Intel Chipset Update

[Nabobalis]

The power is connected. I will try to flip the cable around.

[Tetras]

Generally you don't need to install drivers for basic stuff like floppy drives but as it is a card reader perhaps you do. Did any installation disk come with it?

What OS are you using?

[Nabobalis]

Generally you don't need to install drivers for basic stuff like floppy drives but as it is a card reader perhaps you do. Did any installation disk come with it?

What OS are you using?

Vista 64bit. No it was an oem device.

[Tetras]

Have you tried just letting Vista try to find the appropriate software itself with the online scan option?

I've never had a card reader so I don't know if they usually need drivers or not. You are using a regular floppy ribbon so I would have thought that will work regardless.

[d3fiant]

there should be no need to install any drivers for vista to see the drive and card reader unless they have their own USB chipset which vista does not recognize, however that is very unlikely. I have a similar device and no drivers were required to get it to show up. I assume it connects to the onboard USB header on the mobo, make sure it is connected the correctway, especially if its one of those I pin per wire headers, easy to get it the wrong way round. Also try another header, ur mobo will most likely have 2 if not 3

[Nabobalis]

Have you tried just letting Vista try to find the appropriate software itself with the online scan option?

I've never had a card reader so I don't know if they usually need drivers or not. You are using a regular floppy ribbon so I would have thought that will work regardless.

I have but still to no avail. Oh well. I might just get rid of it.

[Nabobalis]

I just remembered that when I first booted up I get that CMOS bad check sum. Then I got to windows it had the wrong date and time. I tried to sync but it failed. So I went into the BIOS to change the date and time. Should I clear the CMOS one more time?

[Tetras]

On first boot after clearing cmos you will get that, it shouldn't happen again.

[Nabobalis]

Well , it happened again. So I reset the BIOS and it started up fine again. I am tempted to reformat the computer. It is acting slightly strange.
To get to my battery I have to remove my GPU and then change the pins. Could this related to my GPU?

[Tetras]

To get to my battery I have to remove my GPU and then change the pins.

To get to your battery? You mean to clear the CMOS with the jumpers? Having to remove the graphics card to get to it is quite common with Asus boards unfortunately.

It won't make any difference to your CMOS config by removing it though, only if you were to remove it, then start up the system, then put it in again, which you aren't doing.

[Nabobalis]

To get to your battery? You mean to clear the CMOS with the jumpers? Having to remove the graphics card to get to it is quite common with Asus boards unfortunately.

It won't make any difference to your CMOS config by removing it though, only if you were to remove it, then start up the system, then put it in again, which you aren't doing.

I was just saying that since I have to remove and replace my GPU to clear the CMOS that the GPU could be the cause of the problem.

But since it happened again. There must be something, still causing this.

[Tetras]

You mean why you keep getting CMOS checksum error?

[Nabobalis]

You mean why you keep getting CMOS checksum error?

I mean the boot screen. It just stuck on the AI screen again so I reset the CMOS.

[Tetras]

Ahhhhh, hmmm, that is strange. I'm not sure why it would do that. You are just loading the defaults and setting the date/time right? Nothing else?

If you had done an unstable overclock I could see it but....

How about the memory voltage, is it automatically setting at the right voltage (some boards default to 1.8v which is too low for a lot of memory faster than 667 Mhz)?

[Clunk]

It sounds like a faulty stick of RAM to me.

[Nabobalis]

It sounds like a faulty stick of RAM to me.

I was thinking something like that. The sticks of RAM seemed very hot.

Ahhhhh, hmmm, that is strange. I'm not sure why it would do that. You are just loading the defaults and setting the date/time right? Nothing else?

If you had done an unstable overclock I could see it but....

How about the memory voltage, is it automatically setting at the right voltage (some boards default to 1.8v which is too low for a lot of memory faster than 667 Mhz)?

Yes I load the defaults and set the time and date. I haven't over-clocked. I will check the voltages. Make sure they are right for the RAM. I think it should be 1.9V. This is my RAM