Diana;
Are you removing the hard drive controllers in safe mode?
If not do so, I usually remove them all.... then reboot and let them,
plug and play.
Also you can check for multiple cdroms, video adapters and other
devices in safe mode
and delete the duplicates.

  Check you registry  for the "noide" key by running "regedit" .
make sure you back up your registry first, then do a registry search
for "noide"
and delete the key/keys if you find them.
Here is a link to microsoft's knowledge base article dealing with dos
compatibility mode problems
that has been helpful to me:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q151/9/11.asp

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     | ><>  Larry  Fisk   <><
     |      Fisk Computers
     |      Fruitvale, Idaho

----- Original Message -----
From: Diana Benoit <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [PCBUILD] Device conflict?



> In the device manager under "hard disk controllers" it has the
dreaded
> yellow thing with the exclamation point next to "Primary IDE
controller
> (dual fifo)."  The list continues with "Secondary IDE controller
(dual
> fifo)" and the "VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Controller."  These two items
are

> I am unable to remove the offender in the device manager without
> removing the "VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Controller."  Then the computer
> freezes and I have to turn it off and then on again and it installs
the
> hardware the same as before.
>

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