Re: Hardware problems

Tech-Archive recommends: Fix windows errors by optimizing your registry

From: Dave Patrick (mail_at_NoSpam.DSPatrick.com)
Date: 02/06/04 

Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 13:32:55 -0700

This article may help.

HOW TO: Specify a Specific or Third-Party HAL During Windows Setup
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=216251 

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"NinjaGranny" wrote:
| ya was talking about bios irq routing in NT - was tired and brain didnt
| engage with fingers.
|
| 2k pro is ignoring the plugplay bios settings and apci settings -
| re-installed twice now and it just re-installs the damn apci . It worked
| ok with my old NIC but I dont want to go back to hard wired just because
| the OS is being silly (i ran a tracer to find out what was causing the
| hangs hence i found the irq conflict). ( xp installs but hangs every few
| seconds for about 30 seconds - but I cant use XP anyway as I need the
| machine for work and there isnt a standard for securing xp yet)
|
| Nt works fine - 98 OSR2 works fine - Linux works fine - BEOS has the
| same sort of problems ..
|
| Its a basic sort of machine
| 1.4 p4
| 3/4 gig matched rimms
| intel MB
| adaptech 2940 UW 2
| UW 3 scsi disks
| Sonic Fury ( turtle beach ) sound card
| elsa gladiac 920 ( geoforce 3)
|
| Someone mentioned downgrading to 2k home or xp home  but i dont want to
| splash out the money if its got the same faults .
|
| Can anyone say for sure ?
|
| TIA :)

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