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Brett Caton
I a problem with a cd and dvd drive when I installed windows xp. They
appeared then disappeared in device manager. I was told that i might be
hitting a problem with windows has with managing multiple devices, as it
worked fine in Ubuntu.
So i bought an ASUS 1608p2s. I could install windows from it but not use
it for installing games (STOP errors) or burning etc. I formatted and
reinstalled and the DVD-RW drive appeared, and i tested itby installing
and playing a game from cd. That was fine. Watched a DVD. fine. Tried
installing a game (Civ 4) from DVD to my second drive (the first is very
small). Bam. It was like i'd pulled the power plug.
I'm thinking of trying to copy files from DVD onto ubuntu. Maybe my
powerpack is inadequate for the load when the DVD is full speed? It's
wattage is obscured and due to the way the case is constructed, getting
it out is going to be a pain. I have a spare but it's for an intel p4
(1300 i think)and this is an amd athlon 1400 and i don't know if that's
compatible or what. However, if file copying from dvd to drive 2 worked
under ubuntu, wouldn't that imply it's a windows XP issue and not a
hardware problem?
Help! I promised my gf a working xp box a week ago and I have scabby
knees and elbows from all the fiddling around on the floor with this
horrid hellbeast of a pc. :*)
Can anyone tell me if they have seen this before and know what the fix
is? Is there a log file which might tell me what the fault was that gave
me a BSOD? I'll write down the stop error if i see it again but this
time it flashed by before poof! back to power off.
Brett Caton.
appeared then disappeared in device manager. I was told that i might be
hitting a problem with windows has with managing multiple devices, as it
worked fine in Ubuntu.
So i bought an ASUS 1608p2s. I could install windows from it but not use
it for installing games (STOP errors) or burning etc. I formatted and
reinstalled and the DVD-RW drive appeared, and i tested itby installing
and playing a game from cd. That was fine. Watched a DVD. fine. Tried
installing a game (Civ 4) from DVD to my second drive (the first is very
small). Bam. It was like i'd pulled the power plug.
I'm thinking of trying to copy files from DVD onto ubuntu. Maybe my
powerpack is inadequate for the load when the DVD is full speed? It's
wattage is obscured and due to the way the case is constructed, getting
it out is going to be a pain. I have a spare but it's for an intel p4
(1300 i think)and this is an amd athlon 1400 and i don't know if that's
compatible or what. However, if file copying from dvd to drive 2 worked
under ubuntu, wouldn't that imply it's a windows XP issue and not a
hardware problem?
Help! I promised my gf a working xp box a week ago and I have scabby
knees and elbows from all the fiddling around on the floor with this
horrid hellbeast of a pc. :*)
Can anyone tell me if they have seen this before and know what the fix
is? Is there a log file which might tell me what the fault was that gave
me a BSOD? I'll write down the stop error if i see it again but this
time it flashed by before poof! back to power off.
Brett Caton.