Computer help

[thepictur3]

I just recently bought a ECS motherboard with 3.2 pent 4 processor.

I had no sound because i had to start over
and i went to go download the drivers off the cmedia9880( the proper driver)
it says device doesnt exist or manually can be removed .


Now after this ( i havnt really got around to it)

my computer recently just locked up ( due to low ram)
when i was playing a game.. i come to turn it back on
and it goes to BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH (BSOD)
and it says "unmountable_boot_Volume"
I looked on the internet and i see that it could be a bad cable or
possibly the hardrive.



Im most worried about the Sound right now..

the BSOD I looked how to fix.. if not i will be getting a new hardrive or repairing this one like it said


thanks alot
-Andrew

[Kyle]

hey andrew, welcome

i think your best bet right now, would be to completely start over with that harddrive, just completely reformat the harddrive and when you do, don't do quick format, do a full disc format to make sure that your boot record has been repaired. that error most likely means that your master boot record is corrupt, or something to that extent

once you get the disc reformatted and xp or w/e os you have, install your chipset drivers first, i think that might have been what happened, i do that sometimes and find that if you install anything else before the chipset, nothing is recognized and installed

if you have any other problems, dont hesitate to ask

again, welcome to insanitech forums,
Kyle

[Juice]

Try reseting your CMOS, hopefully you know how, but if you don't, go in your case, and take out the little battery (looks like a nickel) and let it sit for a minute with the power unpluged and no battery. Then place the battery back in the slot, and plug in the AC cord. That might resolve the problem, if it is indeed a cable issue. How much RAM do you have? Maybe you should upgrade if you are a gamer and you have freezing problems. www.insanitechpc.com has RAM if I am correct, if not theres other sites where you can get RAM for cheap, if you do want to upgrade, tell us what RAM you have now and I will tell you what to buy at the lowest price if Kyle can't help you there.

[thepictur3]

Thank you kyle, I will try to that, But im not a computer technition.

im just starting to get into computers to know what im doing and what im geting.

i know some things, but i do not know what chipset i need to download and what not.

I have a :
Ecs 915P-A Rev 1.1

If you know any thing about these please explain all ya got , id really apriciate it. and thanks for helping me out!!
i really apriciate it alot

-Andrew

[thepictur3]

juice said:

Try reseting your CMOS, hopefully you know how, but if you don't, go in your case, and take out the little battery (looks like a nickel) and let it sit for a minute with the power unpluged and no battery. Then place the battery back in the slot, and plug in the AC cord. That might resolve the problem, if it is indeed a cable issue. How much RAM do you have? Maybe you should upgrade if you are a gamer and you have freezing problems. www.insanitechpc.com has RAM if I am correct, if not theres other sites where you can get RAM for cheap, if you do want to upgrade, tell us what RAM you have now and I will tell you what to buy at the lowest price if Kyle can't help you there.

Thanks for letting me know about resetting cmos. i already have done that and moved the jumper and what not.

it boots up and goes to bios and then i put the date and time and and all then it goes to bios which it says
run in safe mode
cprompt deal cant rember
run something network

and run regular with rembering settings and what not

i run it and it goes to windows xp with the lil loading bar under it then after it loads it goes to the BSOD

I have 256mb of ram ( yes im recently upgradeing slowly) but so far its been the worst to me.
ive never had so many problems
im lookin to upgrade to either 1g or 2g 667 or 800mhz

afterwards a nice video card

[Kyle]

thepictur3 said:

Thank you kyle, I will try to that, But im not a computer technition.

im just starting to get into computers to know what im doing and what im geting.

i know some things, but i do not know what chipset i need to download and what not.

I have a :
Ecs 915P-A Rev 1.1

If you know any thing about these please explain all ya got , id really apriciate it. and thanks for helping me out!!
i really apriciate it alot

-Andrew

alrighty, no problem thats what we're here for, do you have your operating system installation cd?

i was unable to find any chipset drivers for your motherboard even on the manufacturer's website

i saw that you didnt know what a chipset was, so i thought i'd explain a little bit so you understand what im talking about
chipset- is essentially a chip that helps the processor communicate with any external devices and ports, so if your chipset driver's are bad, then your processor cant communicate properly with other parts of the computer and motherboard, this is why i recommend installing chipset drivers first, however i cant find any for your motherboard...

and i hate to advertise for insanitech, but if worse comes to worse and your not comfortable working on the computer, don't hesitate to send it in and i'll definately take a look at it, and if we can't fix it we will pay shipping both ways, this motherboard has quite a bit of potential once you can get the parts, but if you want help installing the operating system and formatting the harddrive, let me know i'd be glad to help

if you do decide to let us take a look at it, go to this url and submit a repair request www.insanitechpc.com/custom.html
like i said, if we can't fix it, we pay shipping both ways

thanks,
kyle