Hve you made any changes in the BIOS that could account for the missing devices?
Different BIOS versions have differing ways to enable and disable hardware.
Different BIOS versions have differing ways to enable and disable hardware.
I reformatted the drive just for the hell of it to see if it would fix anything and then attempted to recover using the dvd's. And yes my copy is genuine so that is not the problem here. Could the problem lie with the nVidia chipset since the modem, lan, and sound all use it? Why would the sound and lan work sometimes just randomly???Are you using the HP factory recovery DVDs?
You said you formatted the drive -? If using the HP recovery DVDs, there is no need to reformat the HDD. The HP/ Vista recovery DVDs are an image of the factory default setting.
Have you had your system validated at Microsoft Genuine Advantage? It is worth a try as you said audio & network both out.
microsoft.com/genuine
After you go to site, look on leftside/center for the validation button.
Regards. . .
jcgriff2
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