Hello All,
I am some-what new to this forum. By some-what I mean, I used to follow it about two years ago and decided to get back into it.
I am having a sudden problem with my built computer. First, here are the specifications:
Abit KR7A
AMD Athlon XP 1700+
512 mb Crucial DDR 266 RAM.
13 gb Maxtor ATA 100 HD.
40 gb Samsung ATA 100 HD.
Lite-On DVD Drive.
Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600 Atlantis 256 mb Video Card.
Santa Cruz, PCI Sound Card.
400W Power Supply.
IDE1 is connected to Maxtor HD as master.
IDE2 is connected to DVD drive as master, and Samsung HD as slave.
Recently, this computer had stopped working. No matter what I tried I couldnt get it to work. It would turn on, but no signal would ever get sent to the screen. Unsure of what to do next, I rebuilt the computer hoping it would work (ie. shorted motherboard?). After rebuilding, It worked but would not boot into windows. I reformatted the HD, reinstalled XP, SP1, and the drives.
Unfortunately, I still have problems. My first problem is that the computer takes about 4 times longer than normal to boot up. There is a large delay on the bios screen. I have checked the bios configuration and everything appears to be correct.
The second problem is that I cannot get the sound card to work. The computer detected the soundcard, I installed the drivers, and was directed to restart. As windows loaded another new piece of hardware was detected.... The hardware was called "PCI Standard ISA Bridge". The computer cannot find a driver for this "device". Under system configuration there is an exclamation point next to it. In addition to this the sound card drives are listed as the original XP legacy drivers. If I try to update them to the Santa Cruz drivers, I receive an error that states there is no audio device. It's not the fact that I need sound, but that I need an audio device for several applications.
I have tried a SB Live! Value card in place of the Santa Cruz with no success; have also tried an old Riva TNT video card in place of the ATI with no success.
If anyone can offer some insight I would greatly appreciate it. I have never run into a computer problem of this extent and mystery.
Thank You,
Justin
I am some-what new to this forum. By some-what I mean, I used to follow it about two years ago and decided to get back into it.
I am having a sudden problem with my built computer. First, here are the specifications:
Abit KR7A
AMD Athlon XP 1700+
512 mb Crucial DDR 266 RAM.
13 gb Maxtor ATA 100 HD.
40 gb Samsung ATA 100 HD.
Lite-On DVD Drive.
Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600 Atlantis 256 mb Video Card.
Santa Cruz, PCI Sound Card.
400W Power Supply.
IDE1 is connected to Maxtor HD as master.
IDE2 is connected to DVD drive as master, and Samsung HD as slave.
Recently, this computer had stopped working. No matter what I tried I couldnt get it to work. It would turn on, but no signal would ever get sent to the screen. Unsure of what to do next, I rebuilt the computer hoping it would work (ie. shorted motherboard?). After rebuilding, It worked but would not boot into windows. I reformatted the HD, reinstalled XP, SP1, and the drives.
Unfortunately, I still have problems. My first problem is that the computer takes about 4 times longer than normal to boot up. There is a large delay on the bios screen. I have checked the bios configuration and everything appears to be correct.
The second problem is that I cannot get the sound card to work. The computer detected the soundcard, I installed the drivers, and was directed to restart. As windows loaded another new piece of hardware was detected.... The hardware was called "PCI Standard ISA Bridge". The computer cannot find a driver for this "device". Under system configuration there is an exclamation point next to it. In addition to this the sound card drives are listed as the original XP legacy drivers. If I try to update them to the Santa Cruz drivers, I receive an error that states there is no audio device. It's not the fact that I need sound, but that I need an audio device for several applications.
I have tried a SB Live! Value card in place of the Santa Cruz with no success; have also tried an old Riva TNT video card in place of the ATI with no success.
If anyone can offer some insight I would greatly appreciate it. I have never run into a computer problem of this extent and mystery.
Thank You,
Justin
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