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Forum: General XP issues or comments June 17th 13, 05:55 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 28
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Posted By kev833
CDROM listed as "unknown" in BIOS but Windows detects correct name

After all the back and forth with this issue, it came down someone the IT department doing something strange to the Windows XP Pro SP3 installation on the machine. The PC was purshased as is from an...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 11th 13, 02:13 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 28
Views: 1,181
Posted By kev833
CDROM listed as "unknown" in BIOS but Windows detects correct name

[snip]

Installed the A11 version of the BIOS. But it didn't change anything. The Sony CDROM drive was still listed as "unknown". Some combination of Windows and the controller is jacked up. I have...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 10th 13, 05:25 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 28
Views: 1,181
Posted By kev833
CDROM listed as "unknown" in BIOS but Windows detects correct name

On Monday, June 10, 2013 11:58:14 AM UTC-4, David H. Lipman wrote:
From: "kev833"



[snip]



Update. This seems to be a Windows XP SP3 problem after...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 10th 13, 03:43 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 28
Views: 1,181
Posted By kev833
CDROM listed as "unknown" in BIOS but Windows detects correct name

[snip]

Update. This seems to be a Windows XP SP3 problem after all. Though I haven't been able to pin point what area this problem exist in Windows. I confirmed it this way. I placed the jumper on...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 10th 13, 03:33 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 28
Views: 1,181
Posted By kev833
CDROM listed as "unknown" in BIOS but Windows detects correct name

Correction. There are two SATA IDE controllers plus the one PATA IDE controller I've already mentioned.
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 10th 13, 03:26 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 28
Views: 1,181
Posted By kev833
CDROM listed as "unknown" in BIOS but Windows detects correct name

On Sunday, June 9, 2013 10:16:10 PM UTC-4, philo* wrote:
On 06/09/2013 04:39 PM, kev833 wrote:

I discovered an interesting problem. Maybe someone can help me figure it out. My Dell Optiplex...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 10th 13, 03:22 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 28
Views: 1,181
Posted By kev833
CDROM listed as "unknown" in BIOS but Windows detects correct name

On Sunday, June 9, 2013 6:15:29 PM UTC-4, David H. Lipman wrote:
From: "kev833"



I discovered an interesting problem. Maybe someone can help me figure it

...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 10th 13, 02:51 AM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 28
Views: 1,181
Posted By kev833
CDROM listed as "unknown" in BIOS but Windows detects correct name

On Sunday, June 9, 2013 5:59:50 PM UTC-4, Paul wrote:
kev833 wrote:

I discovered an interesting problem. Maybe someone can help me figure it out. My Dell Optiplex GX520 Desktop running...
Forum: General XP issues or comments June 9th 13, 10:39 PM Posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Replies: 28
Views: 1,181
Posted By kev833
CDROM listed as "unknown" in BIOS but Windows detects correct name

I discovered an interesting problem. Maybe someone can help me figure it out. My Dell Optiplex GX520 Desktop running Windosws XP SP3 had a bad CDROM drive which I replaced with a dusted off Sony...
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