When viewing the device manager, there are no listed devices except Keyboard, Modem, Mouse a bad Display Adapter, and various System devices. No CD-ROM, Hard Disk or the standard devices. I cannot access the CD-ROM from windows. I have already booted to a floppy disc and re-installed windows from DOS. I have the same problems. I cannot access the internet since my ethernet card is not listed. I tried to use the Add New Hardware wizard, and it doesn't see any hardware other than the Standard Display Adapter. Not sure what else to do. I don't want to format my drive and re-install, just fix the current install. System restore is unsuccessfull on every attempt, even when I choose different restore points. Thanks for any help I can get.

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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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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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