Cool thanks for the help and the url you suggested. The
Compaq is a P3. That helps in understanding more about the
computer. I will try what you suggested and let you know
if that solves the problem

In the meantime, I do have another problem that could be
easy or difficult and I am not quite sure which one yet.
Here it goes.

Dell Dimension 4400
I turn the computer on and the green light in the power
button turns on like normal; however, nothing else turns
on. There is no sound of a hard drive humming and there
are no sounds from the internal speaker.

Best Buy suggested that it is a hard drive or motherboard
problem but there is a fee to examine it.

Could it be a power source problem. I haven't spent much
time with it yet but if nothing turns on...

Again any suggestions would be great and thanks again for
you help thus far.

Let me know if you need any other additional info.
-----Original Message-----
brad wrote:
Hi,

Well, that's different. Do you know the make/model of

your PC or even

better the motherboard itself? Post them here if you
have

them. You can

disable the device in Device Manager by checking

the "disable in this

hardware profile" box and unchecking the "exists in all

hardware

profiles" box for now, even though it's not the same as

disabling it in

BIOS.



Okay, I did what you suggested and now in the device
manager it has a yellow question mark with a red x
which
is what I am guessing is supposed to happen.

As far as the PC goes it is a Compaq 5736 with what I
can
only assume is a Compaq manufactured motherboard with
VIA
chipset. This PC has not been the easiest to fix and
get
fully running probably becuase of its age.
Thanks again

mm
.

Hi,

Oh, a Compaq. That explains everything.

They list 3 different versions at Compaq's site; one with
a Celeron CPU,
one with an AMD and one with a Pentium 3. Only the
Pentium 3 shows a
jumper for the on-board audio, so if your model has a
Pentium 3 CPU,
there's a jumper you ned to set to disable the on-board
audio.

This URL has a drawing of it:
http://www.compaq.com/athome/support...00/sbwtut.html

If it's not a P3, you'll need to post back with the
serial number, which
should be located on the back or in front under the drive
cover.

And yes, the Device manager should show as it does right
now. After you
set the jumper, assuming you have one to set, boot into
safe mode and go
to device manager and remove the device if it's still
there. Reboot
again and it should be gone.

Please make sure you unplug the computer before messing
with the
internals. If you need more help with what to do with the
jumper, just
post back.

mm
.