I looked through my stuff and there is a floppy disc with Asus SATA drivers for XP but I have no floppy drive. I also have a Support CD for the MB which I assume has the drivers as well, plus a Recover CD from the builder. Should I boot up with the Recover or the motherboard CD?
Hmm, I need more explanation... I'm not familiar with this stuff. My old HD's were SATA as well if that means anything. All I did was unplug the old ones and plug in the new ones.
How could I do what you suggested if I don't have Windows installed yet? I do have a SATA-USB adapter to plug...
New problem. I tried simplifying, removing any non-essentials (just extra USB ports and 1 stick of RAM) from the MB, and I got just a blinking cursor on startup before the XP disc would run. I reconnected things and still get the blinking cursor... the CD doesn't run. I went into the BIOS and...
Jeez, not what I wanted to hear. That along with the processor are things I have no clue how to replace. Is it worth it to get a barebones at this point or figure out how to replace the MB?
A few days ago my desktop started going through a reboot loop, couldn't even get to Safe Mode. I removed both hard drives and plugged them into my laptop (which itself is overheating but that's another thread) via USB. The drive with Windows (XP Pro) gave me a message saying that it's corrupt...
Hey guys & gals, here's my problem.
I'm working on my Sony Vaio Laptop (VGN-S170P) which is 3+ years old and whose internal DVD burner doesn't work anymore. I reformatted the computer yesterday and reinstalled Win XP Pro after making the Sony Recovery discs. Once I got up & running I decided...
Hot damn, you da man!
I re-registered the shmedia.dll then unregistered the xvid.ax and presto. No more crashing and I can see the thumbnails.
Please have a tall glass of beer on me. :)
I tried a few things but then found the solution in a doom9 forum thread:
start-->run and then type "regsvr32 /u shmedia.dll"
No more avi thumbnails but at least Explorer doesn't crash. Strange thing is I didn't knowingly install a xvid codec (it doesn't show up in Add/Remove Programs so I...
Thanks. Looks like it's due to xvid. A few video files in that folder are xvid. Of course, I have no clue wht xvid is...
Here's what Events said for the errors:
Faulting application wmplayer.exe, version 10.0.0.3646, faulting module xvid.ax, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x0003d928...
Here's the error report:
AppName: explorer.exe AppVer: 6.0.2900.2180 ModName: xvid.ax
ModVer: 0.0.0.0 Offset: 0003d928
It's only when I open 1 folder within My Documents. All else seems to be working fine. No virus/spamware detected.
Any help is appreciated.
edit: Running XP Pro.
I'm looking to buy this FireWire card but over at Ecost.com, it says that it is not "self-powered".
Does that mean that an external device that relies on power from the port will not function with it?
If yes, why am I having a very tough time finding a card with an internal port that DOES...
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