Hi, This is my first time posting here - I hope someone can help me. I'm at my wits end trying to figure out what's going on with my machine. I have Win XP Pro installed on a SY-K7VEM Pro motherboard, running an Athlon XP 1.7GHz processor. Ever since I tried to install (actually downgrade) to an older Palm handheld (the VIIx unit), I'm having IRQ conflicts and I am unable to view the Device Manager screen. I can only view the Device Manager in Safe Mode. Here's what I've tried so far, to no avail: - Switching the BIOS option for PnP OS on and off - Setting the modem IRQ to another (unused) value - Using System Restore to return to previous state (where I had just uninstalled my previous Palm Software) - Running Windows using the "Last Good Configuration" option - Uninstalling all conflicting devices via the Device Manager in Safe Mode various combinations of the above I still cannot get my Palm Pilot to synch, nor can I now use my modem (so I'm writing from my school's computer lab). Short of reinstalling my OS (which I'd really like to avoid - it was such a pain to install and download a week's worth of Windows updates) - I'm at a loss of what to do. There's definitely some conflict causing my modem & Palm not to work. One more thing - I uninstalled my previous Palm software (for Tungsten C), and installed the software for the VIIx. During installation, I was asked which COM port I wanted to use - I chose COM2. This is where the problem began; however, I have since uninstalled the VIIx software and uninstalled both the COM1 and COM2 assignments (via the Safe Mode Device Manager). After restarting, here's what I have on the computer: IRQ 0 System timer OK IRQ 1 Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard OK IRQ 3 OK IRQ 4 Communications Port (COM1) OK IRQ 4 Communications Port (COM2) OK IRQ 5 VIA AC'97 Audio Controller (WDM) OK IRQ 5 Actiontec V.92 PCI Lite SV OK IRQ 6 Standard floppy disk controller OK IRQ 8 System CMOS/real time clock OK IRQ 9 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System OK IRQ 10 Trident Video Accelerator Blade 3D/ProMedia OK IRQ 11 VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller OK IRQ 11 VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller OK IRQ 11 Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC OK IRQ 12 PS/2 Compatible Mouse OK IRQ 13 Numeric data processor OK IRQ 14 Primary IDE Channel OK IRQ 15 Secondary IDE Channel OK And Conflicts: I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7 PCI bus I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7 Direct memory access controller IRQ 4 Communications Port (COM1) IRQ 4 Communications Port (COM2) I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF VIA Tech CPU to AGP Controller I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF Trident Video Accelerator Blade 3D/ProMedia IRQ 5 VIA AC'97 Audio Controller (WDM) IRQ 5 Actiontec V.92 PCI Lite SV IRQ 11 VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller IRQ 11 VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller IRQ 11 Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF PCI bus Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF VIA Tech CPU to AGP Controller Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF Trident Video Accelerator Blade 3D/ProMedia I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB VIA Tech CPU to AGP Controller I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB Trident Video Accelerator Blade 3D/ProMedia Thanks so much to whoever can offer suggestions & help me!!!

boot all the way to the c: drive listing with the xp install disk. on that page hit 'r' for repair. that repair will remove and reinstall the system files and registry, without losing the programs/data on the drive

Actually, I forgot to mention that I've already tried this solution as well. I still cannot see the device manager after choosing the "R" option for repair from the XP boot CD. Any other ideas? Help - I'm stuck!!! Thanks...