bios & mb upgrade no dmi

[qcity]

I have a problem with sblive sound card working on my pc.Talked to creative & they said to get lastest mb drivers & bios.
I ran a program to find out what versions I am running & program tells me it can't find valid dmi.Can someone explain this & point me to the drivers & bios I need. Thanks
BIOS CAPABILITIES TEST REPORT
===============================

Generated by: BIOS Wizard 2.10
Date: October 25, 2001
Time: 18:00

PnP Version : BIOS currently supports latest version 1.0
PCI Version : BIOS currently supports latest version 2.1
PCI IRQ Routing Table : BIOS currently supports this feature
Enhanced Disk Drive
Specification : BIOS currently supports this feature
DMI Version : Valid DMI is not found
ACPI Version : BIOS currently supports latest version 1.0
APM Version : APM BIOS not installed. It has been replaced by
ACPI
Booting From CD-ROM : Unable to test this feature because DMI is not
found
Supports ESCD : Unable to test this feature because DMI is not
found
Can be Updated (flashed) : Unable to test this feature because DMI is not
found
Can be Shadowed : Unable to test this feature because DMI is not
found
BIOS Chip in Socket : Unable to test this feature because DMI is not
found
Supports Selective Booting : Unable to test this feature because DMI is not
found
Supports LS-120 Booting : Unable to test this feature because DMI is not
found
Supports ZIP Booting : Unable to test this feature because DMI is not
found
Supports Network Booting : Unable to test this feature because DMI is not
found
BIOS Manufacturer : Award Modular BIOS v6.00PGN
BIOS ID : 10/12/2000-8363-686A-6A6LML19C-00
BIOS Date : 10/12/00
BIOS OEM Signon : K7VAT(S)-A2
BIOS ROM Size : Unknown
Chipset : VIA 82C305 rev 2
Super I/O Chip : VIA 686 found at 0h:7h:0h

 

[Jest8]

Who manufatured your P.C? Most of the big makers tweak the BIOS enough so that if you do flash the bios with the wrong bios upgrade (even if come from Award/phoenix) you might start having problem.

 

[brianF]

apparently you have a luckystar motherboard check here http://www.lucky-star.com.tw/technical/bios/via.htm

4 in 1 drivers here
http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=2

 

[qcity]

I've been to those pages Brian but wasn't sure what was up with no dmi...Would the 4in1 drivers install it or is it like a .vxd file[generated]

 

[brianF]

Sorry, misunderstood your original question.

I don't believe the 4 in 1's will fix it.

I really am not sure but my quess is that in you bios you have pnp os set to no.

But it's just a guess

 

[Jest8]

What program did you use to generate the BIOS test? And what was the problem you were having with your sound card?

 

[qcity]

I used bios wizard 2.1..Screen would freeze on bootup at desktop.

 

[LarryCore]

Weird... How about trying, in BIOS, to reset to factory settings. Then Save and Exit.

After reboot try the wizard thing again. DMI is pretty important, lots of things use it to read information about your system setup.

 

[qcity]

I ran bios wizard before I reset defaults & after. Still same results.

 

[LarryCore]

Well, it is possible that this program simply doesn't work correctly with your BIOS.

Other than sound, are there any problems with your machine? Any ! in Device Manager?

 

[qcity]

I have the sb16 soundcard in now with no problems.When I have the soundblaster live value card in the screen freezes at desktop about 80 % of the time..No messages sometimes it will reboot itself & sometimes it freezes & I have to reboot it...This is a system I put together myself with a 900mhz athlon & ati rage fury pro video card.this is the letter I received from creative about it. Support Request Message Thread:





Response from Creative: 10/23/01 8:41:31 AM

Jim,

The first step you will take is checking the IRQ list. To do this you will need to go
to the DEVICE MANAGER. Not presuming anything else I will provide step by step
instructions.

Click on START > SETTINGS > CONTROL PANEL. Double click on SYSTEM.
Click the DEVICE MANAGER tab. The top listing is computer. Double click on
computer. This should take you to the properties of the computer showing two
tabs; View resources and Reserve resources. Make sure the View Resources, with
the interrupt request (IRQ) is selected.

When you open have this selected, the window below shows a list of numbers. The
following is a SAMPLE of what an IRQ list can look like with a VIA Chipset. This is
for Windows 95, 98, and ME only:

03 com2
04 com1
05 SB 16 Emulation
07 printer port
09 acpi bus
10 SB live Series
10 Via USB to PCI Host controller
10 holder for PCI Steering
11 video card
11 holder for pci steering
12 mouse
14 via busmaster
14 primary ide controller
15 via busmaster
15 secondary ide controller

REMEMBER THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE. Should the SB 16 Emulation appear in
this list, you will need to do re-route this device to use another IRQ. To do this,
click the OK button on the bottom of this window. This will take you back to Device
Manger. Click the plus sign next to CREATIVE MISCELLANEOUS DEVICES.
Double click Creative SB 16 Emulation. Click on the settings tab> Look down the
page to Advanced settings and put a check mark in the box next to Allow LPT
Interrupt Sharing and click on Apply. Click on the OK button and restart your
computer to allow the change to take effect.

If you do not have the SB 16 Emulation, or you have just restarted from re-routing
this device, go back to Device Manger and check the IRQ list again. Make mental
note of the listing in IRQ 14. This will indicate the chipset used by your
motherboard. Please make sure you have the latest motherboard driver and BIOS
updates applied. Check to see where the sound card is listed. It should be in an
IRQ alone or just with an IRQ Holder. If it is not, then you have an IRQ conflict.
Moving the sound to a different PCI slot normally changes the irq it is assigned to,
exception some pci slots share resources, depending upon Motherboard.

If moving the card to a different slot and disabling resources in the BIOS do not
resolve this IRQ conflict, then please respond with a copy of your IRQ list.

Bradley
Creative Labs Technical Support






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[qcity]

I put the sblive card back in and did what creative said with the irq's..I restarted 4 times & it froze once but new settings will do that at first on here.Will let you guy's know..Thanks

 

[qcity]

I probably should have listed this as a reboot problem but after I fought this for 6 months I decided to get rid of it one way or another.Tried different sound card but no help so found this on the net.
Windows 98 hangs or reboots during startup or at desktop!

One user who is a small system builder has reported that renaming drvwppqt.vxd and drvwq117.vxd solves the problem. They experienced the problem on motherboards from seven different manufacturers and found the above solution to be successful.

I believe if you load the dvd drivers for the ATI card & don't have a dvd player it generates these vxd's & reboots or freezes when it can't load them..I have been problem free for a week now. hallelujah. Still had to disable the SB 16 drivers in device manager to prevent freezes.