Serious Help Needed, new comp problem!

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HakBilal

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Hey guys,

I just installed a fresh copy of Windows XP professional (I used to be a home user).
I install pretty smoothly (forgot to delete 1 small partition, but it will be okay) however my usb ports, PCI slots, PCI-express slots, and some others arent being recognized and have no drivers. I called tech support, and they said that I need to get the drivers for these devices. How can I install drivers if they arent even recognizing it? I was also told that the xp home drivers are different from the xp pro ones, so I have to go online to find them. Any help you guys have?

(Oh, and its kinda fun not using a mouse, just a keyboard. )
 
What are your system components? Windows should install all of those things, if not try the mobo drivers. All xp drivers should be the same, as far as I know.
 
You mean if you plug in your usb mouse, you pc won't detect it? Do you have the software cd that came with your mobo? It should contain the usb 2.0 drivers, but the thing is, you shouldn't have to install them because they should already be installed when you install xp.
 
Yeah, the mouse isnt recognized at all. When I ran xp home earlier today, it was fine. Now, I think I just need a new set of drivers or to get a serious critical update. There was no SP2 on the XP Pro and I am trying to windows update that on there.

There was no mobo cd that came with it. All the drivers were on the computer and had to be made. Its kinda wild, but I guess its possible. My system is the new emachines from best buy. Its the T3516, not the T3522 or whatever the sale was. They ran out of the sale ones, but I was able to talk them into getting me the next model, (kinda at a loss though, no DDR2 Memory)
 
looks like I have to, it takes a minute too. Damn, I was working on this copy all day to try to get it working again, well.... its not like there is a lot of information on here anyway.


Oh, and I am installing SP2, if this doesnt clear up anything, I will start up a fresh install.
 
Either something is very wrong with your installation or there is some hardware error. I would run all of the hardware tests and then procede with another install.
 
Well, the support also sucks, they don't seem to know anything at all. I ran laps around them and I hardly know anything. I talked myself through it while they listened. I will run a hardware test on everything, I have never done that before, (yes, I r nub) so I would guess its somewhere in the Control panel or system diagnostics folder?

Oh, and emachines is owned by gateway, they are supposed to have my drivers, but they never even heard of my machine.

I found some updates on the intel motherboard page, but the mobo on that page and mine are slightly off by 1 number. I still updated with the fixes it had and everything seems to be working smooth, except for my graphics card problem now, which is found here
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1125329
 
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