Oh, what a sticky wicket this is. Michael, I'm concerned that PC-B has more
problems that just a bad driver. I think it was either coincidence or
something about adding the driver pushed the machine over the edge. You said
that you cannot boot the system with the CD now, even though you configured
the BIOS to do so.

What I need to know is what is the state of the machine now? If you turn it
on without the hard drive, can you still get into the BIOS? Do you even get
a post (which means see the boot screen, no multiple continuous beeps,
etc.).

One thing I might be concerned about, especially during this time of year,
is heat. Thoroughly clean the fan and heat-sink on the system, and then make
sure all of the power cords are securely plugged into the motherboard. If
you have a room that is well air conditioned, or at least has good a/c in
it, turn it up to high and make the room a refrigerator. Keep that machine
in there for at least a couple of hours, then attempt to boot it again.

Please get back on exactly what is happening when attempting to boot with no
hard drive. In fact, nothing should be plugged in except the keyboard,
memory, cpu, and video. Everything else needs to be disconnected.

Cheers!
Kyle Elmblade
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On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 9:58 PM, MICHAEL CAMPOBASS0 <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Hello everyone ...
>
>       I need some advise from this technically knowledgeable group ...
>  Let me first explain the situation I am in:
>  I have 2 computers that I will call PC-A and PC-B; both running XP Home
> edition. PC-A is an HP Pavilion a367c, PC-B was home built by an expert.
> Both were working without problems, using them everyday.
>
>       PC-A is connected to a DSL wireless router via D-link DWL-122
> wireless adapter, PC-B was connected via cable.
>  Later I needed to move PC-B to a more convenient location, but not being
> able to use the cable connection, I decided to use a wireless adapter
> (NETGEAR MA111) which I already had.
>
>       Following the instructions that came with the MA111 adapter, I
> installed the driver software first, then connected the MA111 to the USB
> port ... the PC did recognized the new hardware ... but soon after, the
> computer locked-up. Although I was able to move the cursor, I was not able
> to click to do anything ... I forced to power the computer off and tried to
> reboot.
>  From then on, PC-B became a dead machine, not able to boot .. black screen
> and no bips during the bootup ...  the only sign of activity was a green
> flashing LED on the DVD player and the HD activity light constantly on.
>
>       Obviously the installation of the MA111 software had a fatal effect
> on the otherwise working PC. I tried everything I could think of ... I also
> made it a simple machine with only the HD connected with the same results.
>  However, I was able to get into the BIOS and change the boot sequence (CD
> first) and worked only once ... subsequently I lost the ability to use a
> bootable CD or floppy as well.
>
>       My goal is to get the MA111 driver off the HD ... not simply deleting
> its folder, but to uninstall it and clean the registry. Thinking that once
> that software is gone. PC-B will start to work  normally again.
>
>       Next I took the hard drive off the dead machine (PC-B) and connected
> it to the working one (PC-A) via USB cable. The attached HD works fine, I
> could list all the files and directories on it including the MA111 driver
> and associated files.
>
>  ... and now comes the question ....
>
>  Using PC-A, how can I uninstall and clean everything associated with MA111
> off the attached HD?
>  Every time I try anything, the host PC-A acts on its own HD and not on the
> attached HD.
>  How can I tell the Host computer to act on the attached HD (drive E) to
> uninstall or do anything?
>
>  I hope this long explanation is not confusing and that someone could
> suggest a way to do what I want ... any help will be greatly appreciated.
> Thank you.
>
>  Mike Campobasso
>  [log in to unmask]
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