device manager troubles

That makes a pleasant change. :^0

Generally doesn't happen and I'm generally the one to get interrupted. :(

Pity it wasn't last night Lotto that I won though. ;\

Col ]:)

.... removing the faulty devices from Device Manager.

1. Install the latest drivers.
2. Remove each device that has a yellow exclamation mark in Device Manager. (right click and select 'Uninstall').
3. Reboot the machine.
4. Allow the devices to reinstall automatically or manually add them using the Add Hardware wizard in Control Panel.

Sorry if this sounds redundant, but the steps need to be done in that order and it wasn't clear that they were.
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It is referring to the motherboard's chipset drivers for the PCI bus itself. The fact it is not 'not digitally signed' is of no importance.

An error code 29 often refers to a PCI device that is disabled in the computer's BIOS or at the hardware level.

Even though it is related to Windows98, this article may shed some light on the error: http://tinyurl.com/247my
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These Realtech Sound Drivers are not Digitally Signed and you must install the AC97 Realtech Sound Driver before you log onto the Windows or Microsoft Update Server or you will be unable to install it and get the sound working.

If this is a E-Machines 590 those are the drivers provided by E-Machines for this unit. However if it is not a 590 they may not work.

It is possible however that owing to the fact that there are several Video Drivers and Network Drivers that install the incorrect ones may have prevented the correct one from working.

Instead of trying to Update the various Drivers from the Device Manager try installing them by Left Clicking on the actual Driver.

If that doesn't work try downloading Unknown Device Identifier from here and run it to see what the hardware actually is.

http://www.fileheap.com/software-unknown-device-identifier-download-34861.html

But to make the sound work on this computer [b]You Will[/b] have to reinstall Windows and apply the Sound Driver [b]Before[/b] logging onto the Windows or Microsoft Update Servers. As you already have these Drivers copy them to something you can use to load them from latter and if you have a M$ Install Disc as apposed to a System Makers Recovery Disc do a In Place Install by following the directions here

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315341

This will return the computer to a fresh Install but shouldn't cause you to loose any existing installed Software though you should have a Full Backup before proceeding just in case something goes wrong during the procedure.

Also [b]Do Not[/b] enable Auto Update as this will prevent you from installing the Sound Drivers and any others that are not Digitally Signed though typically it is only the sound drivers affected.

Col