Hello I have a problem with my k7am

[JoeC39]

Hello I have a problem with my k7ama mobo it runs great in every way but one. I am running windows xp home and every time I boot into windows it loses my cd rom and my cdrw in there place is generic disk drives and they dont work when I try to use them. They are being reconized at bootup by my bios by name and model number but not in windows untill I reinstall them and then when I reboot they are gone again.
I thought it might be motherboard chipset drivers but I cannot find any drivers anywhere on the net. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanx JoeC

 

[Sierra25]

If your AMD is playing silly ga,es like mine is, Just be thankfull that you have an OS to boot off.

My PC will not install WIndows (any version).

Regards

 

[pudda]

Here are the drivers for your board. Please check to make sure you have version 1.2 or 1.5-

http://www.ecsusa.com/downloads/drivers_k7a.html

Sierra25- the biggest problem I have run into with these system boards is the type of memory. They are very touchy as to what they use. Go to

http://www.crucial.com

and use thier memory configurator to see what the requirements are.
Had a similar problem with installing any OS until I put in a module that was supported. Then installed Win2k and later XPpro with no problems.

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