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[GeezerMan]

Originally posted by: alienhunter
Greezer you need to get the sata driver from the intel web site you can use nlite to create XP disc with the integrated drivers, otherwise you should install them on a floppy which you will have to install. I just had it floating and it worked for me.

http://icrontic.com/articles/slipstreaming_windows_easy

drivers

http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/sb/CS-015001.htm

http://downloadcenter.intel.co...ng&strOSs=44&submit=Go!


hope this helps

Ah yes. Thanks. :thumbsup:
Can one use a USB jump drive to load the sata drivers when XP gives the "if you need to load sata drivers push F6"

 

[alienhunter]

I don't know about the USB think, but you can integrate them into the XP load with nlite, use that if you don't have a floppy

 

[SuPrEIVIE]

Originally posted by: thatolchestnut

Originally posted by: SuPrEIVIE
anybody know if the 9200 dell case is capable of accepting an a64 setup with the mobo being agp rather than pci express

agp and PCI-E are not compatible.

that was not what i was asking, i would like to know if an A64 setup that includes an agp configuration will work in a dell case, and replace the insides of the 9200 dell with another case? will this work?

 

[alienhunter]

Originally posted by: SuPrEIVIE

Originally posted by: thatolchestnut

Originally posted by: SuPrEIVIE
anybody know if the 9200 dell case is capable of accepting an a64 setup with the mobo being agp rather than pci express

agp and PCI-E are not compatible.

that was not what i was asking, i would like to know if an A64 setup that includes an agp configuration will work in a dell case, and replace the insides of the 9200 dell with another case? will this work?

Supreivie Why are you changing the motherboard to a A64 version. If you check the web site of dell you notice that the motherboard is mounted on the oposite side to a normal ATX case. This will be a big issue if you have a ATX MOBO. (DELL LIKE TO USE BTX MOBO's)

http://www.dell.com/content/pr...?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd


BTW this is not the correct place to discuss the DELL. This is a discussion about the ACER E700.

 

[MattSibley]

Originally posted by: nc10

Originally posted by: MattSibley
Anyone had problems playing certain movies in the DVD player on this machine? I can burn things just fine and it reads most DVD's, probably 1 out of 5 it acts as if there is no disc in the drive. ....

Same problem here! Except we find it can't read at least half of the commercial movie dvd's I've put in it. I've emailed acer, no response yet.

Acer tech support on their web pages seems weak and difficult to navigate, so I'm not too hopeful about email support.

Probably not related, but I also have one sandisk usb flash drive that it wont' read. Other flash drives work, and this particular drive works fine in the half dozen other computers I've tried.

I'm going to try to call them today if I get a break at work and see whats up about this. Glad to know I'm not the only one having the problem. I'll post the results of my call if I ever get time to make the call.

 

[Tweak155]

Originally posted by: dclive

Originally posted by: Tweak155
I plan on cutting out a lot of the original text because this is getting too long:

A2: Get 3.17.
I went from memory (and still am). It was actually something like 3.1.0.7 or something similar to that. Either way it was re-downloaded several days ago so I'm assuming it was the latest from www.trillian.cc.

Cool. What does the publisher say about the issue?

A2: Yes, a new OS does do that, as people learn how to use it. The point is, though, you've got a clear solution to the problem.
The fact that I HAD TO DO THAT was the problem. Maybe I didn't make that clear when I stated A: Didn't have to do this before and A: The point is I didn't have to do it before. I had to find a solution to the problem that Vista created for me.

Well, yes, Vista works slightly differently.... but you've got a solution now, so...

A2: I have an 8800GTS/320 and an nVidia 6200 - both using 158 (Vista release version) and they work very well. Have you tried them? Note: This isn't XP's driver; it's Vista's.
This is similar to your Blackberry response. Seeing as you didn't want me to respond to that one before, I won't make the same mistake again, now that you've specified.

Fair enough. Sorry you're having an issue; it works great here and for others I've spoken with that run Vista... did you contact nVidia on the issue?

A2: I just can't imagine someone would get excited about a service that uses so little CPU and disk time that it's unnoticeable on a remotely modern machine. Why would this be a concern?
I said its annoying. I don't see an improvement. Its additional task to index the C drive. I thought changes were supposed to make things better, at least in my mind.

So you've gone thru the entire Vista machine to micromanage every facet of it? (Otherwise how would you pick this up?) -- Black Viper's theories (disable every service you don't use, etc.) have been widely debunked; why do this or why worry about it? Is there something concrete that you're losing or unable to do because a low-priority background scan/index is taking place?

