Plug & Play Configuration Error

Question

My Dimension 8200 restarted after install ed a fire wire card and then came up with the following error immediately after the title screen upon boot up: Plug & Play Configuration Error Plug & Play Configuration Error Plug & Play Configuration Error Plug & Play Configuration Error Windows XP defaulted the video driver back to a basic, non-plug&play driver that can only support 4-bit, 640x480 resolution. Windows XP apparently cannot recognize the video card, network card and all pci and apg device. I have also tried manually reinstalling the video driver (NVIDIA GeoForce2 Ultra with 64MB RAM.) i Disconnected all peripherals except for keyboard, mouse, and monitor. this worked. After restarting, the video problem was gone. everyting is ok.   when any pci card is istalled in any pci connector, the problem come again   Any help is much appreciated.

ejn63 · Answer

Try clearing the CMOS (enter setup, illuminate NUM, CAPS and SCROLL LOCK, press ALT-E until the system beeps, restart).

hellna · Answer

it is not work after cleared bios

RoHe · Answer

Try running a system file check
click start>run
type in: sfc /scannow
(space between sfc and /)
click ok

sfc will replace any missing/damaged XP system files. Insert your XP CD if sfc requests it. Reboot when it's done and try the PCI cards again.

Ron

hellna · Answer

thank you first   i run the system file check and reinstalled the system(winxp) finally. the problem is same.

RoHe · Answer

If you pull out the card does the problem go away? Sounds like either the card itself and/or the driver might not be XP compatible. Ron

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