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Originally Posted by Gary S. Terhune
Well, having two ACPI busses reported is definitely a problem. You might
have a problem due to the BIOS update you say is recent. You might also try
"Update ESCD" setting in the BIOS. It's usually in the PCI Setup section.
This will force BIOS to re-enumerate hardware. You enable it, save and
restart.
Aside from that, at this point I'd be looking in Device Manager in Safe Mode
(must be in Safe Mode) to see what your hardware profile looks like. Don't
remove anything just yet. Just review it and note down any devices that are
reported but which you know are no longer present, and report any devices
for which there is more than one entry. We want to know how many of what
items are duplicated.
It's important not to remove the video adapter in Safe Mode. Just review and
report for now. Only other thing I can suggest at this point is to boot to
Normal Mode, then change the video adapter to "Standard VGA", restart, and
then try reinstalling the proper drivers.
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Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
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When I updated the BIOS, it was done by a program and BIOS downloaded from the manufacturer's website. And it was done long after this problem was present.
There is Reset Configuration in the PCI settings. I started it, but the setup program of the RADEON driver doesn't find the videocard again.
Here is a list of all hardware in the device manager that doesn't look usual to me:
_NEC DVD_RW - a DVD recorder that was removed long ago
CD-RW CDR-2440MB - my current CD recorder
DVD - my current DVD ROM
LITE-ON LTR-24102B - my current CD recorder (again!), but with another brand - the model is the same, these are some varying brands
TEAC CD-540Ex2 - my current CD ROM
Disk Drives:
2xGENERIC IDE DISK TYPE47 - two times!
2xGENERIC NEC FLOPPY DISK - two times!
Display adapter:
RADEON 7000 SERIES - the display driver that I installed manually
2xStandard IDE/ESDI Hard Disk Controller - two times!
Some Parallel and serial cables - I don't have any?
2xCTX VL700 - My monitor - two times!
Standard PS2 Mouse Driver () - I think that this is not working, I'm using some other drivers
Network adapters:
Dial-up Adapter - I uninstalled the dial-up modem long ago
Existing Ndis2 Driver - an attempt of mine to setup my LAN Card
Gameport Joystick - I don't have one
System Devices: -some of them are reported with problems in Normal mode
ACPI
Direct memory Access controller
Numeric Data processor
Plug And Play Software Device Enumerator
Processor Support
Programmable interrupt Controller
System board
System CMOS/real time clock
System Speaker
System Timer