Hi Michele,
Have you tried installing the drivers that came with the motherboard. I am
refering to the chipset drivers. By the way, what OS is installed on the
computer?
If you have Win98se, for exemple, and the motherboard was manufactured last
year, win98se can actually have some problems recognizing a motherboard
which was manufactured after 1998/99. This is why the motherboard's
manufacturers include a driver cd to help win98se recognize the new
motherboard.
Andre Chiasson
Quebec City
>From: Ian <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
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>Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] PCI SYSTEM MANAGEMENT BUS
>Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 15:20:57 +1300
>
>Michele - this might be helpful....but in a kind of uninformed way.
>
>I had the same problem recently with a musician's computer. To cut a long
>story short, he had some modifications made to the machine I'd built for
>him, and ended up sending it out of town to have a new motherboard
>installed. It was an Epox, I think.
>
>When he got it back home, every time it booted it was yelling out for
>drivers for a 'PCI System Management Bus' so he asked me to fix it. I
>figured the call was for some kind of motherboard software, but the install
>disk didn't seem to have it. I phoned the distant tech but he was no help
>at
>all.
>
>In the end, I found that if I just kept hitting 'Next', instead of trying
>to
>find the path, the call for the driver failed to appear on the next boot.
>
>Hopefully someone here might be able to suggest a more scientific approach
>:--)
>
>Ian Porter
>Computer Guys Inc.
>Arrowtown
>New Zealand
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "MICHELE SAYER" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 1:47 AM
>Subject: [PCBUILD] PCI SYSTEM MANAGEMENT BUS
>
>
>Hi, I wonder if anyone can answer what is probably a really stupid question
>to most people.
>What is a ' PCI system management bus'
>I'm trying to help my mother with a problem she's having loading drivers
>after reinstalling win98.
>My mind has drawn a total blank.
>The problem is, whereas I would usually just fiddle around until I've found
>whatever it is, she is 70+ miles away from me, and I'm having to help via
>the net and telephone.
>Thank you in advance.
>Michele Sayer
>
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