A2: Erm, huh? WM devices work great in Vista using the Microsoft-supplied software. What, exactly, is the issue you're having, other than that a CD from 2005 or so is no longer the correct software to use? Essentially, to me it sounds like you're complaining about a software update! "Skip it" doesn't say anything technical.
The CD from 2005 WORKED. I can't believe you still aren't reading what I've wrote. The Microsoft-Supplied software, DID NOT WORK. Again, maybe I didn't make that clear with The program that came with the phone WORKED, whereas what came with Vista did not. I seriously wonder if you respond without reading.
A2: I have an Audiovox 5600 (2003 SE is the OS on the phone) and it works perfectly (I rarely use it, which is why I focused on the BB). What, exactly, doesn't work? "Skip it" doesn't tell me anything technical...
It (the program) freezes at the point of detecting the phone. WM 5.0. I used the "old" 2005 software and connected right up.

Amazing. File a bug report with Microsoft.

A2: What's the technical issue in your network connection that it's trying to fix?

I don't remember now, but I remember thinking it was annoying it was not simple to run a repair. I believe the actual solution had to do with restarting my modem. I should clarify you can still repair in Vista, but AFTER Vista tries to solve the problem for you. It really wasted my time since the repair didn't even work.

Are we talking about hours or about 20-30 seconds?

dclive -

You are ignoring the fact that all your "solutions" are additional work that I did not have to do before, which is what makes Vista annoying. Its obvious there is no solution to personal issues with the software, or currently the actual bugs I've had to deal with without additional work that I did not have to do before. This is not a SOLUTION, it is more work compared to XP that did not exist in my experience. This makes it an issue.

You can't solve these "issues". They occured and thats what makes them the issue. Fixing them is just additional work as I've tried to point out several times. I'm not saying XP is perfect but it definitely did not have these issues before and they have patched it fairly well to this date, which is why I'm waiting for SP1 for Vista.

I'd continue to answer your questions but there is no actual "solution" when I'm comparing this to an operating system that these issues did not occur with. The only "solution" is to going back to not having the problems, or having the problems correct themselves which takes the burden of work away from me.

I'm not "lazy" by any means, but I'd rather stick with what works for the time being. Vista has potential no doubt, but no doubt I prefer XP for the time being.

End of story

 

[nc10]

Originally posted by: MattSibley

I'm going to try to call them today if I get a break at work and see whats up about this.

Good luck, I didn't find a phone number on Acer's site. Coincidentally, I purchased mine at Compusa in Baton Rouge.... maybe its the humidity

 

[dclive]

Originally posted by: Tweak155
dclive -

You are ignoring the fact that all your "solutions" are additional work that I did not have to do before, which is what makes Vista annoying. Its obvious there is no solution to personal issues with the software, or currently the actual bugs I've had to deal with without additional work that I did not have to do before. This is not a SOLUTION, it is more work compared to XP that did not exist in my experience. This makes it an issue.

You can't solve these "issues". They occured and thats what makes them the issue. Fixing them is just additional work as I've tried to point out several times. I'm not saying XP is perfect but it definitely did not have these issues before and they have patched it fairly well to this date, which is why I'm waiting for SP1 for Vista.

I'd continue to answer your questions but there is no actual "solution" when I'm comparing this to an operating system that these issues did not occur with. The only "solution" is to going back to not having the problems, or having the problems correct themselves which takes the burden of work away from me.

I'm not "lazy" by any means, but I'd rather stick with what works for the time being. Vista has potential no doubt, but no doubt I prefer XP for the time being.

End of story

A new OS means new things to learn. Some people are OK with change, and some not. To blame MS just because it's different, or because some developers write incompatible or nonstandard code, seems to me to be a bit silly.

Best of luck with XP.... I now find it "old" compared to Vista, and can't imagine anyone wanting to run it, but to each his own.

 

[dclive]

Originally posted by: nc10

Originally posted by: MattSibley

I'm going to try to call them today if I get a break at work and see whats up about this.

Good luck, I didn't find a phone number on Acer's site. Coincidentally, I purchased mine at Compusa in Baton Rouge.... maybe its the humidity

I went to the site, went to the USA site, and then clicked "Contact us" - couldn't be much easier. Did you go to the USA portion of the site? (Assuming you're in the USA, of course).

 

[nc10]

Originally posted by: dclive

I went to the site, went to the USA site, and then clicked "Contact us" - couldn't be much easier.

You're right, the phone number is on the main "site". FWIW, I was looking all over the support pages and not at the contact link at the top of the main site.

The main website support link sends you to a different site for support, which is where the support number should be, I'd think.

