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by jrbigsky

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I have a Compaq Desk pro...with windows 98SE. when boot the computer it shows it is searhing for new hardware and driver for hardware...what it shows it is looking for is a PCI serial controller...... this PCI card was removed as well as deleted from device manager...but each thime a delete it it looks for it on reboot the PCI card is not in computer was removed .. the computer won't shutdown it keeps rebooting and I feel this is all or part of the problem... I also know that not allowing fast shutdown can help but that option is not showing up ...

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by philldmc

Dose this Compaq have intergrated audio? If so it might be wanting to install the joystick port or the wave device for the on-board modem.

Just a suggestion

Phill

by thechas

Are you sure that the card was removed, and not the on-board ports?

It sounds like Windows is trying to use the driver for the add-on card to run the on-board ports.

Try disabling the on-board ports in BIOS settings.

If you can get to a booted configuration (even in safe mode)
Check for references left over from the plug-in card in;
add/remove programs
sysedit or msconfig
the h_key_local_machine/enum key of the registry

You may need to re-install the Compaq or chipset drivers for the on-board serial port.

Chas

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