Compaq Deskpro EN Model/BIOS/Drivers

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Ben,

Thanks for the reply. I was at my son's house this weekend when I
posted this request. Passed your reply on to him since I do not have
access to his machine now that I am home.

Anyway, the operating system is Windows 2000. The form factor for the
system unit in question is a tower maybe about 2/3 as high as the
"standard" or full-size tower. I think the machine is in the 2000-2001
era time frame.

Ben Myers Wrote:
> What model of computer is it? What model indeed? Is the chassis a
> full-sized
> desktop, a larger tower, or a small square desktop about the same size
> as a
> stack of three pizza boxes with medium-sized pizzas inside. The
> DeskPro EN
> designation applies to all of them. If you can find a transparent
> decal sticker
> somewhere on the system, the writing on it will describe the model.
>
> The system BIOS recognizes the devices. That is not the problem. What
> is
> missing are the software drivers for the devices. No matter which
> model noted
> above, the chipsets used by Intel on DeskPro P3 systems are Intel
> chipsets.
> Which operating system is running on the computer? No matter. Go to
> www.intel.com and download at least three sets of drivers. Look for
> the drivers
> according to chipset, or just look up ANY Intel 815 chipset motherboard
> made by
> Intel and download the drivers. The Intel drivers work correctly in
> any system
> that uses Intel chipsets.
>
> 1. basic Intel 815 motherboard chipset drivers. Install these FIRST!
> 2. Intel 815 graphics drivers
> 3. Intel Ethernet drivers. Which ones? Open up the chassis and look
> for an
> Intel chip marked 82557, 82558, or 82559. The Ethernet chip is one of
> these.
>
> For audio, you need to look for the audio chip on the motherboard. It
> is
> probably an ADI chip and the drivers are AC '97. Beyond this, I'm not
> too sure
> where you can find the drivers, except that Compaq more or less
> modified Intel
> motherboard designs to come up with the ones for the P3 DeskPros.
> "Modified" in
> a logical sense. Physically, the Compaq motherboards are quite
> different from
> the Intel ones, sometimes VERY different... Ben Myers
>
>
> On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 20:03:11 +0000, JoeC
> JoeC.1l6n7n@news.computerbanter.com
> wrote:
> -
>
> Compaq Deskpro EN. Pentium III processor 1000 MHz. Processor Speed
> 1000/133 MHz. Memory 384 MB/133 MHz. S/N 6X18-DYSZ-J1PX. System ROM
> 686P2 v2.11. Agency series PD1055. SC-148. Card in green slot:
> HYM4V33100BTWG-75CE; HYMIX0125USA; 4MB AIMM 133 MHz CL3. No cards in
> PCI slots. Windows 2000. Have no manuals or recovery disks.
>
> Unit powers on permitting only VGA mode 16 colors (monitor is capable
> of more). Basic windows apps run ok but system info "problem devices"
> show:
> (a) Ethernet Controller PCI bus 2, device 8 fcn 0
> (b) Multimedia Audio Controller PCI bus 0, device 31, fcn 5
> (c) Video Controller (VGA Compat) PCI bus 0, device 2, fcn 0
> All above show an error code of 28. No drives installed since the
> manufacturer is not known. Hard drive, USB port, serial ports and
> parallel ports all ok.
>
> Both of the following questions have been posed in this forum this
> January; however, the question still remains.
>
> Problem 1: How can I determine what model this is? Contacted HP for
> information and informed that warranty for this serial number ended
> Sep2004. They would not even tell me the model number!
>
> Problem 2: Power on unit hold F10 down but unable to get what has been
> called the BIOS window. Just get the white on black window to select
> information like system, security, etc. Able to get BIOS data showing
> version installed. Downloaded the BIOS update SP22200 for v3.14 and
> followed instructions to make the update diskette. Place diskette in
> unit and power on and with or without F10 procedure only get message
> "non-system disk". Unable to update BIOS. What am I doing wrong?
>
> Problem 3: It is possible I could live with BIOS V2.11 if only I could
> find the drivers for the three problem devices; however, I need the
> model number for this approach. Not sure if the basic problem is in
> the
> BIOS (not recognizing the hardware; thus, no drivers found) or if the
> hardware is known but do not have the drivers for it. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> --
> JoeC-


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JoeC