Re: New Mother Board Installation

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The problems should not be related to XP. If a product activation screen
pops-up, that would be XP, and is nothing to worry about, if it happens.

As for the other things, did you check the current BIOS settings versus
those in the old motherboard, which I hope that you wrote down or captured
via a digital camera? If not, realize that the motherboard might have (1) a
newer BIOS, (2) different default settings, (3) might be some variation of
the original board and not a one-for-one replacement.

First check the BIOS revision. Then check the ASUS support site for the
latest released revision. Avoid beta version, unless explicitly instructed
to use one by some expert. Install the latest, if not already installed.

Second, enter the BIOS setup and review all settings, with the motherboard
manual in hand. Check that the onboard sound card is either enabled or
auto. (I use auto on my ASUS P4S8X.) Ditto for USB. and maybe separately
for USB 2.0. If the printer is USB, enabling USB should fix that. If it is
parallel port, look for a setting about parallel port mode. I use ECP+EPP.

Third, download the latest drivers for all the onboard devices. If a device
is not recognized or does not work right, install the latest driver. If it
works OK, leave it alone !

Fourth, do an XP update. That can sometimes find drivers for hardware.
Yes, in theory you have them already, but there is a chance that something
is not 100% the same about the motherboard.

Fifth, look for the non-working devices in the device manager. If they are
listed, XP senses them. Try uninstalling them from the device manager, one
at a time, and then asking the device manager to detect new hardware. This
can sometimes fix a problem device (like sound or USB).

Finally, if the above fails, try an alternative operating system for a test.
By this I mean get a copy of a self-contained LINUX CD, such as KNOPPIX, use
it to boot the PC, and see what hardware is recognized. If LINUX sees the
hardware, but XP does not, consider a repair installation of XP, which
should re-detect all hardware.

"SeaWolf" <Gfreed45@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:enPQMR0MGHA.2276@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
My mother board died and I had to replace it with a new one...

The new Mobo is a warrantee replacement and its the exact same board that
I
had on this system to start with a ASUS P4PE...

When I installed the new board and fired the system up I found that I no
longer have any sound, no printer and no USB ports. Everything else
works...

From all indications the computer says that there is no sound device on my
system even though the sound device is built into the mother board. The
somputer beeps with its PC speaker just like a system that had no sound
device... (Checked Bios! OK)

My printer simply doesn't work, no communications it seems... My new HP
printer uses USB ports... None of the USB ports seem to be doing
anything...
All my drivers seem to be in place so I'm not sure what's up..

What I'm wondering is if XP might have some kind of security issue with
the
fact I've replaced a major component?

Any ideas please!!! I know very little about XP so your help would be
appreciated...

Even a book on "How to troubleshoot Windows XP might be helpful... I'm not
sure what I need to do...

Asus seems to think the new board they send me wasn't any good so they are
going to send me another and we will try again...

It should be noted that I'm not reloading everything. The Mother board I'm
using is the exact same make and model as the board I replaced and I real
don't want to have to reload all this, it would take forever!!!

Any ideas? Thanks again for your help!!!




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