HELP WITH PCI INPUT

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Ok here it is.  I had to reinstall my operating system.  But the disk was broke and dell support said no way to a new disk.  So i found windows xp and installed it woohoo big step forward but now its say in my device manager the following are not working pci input device has no drivers and my audio controller has no driver.  Not only that but anything on my pci slots are not being recognized.  Any one have any solutions HELP PLEASE

SloMoShun · Answer

Have you clicked on the 'Downloads' tab (at the top of the Support page), entered your service tag number, and checked to see if you could download the missing drivers that you need? Message Edited by SloMoShun on 07-18-2003 03:47 PM

Grok · Answer

@computerdork2 wrote: I flashed my bois and still the pci input is still unknow what do i. Any suggestions. Nobody asked you to do that... Why not following SloMoShun's advice ;)) Grok

computerdork2 · Answer

I flashed my bois and still the pci input is still unknow what do i.  Any suggestions.

computerdork2 · Answer

Nothing on my pci slots work i need to find the drivers for it.  I don't understand why windows xp doesn't have drivers for it.  Also under downloads there is nothing for a pci input device

Ziwpiz · Answer

computerdork2 - start over and post some information...

Please provide additional information, about your computer model,peripherals, operating system and any error messages you’re receiving. This helps others help you with your problem.
Also include any steps you have done in troubleshooting.

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Dimension 4500 - Pentium 4 - 2.0 GHz
WINDOWS XP (Home Edition) SP-1 (PLUS!)
512 MB DDR SDRAM 266MHz
80 GB 7200RPM Ultra ATA/100
64 MB GEFORCE4 Video card with TV out
SoundBlaster Live 1024 Voices Sound Card
16X DVD-ROM (LITEON LTD 163)
Pacific Digital 32 X 12 X 48 CD Burner
Microsoft WIRELESS Optical Mouse
100MB internal NEC ATAPI Zip Drive
10/100 PCI Fast Ethernet NIC
56K PCI Telephony Modem
Cyber Acoustics CA-3550 ( 2 + Subwoofer (Front))
Harmon Kardon HK-206 (Rear)
17" E772 Monitor (Dell)
Sandisk USB 2.0 - 6 in 1 Card Reader/Writer
Epson C42 Printer
HP Photosmart 100
Visioneer One Touch 8700 Scanner
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Dimension L933r Pentium lll
384 MB SDRAM (PC 133)
20 GB HD 5400RPM (Ultra ATA)
Windows ME
LITEON LTR - 24102B (24X 10X 40X) CD-RW
CTX 17" Flat View Monitor
100MB internal NEC ATAPI Zip Drive
Microsoft Optical (PS2) IntelliPoint Mouse
AR-2103 Multimedia (2 + Subwoofer) Speaker
Sandisk SDDR-09 USB 1.0 Card Reader
Epson 740
Brother IC 100- Sheet Scanner

Grok · Answer

Okay, next step is to find out if one ore more slots are malfunctioning.

Remove all devices with a question mark from Device Manager
Shutdown computer
Remove all PCI devices
Check BIOS settings (sorry, I'm not shure about the 8200's BIOS)
Start computer and shutdown again
Put in one PCI device, say the network card (NIC)
Start computer
Check with Device Manager if NIC is showing up, if not, click right mouse button in Device Manger, choose "Search for New Hardware"
If NIC is found, try the next PCI card, if not, start from 1. and put NIC in different slot
If you had no success in any slot, try the same with the audio card, if this fails you can be shure that there is a serious problem with your PCI slots and your computer needs service

Grok

Message Edited by Grok on 07-19-2003 12:06 AM

computerdork2 · Answer

One last thing its the pci slots that are not working.  You know the slots where you pluggin your modem, network card and sound card.  In my device manager none of the cards are showing up.

Grok · Answer

@computerdork2 wrote:
One last thing its the pci slots that are not working. You know the slots where you pluggin your modem, network card and sound card. In my device manager none of the cards are showing up.

Even after installing the drivers?
I don't think that the PCI slots are not working because XP seems to recognise them but don't know what drivers to install..

Grok

Grok · Answer

Well, that leads my to a quite simple question:
Have you checked if all PCI cards are firmly in their slots?
You might put them out of their slots and put them in again, but don't touch the circuits or connectors of the cards.

computerdork2 · Answer

I can't install the drivers for lets say the network card because it doesn't even recognize that there is a network card there.  I am so stumped.

Grok · Answer

Any PCI card is a 'PCI input device' so go and search for the drivers according to your system... Best is you download all the right drivers for the hardware in your system (but only them, not ALL available drivers), install them, reboot and see what happens. As long you don't provide us with more information about your system I'm afraid this is the best help you can get. Grok BTW It may be fancy to write everything in lower case but it certainly doesn't improve readability. No offence meant. ;)

computerdork2 · Answer

I have flashed my bois tried to install the pci input drivers off of windows xp and also looked on the download section for pci drivers.

Dimension 8200 - Pentium 4 - 2.0 GHz
WINDOWS XP (Home Edition) SP-1 (PLUS!)
256 pc800 dram
30 GB 7200RPM Ultra ATA/100
64 MB GEFORCE4 Video card with TV out
SoundBlaster Live 5.1
16X DVD-ROM (LITEON LTD 163)
dvd burner
Microsoft WIRELESS Optical Mouse
10/100 PCI Fast Ethernet NIC
56K PCI Telephony Modem
Cyber Acoustics CA-3550 ( 2 + Subwoofer (Front))
Harmon Kardon HK-206 (Rear)
17" E772 Monitor (Dell)
Sandisk USB 2.0 - 6 in 1 Card Reader/Writer

Grok · Answer

Sometimes Windows needs the installation of the drivers to recognise the hardware. So why not trying to install the right drivers...

Grok · Answer

I spot here at least 3 PCI devices. Which of your hardware shows up in device manager anyway? Grok

computerdork2 · Answer

Yep just checked them all to make sure they where securely in there.   Downloaded all the drivers for the cards and reinstalled them to no luck.  The modem sound and network card just are not recognized.  Does anyone know why in the device manager under other devices only the audio controller and the pci input device would show if all four slots are dead in the water

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