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Unistalled all USB drivers and restarted. Most of the drivers automatically installed themselves with only warnings of new hardware.
Am checking to see if USB is turned off in the Bios.
The only reference is onchip USB set at V1.1 + V2.0.
Thanks. This is going to be one of those things!
Sure you are sure ? ;) .. Chipset patches are different from Microsofts windows updates which are also 'patches' :D .. but they don't show up in add remove programs always like winows updates will, if now I said that, you aren't 100% then reapply them (they identify the insides of the computer to windows which is the motherboards makers 'business' rather than correct issues in windoze).Quote:
Originally Posted by Martin009
& yeah when NooNoo said 'remove' she meant both in windows & bios to ensure the issue is port related .. :)
Completely removed the USB but still when trying to run Nortons Antivirus (half way through) is bsods.
This would indicate (unless I am mistaken) that it possibly is not USB related?
Interesting... same bsod? Which version norton?
One person found that the AV caused usb problems, different av company... but it may be more a combination of circumstances.
Nope not at all mistaken, that'd be why Noo wanted you to try this .. diagnosing is harder than fixing ! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Martin009
The trouble is you see that event id 1003 is 'uncatergorised error' & you are meant to be able to fathom from the parameters it returns what did it - most times you can't & you end up guessing ! :rolleyes: .. like I think we might be here ..
So my next best suggestion is trying a complete remove & re-install of Norton as that's never happy when you've been patching, then maybe a re-install over the top.
Its all this patching patches 'business' that does it, if everythings not done 'just so' & in the right order, muchos weirdness may happen, its almost impossible to test every permuation so they just try all this stuff on a standard image, which might well be a little different to yours, with 10,000 odd file versions to take care of I'm not so surprised ..
Has anyone heard of Drivers Headquarters http://www.drivershq.com/ Drivers Update Software.
According to the free test I have the following which need changing (bad):
IDE ATA/ATAPI controller which is bad.
Network Adapter which is bad
1 Display adapter which is bad
Should I trust this software? Has anyone heard of it?
If it tests the drivers... well we already know you have a driver problem. If it purports to test the hardware, I would be cynical at this point.
The findings are consistent with what I have been trying to get you to troubleshoot. Usb drivers are part of the motherboard drivers. Nforce is a "unified" driver system, if its an onboard nic and onboard display, it would point back to motherboard drivers.
If the display is not onboard, then it would point to the drivers for the agp port (which are different to the agp video drivers).... again, motherboard drivers!
It also depends on what they call "bad". It could mean out of date, registry entries corrupt, system files inconsistent... yada yada.
When I get a sec I will put this box through it, I happen to know I have a particular fault, lets see what it says.
So back to your problem, have you downloaded an updated nforce driver set? Did you install it? Did you uninstall the old set first?
OK, I ran the driverhq, here are the results. I am not terribly impressed - see below.
http://www.bev.me.uk/wd/driverhq.jpg
It has listed several devices as "bad". The drivers in this case are not "bad"... merely I am not using the most up to date versions. Uptodate is not necessarily best. For instance, I have an intellimouse optical - I am using the standard drivers windows supplies, why? Because I don't need to install another godknows how many megabytes of bloatware.
Bloatware is defined as software installed as part of a driver package that is excess to the requirements of driving the device. All it does is provide you with a few facilities that you may or may not like and takes up more ram running in background... and oh lets not forget the pretty icons, the extra systray entry and the damned helpful popup (sorry got to ranting here). Its a damn mouse ok? :D
The one device I expected it to list as bad it hasn't. My cmedia installation screwed up, so while the sound works, it occasionally bsods. Its not something I intend to fix because I intend to format when I have sorted out the 160gb of data I have managed to accumulate.... yes data you lot, not mp3!
100gig done... another 60 to go.
Conclusion This is a useful tool for those that have simple problems and don't want to find out what to fix. It provides a useful service to let you know there is an update available.
It does not differentiate between good and bad. It should say, "uptodate", "not uptodate" and "damn, its so screwed up we cant figure it out automatically".
I emphasise this tool is a guide only and that newest drivers can cause more problems than they fix... ask any gamer!
I have been using the MSI live monitor to install the various drivers. Is this a good thing?
Is it possible that I have a currupt windows system file? (instead of drivers) as when I have no USBs installed in bios or system the bsod still happens.
Is there a diagnosis that can check the windows components to check that they are all there and functioning correctly?
This is baffling!
aah, all those lovely helper programs....In answer to your question - none that get it right all of the time.
While computers appear simple, and the helper programs try to make it simple, sometimes it aint. You have to mentally roll up your sleeves and start learning, reading, researching and trying out what you have learned. If you don't want to do that, then pay an experienced technician to do it for you. After all, if you don't want to learn car mechanics, you take it to a mechanic don't you? Alot of people think that computers are simpler than cars to fix.
They would be wrong. I personally enjoy stripping an engine and having done so a few times, I can tell you that engines are much simpler to learn than computers.
K7N2G shown here has a few chipset options.
nvidia has the unified driver So you may endup downloading stuff you don't need.
What options do you have on your motherboard? By this I mean, what is onboard and what is separate and what is your video card?
When you have driver upgrade problems, it is always good practice to uninstall the previous drivers, firstly you look in add/remove programs to remove the software, then on to device manager to uninstall the hardware.
In XP you can then run the setup.exe for the new driver install package and XP should replace the driver files correctly. If it doesn't like something, it will automatically put the old driver it was happy with back. Unfortunately it doesn't always tell you this.
Thanks.
As far as I am aware the graphics card is onbaord. I have very little extra. The machine is purely work.
Up until now I have tended to manually check drivers etc but thought I would try the MSI. Things are never as good as one might think.
While my knowledge of Xp isn't great I don't mind getting my hands dirty. I work in a school providing basic IT technical support. But as we have a provider who gives us the updates most of these type of problems are ironed out as the systems vary very little.
Anyway, I think I will unistall MSI Monitor and begin again, working my way through the various drivers etc.
Still struggling.
It's now producing the folloiwng error:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: System Error
Event Category: (102)
Event ID: 1003
Date: 19/04/2004
Time: 08:13:02
User: N/A
Description:
Error code 000000c4, parameter1 00000090, parameter2 ffdff120, parameter3 00000000, parameter4 00000000.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 74737953 45206d65 726f7272 72452020
0010: 20726f72 65646f63 30303020 63303030
0020: 50202034 6d617261 72657465 30302073
0030: 30303030 202c3039 66646666 30323166
0040: 3030202c 30303030 202c3030 30303030
0050: 30303030
Does anyone know how to work out from this what might be wrong????
I know how you feel. I am now having the same problem. Been searching the internet for days now on some sort of help or assistance.
I receive the very same error.
Can any one help us? Did anyone figure it out
Event Type: Error
Event Source: System Error
Event Category: (102)
Event ID: 1003
Date: 19/04/2004
Time: 08:13:02
User: N/A
Description:
Error code 000000c4, parameter1 00000090, parameter2 ffdff120, parameter3 00000000, parameter4 00000000.
For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 74737953 45206d65 726f7272 72452020
0010: 20726f72 65646f63 30303020 63303030
0020: 50202034 6d617261 72657465 30302073
0030: 30303030 202c3039 66646666 30323166
0040: 3030202c 30303030 202c3030 30303030
0050: 30303030
Does anyone know how to work out from this what might be wrong????[/QUOTE]
Hi there,
I wish I could tell you that I had sorted my problem but am at present resigned to the fact that no asnwer will be provided quickly. No problems appear in the Manage information. I spent 5 or 6 hours again last night searching and trying possible reponses.
What hardware do you have? I was beginning to wonder whether my dvd/cd re-writer was installed incorrectly.
Let me know how you get on.
I said screw it and saved all my important info to another hard drive and reloaded. So far so good. I have to load all my drivers and get the updates to Win xp pro and then I'll let you know.
I have a Dell Inspiron 2650
Default hardware if you want to look it up
But I'll let you know
I wish I could tell you that I had sorted my problem but am at present resigned to the fact that no asnwer will be provided quickly. No problems appear in the Manage information. I spent 5 or 6 hours again last night searching and trying possible reponses.
What hardware do you have? I was beginning to wonder whether my dvd/cd re-writer was installed incorrectly.
Let me know how you get on.[/QUOTE]