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Averatec 6130HS XP PRO upgrade - help!

Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by oliver65, Nov 4, 2004.

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I just upgraded my new Averatec 6130 to XP Professional. Some problems:

- with 13 minutes let to go in the upgrade I got error messages that it could not find the file msdart.dll - I just skipped these messages and completed the upgrade. Then I installed all of the drivers provided on the averatec website.

- Now XP runs extremly slowly. Also device manager does not show any COM ports (just an LPT) & connection wizard does not allow for a dial-up modem connection. The modem was working fine before the upgrade.

Can anyone give me some advice?

oliver65, Nov 4, 2004

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Brian Working at 486 Speed NBR Reviewer

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My advice would be to complete a fresh install. I really don't like the idea of upgrading an OS like that.

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Brian, Nov 4, 2004

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