"David Gorick" <dgorick RemoveThis @adelphia.net> wrote in message
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> I just installed a new P4C800 MB to replace my Intel 865GBF MB and have
come
> upon 4 problems I'm having trouble solving. The first is on boot-up I get
a
> message that no bios is installed. I made a successful install of the
> latest bios from Asus but I still see the same message. Doesn't seem to
> affect anything but the message is bugging me.
>
> Problems two and three are somewhat related. Once WinXP is up I get two
> messages about new hardware detected and drivers need to be installed.
The
> first is "Multimedia Audio Controller." I installed the audio drivers off
> the install CD and the sound works but this doesn't satisfy the system.
The
> second new hardware device is "Promise Sata Console SCSI Processor
Device."
> I'm not using any SCSI devices and would like to turn this off or install
> drivers to get rid of this constant message.
>
> Problem 4 concerns the USB connections. USB is enabled and yet my USB
> printer, mouse and keyboard don't work. Device Manager say everything is
> working properly and USB is enabled in the bios but still nothing works.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
>
> David
>
Lets get the problems One at a time:
First problem you've mentioned is some message about a BIOS which hasn't
been loaded.
That BIOS is the RAID-BIOS from your Onboard Promisse controller, and the
BIOS isn't loaded due to the fact that no disks are detected. You don't
have to worry about that, but you can also disable the RAID-controller in
the BIOS.
The second thing you've mentioned: You need to load Multimedia sound
drivers.... I guess that this requires another driver, par exemple a
TV-Capture card, or some other device in your PC?
The third: this one is related to the first problem, and when you've
disabled the RAID chip in your BIOS, you've solved part three too
And at last: the not working USB headers:
Check how many ports you've enabled in the BIOS of your Mobo... AFAIK you
can enable them all (8 ports).
Install the correct USB2 Drivers (In Windows XP you need to install SP1 in
order to do that...
I hope this will answer your questions adequately,
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