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my sytem stats: hope they are of some use, thanks for you assistaince

Andrew


[Display]

Item Value
Name NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 (Microsoft Corporation)
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0110&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_B2\4&26E 5833C&0&0008
Adapter Type GeForce2 MX//MX 400, NVIDIA compatible
Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 (Microsoft Corporation)
Adapter RAM 64.00 MB (67,108,864 bytes)
Installed Drivers nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version 6.13.10.2958
INF File nv4_disp.inf (nv4 section)
Color Planes 1
Color Table Entries 4294967296
Resolution 800 x 600 x 60 hertz
Bits/Pixel 32
Memory Address 0xDE000000-0xDEFFFFFF
Memory Address 0xD0000000-0xD7FFFFFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 5
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\nv4_mini.sys (6.13.10.2958, 870.81 KB (891,711 bytes), 29/08/2002 6:16 PM)

[Sound Device]

Item Value
Name VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller (WDM)
Manufacturer VIA Technologies, Inc.
Status OK
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3059&SUBSYS_41611106&REV_30\3&61A AA01&0&8D
I/O Port 0x0000E800-0x0000E8FF
IRQ Channel IRQ 11
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\viaudio.sys (5.12.01.3516 built by: VIA, 42.63 KB (43,648 bytes), 11/10/2002 12:36 PM)

Name Unimodem Full-Duplex Audio Device
Manufacturer Microsoft
Status OK
PNP Device ID MODEMWAVE\0\{40C976DC-41A9-4ED5-87E0-D3DDE54AB191}
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\modemcsa.sys (5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-114, 15.75 KB (16,128 bytes), 11/10/2002 12:39 PM)


[Conflicts/Sharing]

Resource Device
I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7 PCI bus
I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7 Direct memory access controller

I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF VIA Tech CPU to AGP Controller
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 (Microsoft Corporation)

IRQ 5 NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 (Microsoft Corporation)
IRQ 5 VIA PCI 10/100Mb Fast Ethernet Adapter

IRQ 11 VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
IRQ 11 VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
IRQ 11 VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
IRQ 11 VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio Controller (WDM)
IRQ 11 HSP56 MR

Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF PCI bus
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF VIA Tech CPU to AGP Controller
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 (Microsoft Corporation)

I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB VIA Tech CPU to AGP Controller
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 (Microsoft Corporation)

[Memory]

Resource Device Status
0xA0000-0xBFFFF PCI bus OK
0xA0000-0xBFFFF VIA Tech CPU to AGP Controller OK
0xA0000-0xBFFFF NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 (Microsoft Corporation) OK
0xC0000-0xDFFFF PCI bus OK
0x10000000-0xFFDFFFFF PCI bus OK
0xFEE01000-0xFFDFFFFF PCI bus OK
0xDDE00000-0xDFEFFFFF VIA Tech CPU to AGP Controller OK
0xCDC00000-0xDDCFFFFF VIA Tech CPU to AGP Controller OK
0xE0000000-0xE3FFFFFF VIA Tech CPU to AGP Controller OK
0xDE000000-0xDEFFFFFF NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 (Microsoft Corporation) OK
0xD0000000-0xD7FFFFFF NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 (Microsoft Corporation) OK
0xDFFFFF00-0xDFFFFFFF VIA PCI 10/100Mb Fast Ethernet Adapter OK