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Re: PCI SYSTEM MANAGEMENT BUS
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Ian <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 26 Jan 2003 15:20:57 +1300
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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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