Can't Access PCI Cards on BIOSTAR K8M800

[PeteC]

My first build. I just put together a Biostar K8M800 with a Sempron
processor. Everything has been fine for 2-3 weeks. Suddenly I can't access
the two boards I have in the PCI slots. One is a WinTV board and the other
is a Modem (Creative). Both were working fine.

One thing I did was install a LG DVD Burner which came with Nero7. That is
about all I can think of.

I see Biostar has a new BIOS called "Improved LG ODD compatibles. (Beta
version)"

BIOSTAR

I installed that but it didn't help.

I did a system restore back to before the DVD install but I hesitate to go
further back because that restore point is the XPSP3 install.

Any idea why the PCI cards can't be accessed?

Thanks In Advance.

Pete

[boyblue]

PeteC

What happens when you remove the LG DVD player? What model is the DVD player? I take it nothing is showing up in the device manager?

[PeteC]

Duh, my screw-up. One PCI board was not quite seated correctly. It has a lot of cables hanging out the back and it looks like, as I slid the chassis back (after installing the DVD burner), the cables tilted the card. I had the screw in it but it flexed the metal strip.

I am sure this wouldn't have happened if I had seated the board correctly. After 39 years as an electrical engineer, installing thousands and thousands of circuit boards, I screw up this one.

I guess that after 10+ years of fighting a plethora of Microsoft software problems I forgot about hardware problems.

Thanks,

Pete

[boyblue]

Thanks for the update and ya we all have those problems from time to time.