Expert "Aha!!" Urgently Needed.

[Pat Garard]

G'Day All,

NEW | IDE 1.0 ------------ 40GB Seagate (New)
Mother | 1.1 ------------ 40GB Maxtor (Old)
Board | IDE 2.0 ------------ Pioneer CD/DVD DL burner (New)
1 GB | 2.1 ------------ Pioneer CD/DVD burner (Old)
RAM |

CD Data Ops seem ok

CD Audio Ops seem ok but slow to AutoPlay (svchost/MSEng 50-80%CPU)

Any attempted DVD-Video operation on either Pioneer results in:
Video Corruption of PowerDVD Player console
Random Video Corruption of (say) IE
CP>System>Device Manager - Unable to run ............
OneTouch.exe reports "Unable to enumerate devices..."
Most executables in WinExplorer show "DOS" Icons
Standby/Turn Off/Restart Screen is transparent .....

(PowerDVD ok with HDD video files)

All cured by reboot - Can anybody help?
Fuller History below.
--
Regards,
Pat Garard
Melbourne, Australia
_______________________

Original System
| IDE 1.0 ------------ 40GB Maxtor
Mother | 1.1 ------------ 40GB Maxtor
Board | IDE 2.0 ------------ NEC CD/DVD DL burner
512MB | 2.1 ------------ Pioneer CD/DVD burner
RAM |

Stable operation for 2 years
4 mths ago Power Supply failure/replaced warned of bloated caps on MB.
3 mths ago Upgraded from Nero 6 to Nero 7
2 mths ago Intermittent burn failures on NEC when burning DL
1 mth ago PFN_TABLE_CORRUPT BSODs on Boot
Safe Mode System Restore - works for a while then BSOD
MoBo Caps leaking - replaced
IDE 1.0 Maxtor at failure threshold (reallocated blocks)
successfully cloned to Seagate
Video Card fan found seized - Card replaced.
Memory upped to 1 GB
New System seemed ok, except for DVD Media as above.
IDE 2.0 NEC replaced with Pioneer
[:-{

 

[Pat Garard]

G'Day (again) all,

In all configs, there is also an 80GB Maxtor USB Drive.

This drive utilises OneTouch to activate a version of RetroSpect.

This activation no longer works.

 

[Sharon F]

G'Day All,

NEW | IDE 1.0 ------------ 40GB Seagate (New)
Mother | 1.1 ------------ 40GB Maxtor (Old)
Board | IDE 2.0 ------------ Pioneer CD/DVD DL burner (New)
1 GB | 2.1 ------------ Pioneer CD/DVD burner (Old)
RAM |

CD Data Ops seem ok

CD Audio Ops seem ok but slow to AutoPlay (svchost/MSEng 50-80%CPU)

Any attempted DVD-Video operation on either Pioneer results in:
Video Corruption of PowerDVD Player console
Random Video Corruption of (say) IE
CP>System>Device Manager - Unable to run ............
OneTouch.exe reports "Unable to enumerate devices..."
Most executables in WinExplorer show "DOS" Icons
Standby/Turn Off/Restart Screen is transparent .....

(PowerDVD ok with HDD video files)

All cured by reboot - Can anybody help?
Fuller History below.

It *sounds* like you did all the right things to get the new board/drive up
and running. Couple of thoughts:

-Was the new motherboard an exact replacement for the old? If no, a repair
install of XP would update hardware info. Even if a duplicate replacement,
there's a chance that the revision or a component is slightly different. A
repair install might help here too.

How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315341

-Old hard drive was on "failure threshold." Not sure what the exact
criteria is for that condition but it doesn't sound good and you mention
reallocated clusters. Are you confident that the bits transferred from the
dying drive were not damaged in any way? File corruption is a very common
occurrence wherever dying hardware is involved. Problems with the old
motherboard or the drive could potentially cause this to happen.

So there's two weak spots in the scenario that could cause a drop in
performance and that you may need to backtrack on.

 

[Pat Garard]

G'Day Sharon,

Thanks for the response!

-Was the new motherboard an exact replacement for the old?

The replacement is an entirely different Board using the old CPU.

reallocated clusters. Are you confident that the bits transferred ...

At the moment I am not confident of anything.

I will think about the repair install - I am also tempted to start right over!

 

[Sharon F]

I will think about the repair install - I am also tempted to start right over!

You're welcome, Pat. When changing a motherboard, I always repair install.
I once lost an entire setup from a failed boot after a motherboard
replacement. Never again. Well, at least not for that reason

Good luck with whatever you decide to do!

 

[Pat Garard]

G'Day Sharon,

I tried the repair install - much better, but still odd things happening.

I eventually opted for a clean install - much better, but so many small
things
to get up to date.

Today (the third day) I have resur(rected)faced.

Many Thanks for your support!

 

[Sharon F]

G'Day Sharon,

I tried the repair install - much better, but still odd things happening.

I eventually opted for a clean install - much better, but so many small
things
to get up to date.

Today (the third day) I have resur(rected)faced.

Many Thanks for your support!

Hi, Pat! Glad to hear that you've been making progress on this and in the
right direction!

Reinstalling updates is not a lot of fun but at least you now have the
beginnings of a "good base" for everything else to work off. Wishing you
continued good luck with this new install!