping me from watching "Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi" so it isn't a gigantic issue. It is just an odd and ongoing problem that I want some insight into. [Link] |
| RandomPrecision Senior Member Enjoy! 8175 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Oct 18 2007 : 11:24PM You should probably just buy a copy eventually so you don't have so much BS to do when you have to reformat. With Windows, it's bound to happen eventually. Every time you boot and don't get bluescreens from hell is living on borrowed time. It DOES sound like a hardware issue but I just suggested it because I've had things that seemed like hardware issues before and it turned out to be a problem with Windows. I don't know. all that updating and installing and uninstalling and just the nature of Windows can sometimes screw things up. Another thing you could try, since you think it might be the onboard sound. You could go into your BIOS and turn off the onboard sound (If your BIOS has that option) and see if it still finds new hardware when you reboot. Then, if that seems to be the problem, you could buy a cheap add on sound card. Even the cheapest ones are at least as good as onboard, if not better. You'll probably lose your front audio jacks (if you even use them). Probably around $25 (US). Not free but at least it's relatively simple and it's relatively cheap. I got a cheap $20 Creative Soundblaster for my old computer and it was much better than the onboard audio, anyway. Edited by - randomprecision on 10/18/2007 11:33:29 PM [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Oct 18 2007 : 11:41PM RP: thank you.I think you probably just hit on the most effortless solution right there. Here I was thinking of using a multimeter and mapping circuits. I am not very demanding from a sound card. Right and left is enough for me. This is the idea which presents least hassle, by far. [Link] |
| RandomPrecision Senior Member Enjoy! 8175 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Oct 19 2007 : 12:03AM If you do get a card, I wouldn't install the bundled software unless you really want it and don't have the same capabilities already with other software you already have installed. Just the driver should be fine. When I first got the Creative card, I went ahead and let it do the full installation and it installed a bunch of stuff I didn't need. Edited by - randomprecision on 10/19/2007 12:04:08 AM [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Oct 19 2007 : 12:16AM Oh and by the way RP: Check out Portal. coolest game I have seen in ages. Totally new idea for a first person game. No enemies, just spacial relationship puzzles. You can get it from Valve's website for 20 bucks and it is well worth it. Edited by - conquistador on 10/19/2007 12:17:09 AM [Link] |
| RandomPrecision Senior Member Enjoy! 8175 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Oct 19 2007 : 12:43AM [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Oct 19 2007 : 12:53AM I am good with almost all bios settings. I never mess with voltages or over clocking at the hardware level. I even made sure my BIOS knows about all my fans. [Link] |
| RandomPrecision Senior Member Enjoy! 8175 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Oct 19 2007 : 1:13AM [Link] |
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