re: No devices listed in the Device Manager
Saturday, July 16, 2005 at 5:12 am
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Mark
(2 messages posted)
I went into the BIOS and reset the configuration data. Same problem. I can boot
to a floppy disc and I am able to access the CD-ROM that way, but once windows loads,
it doesn't see the CD-ROM or my ethernet card, so I cannot get updated drivers on
the system.
On Friday, July 15, 2005 at 8:16 pm, Jack Gulley wrote:
>Sounds more like a system board BIOS CMOS Setup problem and not a Windows ME
>problem. Or worse, a basic hardware failure on the system board. In addition any
>of the disk drives or CD-Rom drives having a hard failure could be killing the the
>IDE bus and all devices attached to it. When booting from a Windows ME startup diskette,
>it should be able to see and access the disk drives and CD-Roms. If not, it is a
>hardware or hardware configuration problem.
> You need to boot the system board in to its BIOS CMOS Setup. Normally the Del
>key right after power on. You may have to consult your system or system board manufacture
>for the proper way to get into the system boards BIOS Setup. In the CMOS Setup,
you
>need to reset the BIOS plug and play configuration (DMI or ESCD data).
> Go to the PnP/PCI Configurations section and Enable the
Reset
>Configuration Data or ESCD option. Save the setup and exit. BIOS will rebuild
>the DMI Configuration table.
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