XP keeps finding new hardware
This is a discussion about XP keeps finding new hardware in the Windows Hardware category; XP Pro finds all my hardware again every few times i turn my system on, it requires a restart and is becoming really annoying. I dont have a USB port on it and ive configured the BIOS so that everything is enabled and not on auto.
XP Pro finds all my hardware again every few times i turn my system on, it requires a restart and is becoming really annoying.
I dont have a USB port on it and ive configured the BIOS so that everything is enabled and not on auto.
I'm having this problem on a Cyrix 300 128MB RAM 10.2GBHDD with onboard video. XP seems to run extremely fast compared to having ME or 98(se) on it, its just this hardware detection it keeps coming up with.
I dont have a USB port on it and ive configured the BIOS so that everything is enabled and not on auto.
I'm having this problem on a Cyrix 300 128MB RAM 10.2GBHDD with onboard video. XP seems to run extremely fast compared to having ME or 98(se) on it, its just this hardware detection it keeps coming up with.
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Check the IRQs that have been assigned to the hardware. The next time it re-discovers your hardware, check them again. My bet is that the ACPI implementation in the BIOS keeps reassigning the IRQs, thus Windows detects it as new hardware. Check to see if there is a BIOS upgrade available. If not, disabling ACPI and setting XP up for a Standard PC may be the best option.
