[Pc_Support] "Not enough resources" on fresh Windows 2000 install?

[Bryan J. Smith]

Damien McKenna <dmckenna at thelimucompany.com> wrote:
> I've just installed Windows 2000 with SP4 on a laptop and I'm
> getting the following error for the video and PC-Card slots:
> This Device Cannot Find Enough Free Resources That It Can Use
> The laptop is an old Winbook GoBook Lite with a Pentium MMX and
> 64mb of RAM.

You are really pushing the requirements on NT5+ (2000+) with only
64MiB.  256MiB is really the recommended minimum.  I'd verify that
number except I've loaned out _all_ my 70-218 books.  ;->

At the same time -- let me guess -- it's an Intel i430FX/VX/TX
(Triton I/III/IV) chipset so going over 64MiB kills the L2 cache,
correct?

> Each of the three devices it complains about are correctly
> identified by Windows, infact there are no unknown devices in
> the entire device manager (a first for me).

What devices are they and how do they connect?

I.e., try "View By Connection" in Device Manager and see what they
are connect to.  It might be some component that requires manual
configuration or no other conflicts.

> Has anyone suggestions on how to maybe fix this? 

I'd have to see the devices and how they are connected/configured.

> The OS install had SP4 slipstreamed on it (much easier to do
> than upgrading post-install) so has all of the latest drivers,

Assuming Windows 2000SP4 has all the drivers you need for the
hardware.  You also sometimes need to slipstream in OEM drivers for
hardware too.  ;->

> I'm just not sure what to do to fix this.
> One obvious question is, are the resources its complaining
> about IRQs or is does it want more memory?

I can't tell without more information.

But I can tell you that 64MiB is _not_ enough for the NT5+ kernel to
run properly.  This isn't a Real86 (DOS) + 386Enhanced Mode (Windows
95/98/Me) OS.

> I've tried disabling some of the unwanted devices, have
> disabled the floppy drive and USB, but the problem
> persists.

Again, I have to see how things are connected.

Many 486/Pentium-era notebooks connected things via PCMCIA and fell
under more ISA PnP configuration.



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