Acer support site:

http://www.acerpanam.com/

 

[MattSibley]

Originally posted by: nc10

Originally posted by: MattSibley

I'm going to try to call them today if I get a break at work and see whats up about this.

Good luck, I didn't find a phone number on Acer's site. Coincidentally, I purchased mine at Compusa in Baton Rouge.... maybe its the humidity

Yea, I talked to the guys at Acer, which by the way were very nice and sincerely tried to help. He said he'd never seen a problem like that, said that they usually work or they dont no in between lol. I told him I had removed all of their stuff from the computer and put Vista Ultimate on mine. His solution was to send me a driver/recovery CD free of charge to try loading their crap back on the PC to make it work. I'd rather just spend 30$ and get a new 20x burner than have all the stuff back on the computer. It really cannot be a driver issue otherwise the burner would likely not be accessible and no movies would play. This is not the case as almost everything works except for a few select movies.

I haven't tried talking to CompUSA but when I purchased the computer and didnt buy their extended warranty they made it sound like any warranty would be through Acer. I guess I could give them a try and see what they say though. If not I'll just go ahead and buy a new burner.

I saw the 20x SATA Samsung burner on Newegg for 32$. It seems to get good reviews and be one of the faster burners. Anyone have any other suggestions before I buy a new one? One of my coworkers has the Sony NEC Optiarc IDE burner and said it works and plays everything well, however the SATA version of this drive didnt have the best reviews. Very noisy supposedly. Thanks.

 

[bklynrickel]

dirty rotten scoundrels is not recognized by dvd drive. la story is recognized. i have not removed any software that came with the computer other than norton.

i'm going to try to use anydvd to see if it will help to detect the disc.

strange indeed. maybe it has to do with the coyright protection or something.

 

[bklynrickel]

THE DVD WORKS WITH ANYDVD FROM SLYSOFT.COM! MUST BE A COPYRIGHT SENSITIVE ISSUE! 21 DAY FREE TRIAL AND THEN PURCHASE. THIS IS NOT AN AD FOR SLYSOFT. JUST A SOLUTION TO THE NOT PLAYING DVD ISSUE!!!

if you want to buy the software, there's a 20% off sale when you click on more info.

 

[GeezerMan]

"dirty rotten scoundrels"
This movie so funny. It's my favorite Steve Martin movie.........

 

[bklynrickel]

ya...it's funny, but geezer. i'm excited that the dvds seem to play with anydvd. isn't that cool? course it costs a few denari. maybe acer will pay for it. that's a stretch.

i already have the program, so i just installed it with the key.

 

[GeezerMan]

I wonder if the built in DRM that Vista has is causing the trouble and not the drive ?

 

[dclive]

Then there would be people complaining by the thousands (millions?) about this issue.

 

[bklynrickel]

i don't know what a drm is, but it's not the drive as far as i can see. seems to be a copy protection issue. dunno.

anydvd first scans the disc and somehow causes it to be playable.

 

[Lurknomore]

Damn, this thread deserves it's own category.

 

[bklynrickel]

ya baby! but what's DRM?

by the way, nobody on this thread seems to like war. i think it's because it only profits an elite few.

 

[dclive]

DRM is digital rights management. Find out lots of things on it with google and wikipedia.

 

[Lurknomore]

Originally posted by: bklynrickel
ya baby! but what's DRM?

by the way, nobody on this thread seems to like war. i think it's because it only profits an elite few.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management
Basically, it can be fairly restrictive, and then in the Sony DRM fiasco, an outright disaster.

 

[GeezerMan]

DRM is one reason I'm still using the older ATI HDTV Wonder tuner in my XP machine. It has no DRM chip on it, unlike many other cards. Not too long ago the talk was that the HDTV tuner cards with the DRM chip would prevent the burning of HDTV TV shows. Anyone know what the current news is on this?

By the way, if any of you want to purchase the older ATI Wonder HDTV card, none of them had any DRM chips on them. There was a dude on Ebay that used to get a huge premium selling the cards by advertising that his stock was made before the DRM chip. Well, he was telling a half truth since ALL of them were made before the DRM chip. What a scammer.

 

[bklynrickel]

interesting indeed. be interesting to know if realplayer or powerdvd play the dvds as opposed to windows media player.

 

[MattSibley]

My DVD's wouldn't even show up in Windows Explorer as even being in the DVD Drive. Did yours? If they didnt, and AnyDVD solved the problem I'm going to get it. I just downloaded the entire suite to my laptop. I'll be on vacation for a week but will try it when I get back. The HD version of AnyDVD should come in handy when I buy that blu-ray/HD-DVD player/Blu-ray burner from LG around christmas