I have a Dell Latitude Cpi laptop that has several problems since putting in a new HDD, new BIOS, then 98SE, and I wonder if the problems are connected. When it boots up there are two beeps which I assume are some sort of code that means something is wrong (a low tone long and a higher tone short ? but Phoenix beeps are supposed to come in three or four bursts separated by pauses).
When I get to the desktop I can open My Computer, but the window takes more than a minute for the icons to appear. When they do appear I get both a D: and an E: cdrom icon (D is the correct one).
When I open Device Manager there is an exclamation point by the CDROM Controller (not the CDROM). I remove it and then install it again through Add New Hardware in the control panel. When I go to install the controller I get a message that I must install the card for his controller. But there ain?t no card since the secondary IDE controller is in the mainboard, not on a card (I think).
If I look in Components>Problem Devices in System Information there is some message in red that says ?This device has a problem. This device is not present, not working properly, or does not have all the drivers installed?. I?ve reinstalled drivers several times, to no avail. Does anybody have any clues as to where to intervene in this set of problem? Thanks.
When I get to the desktop I can open My Computer, but the window takes more than a minute for the icons to appear. When they do appear I get both a D: and an E: cdrom icon (D is the correct one).
When I open Device Manager there is an exclamation point by the CDROM Controller (not the CDROM). I remove it and then install it again through Add New Hardware in the control panel. When I go to install the controller I get a message that I must install the card for his controller. But there ain?t no card since the secondary IDE controller is in the mainboard, not on a card (I think).
If I look in Components>Problem Devices in System Information there is some message in red that says ?This device has a problem. This device is not present, not working properly, or does not have all the drivers installed?. I?ve reinstalled drivers several times, to no avail. Does anybody have any clues as to where to intervene in this set of problem? Thanks.