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69Z28

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    What is a PCI card?
    « on: April 18, 2010, 08:40:43 PM »
    I have this really old desktop computer that I have been fooling around with that has an issue I can't seem to fix. Looking in device manager it says I need drivers for my PCI. Looking at the motherboard it has P55-BT printed on it and the manual I have indicates the motherboard as P55-BT. Based on the info in the manual the chipset features setup shows what is configured and the only thing I find that isn't correct is the line **Fast EDO Lead Off**. This should be **ENABLED** but it is **DISABLED**.

    I did some surfing and found that I may need to re-install the chipset drivers for the motherboard. I can't seem to find the drivers anywhere. Anybody have any ideas that can help me fix this?

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    Re: What is a PCI card?
    « Reply #1 on: April 18, 2010, 09:17:10 PM »
    you cannot have Fast EDO lead enabled if your memory doesn't support it- that's probably why it's set to disabled.
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      Re: What is a PCI card?
      « Reply #2 on: April 18, 2010, 10:41:39 PM »
      It was enable before I tried to change the card the monitor cord is attached to. Does this mean I cannot install the drivers I need to correct the PCI issue I am having?
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      Re: What is a PCI card?
      « Reply #3 on: April 18, 2010, 10:52:01 PM »
      Fast EDO is a memory setting. it has nothing to do with either PCI or video cards.
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        Re: What is a PCI card?
        « Reply #4 on: April 18, 2010, 10:59:34 PM »
        It appears that I cannot enable/disable it like other settings in BIOS. How can I correct this, or can I?
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        Re: What is a PCI card?
        « Reply #5 on: April 18, 2010, 11:06:50 PM »
        Quote from: 69Z28 on April 18, 2010, 10:59:34 PM
        It appears that I cannot enable/disable it like other settings in BIOS. How can I correct this, or can I?

        Quote from: BC_Programmer on April 18, 2010, 09:17:10 PM
        you cannot have Fast EDO lead enabled if your memory doesn't support it- that's probably why it's set to disabled.
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          Re: What is a PCI card?
          « Reply #6 on: April 18, 2010, 11:07:17 PM »
          Either way I still need to find the drivers for 82430TX PCIset P55-BT ISA PCI MainBoard and find out how to install them. Any help there?
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          Re: What is a PCI card?
          « Reply #7 on: April 19, 2010, 08:16:23 AM »
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            Re: What is a PCI card?
            « Reply #8 on: April 19, 2010, 08:23:12 AM »
            Quote from: Computer_Commando on April 19, 2010, 08:16:23 AM
            Is this your motherboard?
            http://stason.org/TULARC/pc/motherboards/E/EPOX-COMPUTER-CO-LTD-Pentium-P55-BT.html



            Yes it is. I thought I found what I needed to correct the issue but it didn't work.
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              Re: What is a PCI card?
              « Reply #9 on: April 20, 2010, 01:26:23 PM »
              Found the issue and it wasn't the motherboard chipset. The PCI device was the modem card that I needed to load the drivers for.

              Lesson learned.
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              Re: What is a PCI card?
              « Reply #10 on: April 20, 2010, 04:00:38 PM »
              Quote from: 69Z28 on April 20, 2010, 01:26:23 PM
              Found the issue and it wasn't the motherboard chipset. The PCI device was the modem card that I needed to load the drivers for.

              Lesson learned.
              Yes, and the first lesson would be this..  Thanks for letting us know what is was.
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                Re: What is a PCI card?
                « Reply #11 on: April 20, 2010, 08:53:59 PM »
                Thanks for the tip and your welcome.

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