Error: PCI on motherboard and strange wireless/driver issues.
I own a Gateway m460 laptop running xp service pack 3 and last night my wireless seemed to stop working, D/Cd me and wouldnt reconnect BUT i could still browse sites only with no audio from the web. After a quick restart to see if the problem would solve itself i recieved an error. "error: PCI on motherboard"
I completely ignored the fact that it told me the bus and device number so i could go and figure out exactly what was at fault and if it could be resolved without tossing my motherboard... however upon loading, my video driver was "uninstalled" as were my wireless drivers. trying to reinstall them simply gave me a "components already installed" message and nothing worked. i took the extreme route and reinstalled windows. i updated my bios AND manually installed the motherboard drivers as it was saying found new hardware, mass storage device/ PCI driver/ something else i dont recall and it wouldnt install them without the internet to find drivers an of course.. its saying my wireless was gone. so anyway i installed all drivers again using a family members comp and then restarted again. i nolonger get the PCI on motherboard error screen but now on the boot screen there is a message in the top corner saying "PXE-E01: unsupported PCI device!" and my comp completely freezes after 2-10 minutes. everything seems to stop, harddrive sounds like its spinning but barely, fan stops, dis drive stops, light stop flashing.. everything. and i have to reinstall the wireless drivers every time i get on and, even when reinstalled, it will only connect once every 10 or so times. besides this, the motherboard drivers still seem to be uninstalling and finding themselves... im guessing the motherboard is finished, anything i can do to patch this though? i surely dont have 300 dollars for a new board.
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You can download the motherboarddrivers from Intel WEB site. Select your model motherboard/device, and makesure you select the Windows XP or Vista version of the drivers that matchesyour Windows operating system.
Please click on this link andselect your model motherboard : -
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/default.aspx?iid=gg_support-au+home_downloadctr
Someone commented "If you re running windows XP with service pack 3 then make sure you are
running the most updated driver for your d-link NIC, otherwise you may
get an error on windows startup about WZCSLDR2.exe" here: http://www.file.net/process/wzcsldr2.exe.html
If your hard drive is still working fine, you shouldn't need to reinstall Windows again. Most of the time your PC will perform as it did before your motherboard died by simply reinstalling the original hard drive. If not then do this. Reinstall windows with your restore CD, and with most gateway laptops you should have a drivers and applications CD that restores your motherboard drivers and applications to their original locations.
If you lost your drivers CD, you can download them all here.
When asked, you should allow XP updates so that Service Pack 3 can install. This will add a few windows based drivers to your laptop that may be necessary for better video, audio and wireless performance.
Your restore CD may not ask for your CD Key, this is typical for a Vendors original restoration, but if for some reason it does, the number on the back of your laptop will work. Mine validated just fine.
Well, you can directly try Driver Detective and let the software
have a free scan to automatically detect & update the missing Gateway
drivers. This way things can be much easier & efficient. Also you
don't have to risk install wrong drivers which might cause severe system
issues.
ok look in device manager down the list to your wireless card and see if it is listed, if so check that there is not a red cross on it, if so right click and select enable.
if a yellow exclamation mark driver not recognised with card.
If it is listed and you are unable to enable it restart the pc and press F2 or DEL to enter your bios and on the peripherals menu, see if the wireless controller(if it is built in card) is enabled.
If non of the above works, then the code 10 would normally be refering to a faulty peice of hardware.
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