... But if it just sits there not working, I'll be worse
off than I am now. Now I'm scared again.

No, not really William, you won't be any worse than you are now - you'll
still be able to boot into Safe Mode. Don't forget that these drivers are
required for Normal Mode only.

However, you mentioned:- "Other Devices" there are 3 yellow question
marks....one
at PCI Multimedia Device. and one each at USB device.

Have any of these re-appeared (in Safe Mode) since you removed them before?
If so, this device (a USB adapter of some sort?) would appear to be where
the conflict is (driver issues) and should be electrically disconnected
until you are able either determine what it is or find the appropriate
drivers for it.

Mart


"William B. Lurie" wrote in message
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Mike M wrote:
William B. Lurie wrote:

Fine, Mart. Just confirm for me that you want me to remove *all*
the stuff in that list of devices, reboot in *Normal* mode?

Yes, remove _everything_. The one driver that you can't really change in
this way is ACPI power management which if present but not supported by
the bios on the new motherboard may require a clean install of Win Me to
correct.

Removing all the devices in the device manager and rebooting will put the
system back to the state it would be, driver wise, following a clean
install of the operating system. Once you have the system in this state
you will need to install the various drivers required for your hardware
starting with the chipset drivers for your new motherboard.
Hmmmmm. ACPI doesn't scare me; the new system has it. But I thought
everything would install itself when I reboot in Normal Mode. If it's
going to prompt me, and ask if it should go looking for them, that I
can live with. But if it just sits there not working, I'll be worse
off than I am now. Now I'm scared again.