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by zlitocook 1 view

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I am building a computer as a favor for my wife?s boss?s husband; I know a bad idea from the start.
To start with the M/B is an Intel D975XBX2, with a new BIOS and now running great. It has on board video but that was not good enough.
He wanted a HDMI impute so he could connect it to his 60 some thing inch TV. So I bought an ATI graphics card.
My problem is after installing the card and the newest drivers I still get prompted for four more PCI drivers. And letting the computer search for them, I get no where. The new drivers from ATI do not fix this.
I also have a new sound card I need to install and would like a clean install. It is XP PRO SP3 with only the Intel drivers installed. I did check the BIOS and the on board video had disabled itself with the new card installed. I removed the old ATI drivers before installing the new ones.
I have been emailing ATI tech "jack" in India but with little help so far.
He suggested removing the video card and reinstalling with antistatic wrist strap and reinstalling the O/S to see if that works.
Has any one had this problem with installing an ATI HDMI card? Thanks

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by captbilly1eye

1. Make sure you have DirectX 9.0c properly installed.

2. Go here for help and tips for uninstalling The ATI drivers: http://tinyurl.com/zgpmx

3. Make sure you have the latest chipset drivers installed for your board: http://tinyurl.com/4j9do7

4. Download & Install the latest ATI drivers for your card following the instructions from ATI: http://tinyurl.com/2k4h5u

5. Look in Device Manager for devices with problems (yellow exclamation points).

re-post here with the results.

by zlitocook

But I have flashed the BIOS, down loaded the newest Direct X from MS it was suggested from their help desk. And have the newest drivers from ATI, I also down loaded kb888111 from MS because the help desk said it might help.
I tried pointing the found new PCI device at the ATI installation folders to see if it would pick up the drivers.
The only exclamation points are the four PCI devices it can not load.
I removed all ATI software and Direct X, installed an older video card I have and had no problem with it. This was also suggested by their help desk.

by captbilly1eye

I would have thought the latest chipset drivers for the board would have corrected the issue.

Of those errors in Device Manager, where any of those duplicate listings? I assume you've tried the alternate PCIe slot(s). It seems to be more an issue with the board's PCIe drivers than the card itself. I say that even though I personally have had many bad experiences with ATI driver installations. Perhaps the Intel INF would be where the driver info would come from.

I'll keep investigating on this end and let you know if I come up with anything.

Meanwhile,
Here's what I've found:

[b]Error on PCI Simple Communications Controller[/b]
If the Intel? Management Engine (Intel ME) driver has not been successfully installed, you may see an error on a "PCI Simple Communications Controller" in Device Manager.

To resolve this issue, install the Intel? Management Engine Interface driver for your desktop board. This driver can be installed from either:
The Express Installer CD that came with your board (in the Software\Driver\Advance_Fan_Speed_Control__AFSC folder)
The latest driver downloaded from Intel's Download Center (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/default.aspx).

[b]Error on PCI Serial Port[/b]
Intel? Desktop Boards that include the Intel? Active Management Technology (iAMT) feature may display a yellow exclamation mark on a PCI Serial Port in Device Manager.

To eliminate the error in Device Manager, you must install the iAMT drivers. You are not required to enable iAMT in the BIOS.

The iAMT drivers can be installed from either the CD or DVD that came with the desktop board or from Intel's Download Center (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/default.aspx).

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