Do I really need to reformat? Or can I just reinstall? It must just be that the place I get my system serviced and where I got it may not seem to know much. I discovered when they stuck a new CD drive in when my old one quit, the new hardware messages came up when it was booted at home for the first time, the strange sound I haven't got in quite awhile know came through the internal speaker that normally only beeps out the self test on boot. At 01:00 PM 12/13/01 -0800, you wrote: >keeping old ISA based peripherals and interfaces around is not an issue >yet. New motherboards still come with ISA bus. Depending on your computer >case you can choose betwen ATX style and older PC AT style motherboards >and power supplies. In case you want to upgrade or need to replace the >motherboard because of HW problems, I would suggest to migrate to ATX >style systems to keep you up to date for the next 5 to 10 years. > >Tyan motherboard http://www.tyan.com/products/html/trinitykta.html for >example, has one ISA slot that you could use for legacy card. > >On the higher end would be Supermicro >http://www.supermicro.com/PRODUCT/MotherBoards/RCC_LE/S2DL3.htm >with ethernet and SCSI build in. > >Many more more options are available. I see them in local store like Fry's >etc. They still carry old AT style motherboards for people who just >want to upgrade the motherboard with CPU memory and such. > >And the last resort is surplus stores. Sometimes they carry new >motherboards, inventory leftovers or replacements from the upgrades, etc. > >I doubt that your problems would show up as a strange sound under windows. >It's more likely your windows simply needs reinstall. Who knows what >happened, all it takes is some weird changes in the registry and the >system is screwed. The only way to take care of it is to reinstall it. > >On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 10:29:00PM -0600, Brent Harding wrote: >> I want to continue using hardware speech as long as possible, namely my >> double talk PC as the tripple talk pci isn't linux compatible. I'm getting >> a strange problem in windows, where if I type a long enough message, I'll >> get a loud continuous sound that changes pitch as you type through the PC >> speaker, making the assumption this mother board may not go much further. >> At 06:17 PM 12/12/01 -0800, you wrote: >> >On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 07:51:25PM -0600, Brent Harding wrote: >> >> Is there any adapter type devices out that will allow an isa card to work >> >> in a pci slot? I mean, something like stick the isa card in to a card that >> >> you put in to the pci slot? >> >> >> >> >> > >> >Very unlikely IMO. I follow computer hardware to some degree and haven't >> >seen anything like that so far. >> > >> >The bus protocol, voltage for some lines, and logic are very different for >> >ISA or PCI so it's easier to just get the PCI card. Systems come with PCI >> >chipsets which have a bridge for ISA bus to support legacy systems but >> >that's done on the motherboard. While theoreticaly possible it would not >> >get very far in practice due to mechanical issues with it. You don't have >> >enough space and the right brackets to accomodate such an arangement. >> > >> >Depending on what you want to do, there might be an easier solution to >> >your problem. >> > >> >-- >> >Rafael > >-- >Rafael > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Blinux-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >