New HD - missing Network & SM Bus

Thanks CCT, I am headed to bed right now, been watch the awful news of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
I will follow your directions later in the day and let you know how it turns out.
I did try before to get the stuff off my biostar disk but all it put in was an ati radeon 1200, which Microsoft stated they did not like.

Then I went to the biostar website and tried to locate my motherboard but I could not find it there. Mine says very clearly TRS690-M1
using one CPU-Z, I could see this data and hoped it would help since I could not find the mother board listed:

Chipset: ATI Radeon X1250
Southbridge: ATI SB600
lpcio: Fintek F71882F

Brand: American Megatrends Inc.
Version: 080014

But I don't understand enough to use the information.
Anyway, I will go back to the site later and see if I can find it using the directions you gave. Thank you.

Also you mention that I need to load the chipset drivers first and then the ethernet, since I already have the ethernet in there, should I disinstall it first, then install the chipset and then reinstall the ethernet?

what happens if you do this wrong? I sure hope I have not made a mess of things.

Thanks again CCT for the help. will let you know how it turns out.

here is the data from Speccy

Graphics
Monitor
Name on
Current Resolution 1600x1200 pixels
Work Resolution 1600x1170 pixels
State enabled, primary
Monitor Width 1600
Monitor Height 1200
Monitor BPP 32 bits per pixel
Monitor Frequency 1 Hz
Device \\.\DISPLAY1
ATI video
GPU RS690
Device ID 1002-791E
Subvendor Foxconn (105B)
Current Performance Level Level 1
Technology 80 nm
Die Size 49 nmІ
Release Date Feb 28, 2007
DirectX Support 9.0b
DirectX Shader Model 2.0
OpenGL Support 2.0
Bios Core Clock 400.00
Bios Mem Clock 200.00
ROPs 4
Shaders Vertex 4/Pixel 4
Memory Type System
Bus Width 128 Bit
Count of performance levels : 1
Level 0

Motherboard
Model TRS690-M1
Version 0A
Chipset Vendor ATI
Chipset Model Radeon X1250
Chipset Revision 00
Southbridge Vendor ATI
Southbridge Model SB600
Southbridge Revision 00
System Temperature 44 °C
BIOS
Brand American Megatrends Inc.
Version 080014
Date 05/26/2008
Voltage
+3.3V 3.408 V
CPU CORE 1.352 V
VIN2 1.888 V
VIN3 1.152 V
+5V 4.961 V
+12V 11.968 V
VIN6 3.312 V
VSB3V 3.408 V
CMOS BATTERY 3.184 V
PCI Data
1. PCI Available

So based on this what is the best vga and sm bus controllers to download?

Do you guys recommend any of these companies that are all over the net now that have drive scanners and then get the driver downloads for you? Everywhere I have gone I have come across them and not sure what to think. Let me know, Thanks!

I went in and uninstalled the chipset and the driver, and then using ATI Catalyst, I installed first the chipset then the driver, then did a reboot, but it has not corrected the problem.

In my device manager,
Under the Display adapters
there is a yellow exclamation mark next to ATI Radeon X1200.

Under network adapters,
there is also a yellow exclamation mark next to Network Controller

Next to Other Devices there is Yellow Question Mark
below it, is another yellow question mark next to SM Bus Controller

On the ATI site when you go to downloads, what comes up is Easy Driver Pro, now I am so confused I do not know if this is where the Catalyst also is or not, because ATI Catalyst is on my motherboard disc. But when I tried to download the Easy Drive Pro, it stops with a window that says installation could not be complete. I am not sure if this is because of my firewall. I think it is because when I went to look at my AVG panel, it said that identity theft was in danger. So I am guessing that I need to remove it to get this download. I sent them a support ticket to ask, because I could not find any information in their FAQs indicated you needed to remove your firewall to download this driver software.

When I went to the site that CCT found for my motherboard, they have all the compatibles listed but no downloads available. So I was stumped as to which one and where to get it.

So if you have some other suggestions, let me know. I am rather frustrated because I know so little. I feel I am stumbling in the dark.

thanks for your kindness. I do appreciate each one of you.

I was able to download with internet explorer and the monitor driver is working fine!!!
Thank you CCT, and thanks for the help, Spunk Funk and JoeTen

But I still do not have a network controller.

I downloaded one but for some reason it will not install. Now I am having problems loading programs. I keep getting a window with a big red X popping up that says:
There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into the drive.

But there is a disk in the drive, so I am lost. I cannot get the window to close or do anything. I have to reboot to clear it from my screen.
The program, I am trying to load shows up, but does not load because this window pops up.
If you can help, please tell me what I am doing wrong.
Thanks

Spunk Funk, I finally got the network controller to load and so when I open my device manager there are no more yellow exclamation marks or question marks. I followed CCT's directions and got everything from the motherboard site. I did that by using internet explorer, it would not download with Chrome.
(I was able to get these devices through our shipping computer and put them on a flash drive and loaded them from there.)

Now I am finding that most of my programs are loading all right, but sometimes I get one that will not load.

I think my problem lies in the fact that when I loaded windows I decided to partition the hard drive because it is one T and I figured it would be better to partition it in two. but when I did this, it named the drive 'E' and some of the programs just want to load to 'C' and for some reason my computer has named a removable drive 'C'

I do not know how to change this. It's not a big problem for most of the programs because they let me change the folder but one of mine does not allow for this, so not sure what to do there.

I went into the bios and found that my boot up priority was set for the cd drive and I did change that.

but when I boot up now, I still have the keyboard is not found issue and have to be here to press 'F1" to get through.

do you know how I can solve this issue?

Any ideas would be great. If I need to give you more info, let me know what you need. I will do my best. I am not very good at this, but I do listen and do my best to follow what you guys tell me.

I really, really appreciate your expertise.

Happy St. Patty's Day!