Starjock

I uninstalled the Primary IDE Channel and rebooted. At reboot I got a Warning about "New Hardware Installation" saying the software had not passed Windows Logo Test, and it advised to not load it. I didn't. There were two warnings. First for the Disk Drive and the second for the Primary IDE Channel.

Then my desktop came up and II went back to Device Manager but still could not get a Property Window to come up. Also there are two Yellow Exclamation marks over the IDE channel and the Disk Drive. There is also a Red X over the 1394 Net Adapter.

I went to Event Viewer and got the first screen shown in your message. Then I clicked on Application and got a list with 3 sections: Error, Warning and Information. But, when I double click on any itel listed, nothing happens. The second window you show in your message doesn't come up.

I looked at both the Application and System lists and have attached a list of the most recent items I saw. Perhaps this will help you.

Also, after doing these tests while I was using my computer to look at some websites and also looking at some of my documents via Explorer, the screen went completely Blue and I couldn't do anything except push the power button to shut off the computer and restart. This has happened about 3 times now.

I'm seriously considering just cleaning the disk and reinstalling the Operating System and Drivers. I had to do this 5 or 6 years ago on another computer I had, and sometimes it is the least painful method in the long run.

What do you think?

Rich in Phoenix