Wonderful carry on !!!!
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Wonderful carry on !!!!
Thank you for the encouraging words. I need them I encountered a new problem, the Windows setup could not read a file so the installation was aborted. The same happened when I installed Ubuntu.
Well, I see it as a challenge...
Installed XP home, next problem is that the network card is not recognised.
How can I see which BIOS version is installed?
OK, the network card is installed after windows has been installed... so does that mean you have got your new bios installed, got the 500gb SATA installed and got windows installed on the 500gb sata... or are we back at installing windows on the ide drive?
I linked you to the drivers on post #7 but here they are again.
The bios installation version you either need to run a tool like www.belarc.com in windows or hit the pause/break key when it first starts up - it's usually shown on the screen above the RAM amount in MB and the hard drives detected.
In XP, you can use start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, System Information;
It shows Bios version also.
Installed the drivers, now the PC freezes every time.....
Since this is a Clean install, did you install the Via 4-in-1 chipset drivers FIRST?
No......
I think I keep you busy......
'Installed the drivers, now the PC freezes every time..... '
If you meant when booting up..
Start in Safe Mode, uninstall the Network Drivers, finish booting.
Did it?
If so, use your other comp and download to (something) the Via chipset drivers from that link Noo Noo gave you.
Install them. Reboot. Then try the ethernet drivers again.
It freezes after everything is started. So next problem is to install the VIA drivers, which is not possible in safe mode and not when the system constantly freezes.
Have you uninstalled the network drivers in safe mode? Does it then stop freezing in normal mode?
I am not sure why you are trying to get this on the net... you can download the stuff you need and transfer it with a usb stick...
NooNoo, do you mean the BIOS update? If so, can you explain a bit?Quote:
you can download the stuff you need and transfer it with a usb stick...
I have the new BIOS version (on USB), with ADSFI715.exe and ran it, but that didn;t give any significant change in version.
Panhead:
You were booting until you installed the ethernet drivers.
So, boot to Safe Mode and uninstall those drivers (should show in Add/Remove Programs)
Then, find out if you can Boot to Normal OS again.
That is stage 1 at this point.
Finally good news. I uninstalled the network drivers, installed the VIA drivers and the network drivers and voila, it works!
Next was to use Live update (the right version) and now the BIOS version is updated from 1.80 to 2.20
So it looks good! Thank you for guiding me!
Next is of course to do the SATA disk....
Just one more question: the BIOS now has version 2.2, but the MSI website says the latest version is 7.1? Should I care?
As to the 7.1 -
It only addressed an ongoing problem with AMD Cool 'n Quiet when running a Sempron cpu (per the description at AMI)
" You're one of many using the wrong bios in this board. 7.1 bios is not the right one for newcastle cpu.
Fall back to version 1.9. That bios is the most stable and reliable for your board/cpu combination.
Do keep in mind however, that you may need to install an older version of MSI corecenter (if you use it... ) because that app won't work with all bios versions. (But who needs corecenter?)"
The above from: http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:...nk&cd=13&gl=ca
edit: I'll leave the rest for sharper minds, ie, 7.1 versus 2.2 and getting your Sata running.
gl
:)