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[FantasticSnowman]

sorry i didnt know where to post this but since one question relates to this area i guess its ok =)

When I start up windows, my keyboard powers on and everything, however, when it prompts me to enter my password, the keyboard no longer works. Before I set up a password the keyboard wouldn't work either, I couldnt type anything in the adress bar, nothing. The keyboard is a PS2 keyboard... A USB one works perfectly find but for some reason the PS2 one doesn't and no it's not the keyboard, I tried it on my other two pcs and everything goes well..

now for the questions:

1. on the taskbar by the clock there is an icon with a green arrow that says SAFELY REMOVE HARDWARE when i put the cursor over it. I'm using an SATA drive and am wondering if thats suppose to be there, because usually thats only there when I plug in a digital camera or an outside device such as a scanner.

2. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowImage.asp?image=13-131-540-01.jpg,13-131-540-02.jpg,13-131-540-03.jpg,13-131-540-04.jpg,13-131-540-05.jpg&CurImage=13-131-540-01.jpg&Description=ASUS%20A8N-SLI%20Premium%20Socket%20939%20NVIDIA%20nForce4%20 SLI%20ATX%20AMD%20Motherboard%20-%20Retail <<< thats my mobo and as you can see there are two onboard 10/100 lan connectors. well, this is what I have in my network connections folder: http://www.spark-studios.net/other/untitled.GIF ... problem is, why does my computer only connect to the internet when I connect the cable to the lower lan plug?... I font i weird. Also why cant i delete one of the connections that im not using.

Thanks.

 

[Crashman]

Yes, the latest controllers and drivers allow you to add and remove SATA drives just like USB drives. Of course it won't let you remove Drive C:, it will just give you a message that it can't stop the device because it's in use.

 

[fishmahn]

Just a wild guess on the keyboard problem - check the BIOS for a setting something like USB legacy support. If its enabled, try disabling it or vice-versa.

2 LAN interfaces need 2 drivers. One is on the nVidia chipset, and that driver is obviously installed and working, the other needs extra drivers installed - its probably a Broadcomm, but your mobo manual should tell you that. The 1394 connection is your firewire connection and you can't delete that without uninstalling the firewire port(s).

Mike.