My DV300 installation was going perfect until the very end of the install. Then the installation program asked me if I would like to use the newer version of the 1394.VXD. As I have a Sony TRV900 camera I said "YES".
Now my PC will only boot as far as the Windows 98 front screen.
If I go into \windows\system (safe mode) and rename the WN1394.VXD file to anything else then my system will boot perfectly, therefore prooving it is this file. However then my DV300 won't work.
I can't revert back to the previous version of the VXD (as Pinnacle recommend) as I don't have it.! I'm running a fresh install of the 1.6 drivers and DV300. Not an upgrade.
Does anyone have any ideas..?
I've now tried changing the DV300 to a different slot (2 as 1 is AGP).
Also I've forced the 1394 card to IRQ3, which was the only IRQ not in use. Before it was trying to share IRQ9 with the Modem.
Yet still if I try to use the VXD that I need for the TRV900 the system will hang.
I really don't want to have to send all this kit back after I've been looking forward to getting it for so long, so if anyone has any ideas then please fire away.
Andy
Grasping at straws time here but anything's worth a try right? that's if you can keep your cool and not launch it out the window!
In the past I've had problems gettin' plug and pray SOUND cards to work when they've gone in the machine AFTER an internal modem. When the modem was removed along with all drivers and the sound cards went in first - then re-installed the modem it was happy days.
Worth removing your modem and drivers, then try installing DV300 first, nothing lost by trying?
Regards
Ken
Except for a few hours...
I will try this later, although I'm not too sure this will help much as I have relocated the DV300 to IRQ3 and so now it should have nothing to do with the Modem.
As you say though anything is worth a try. Thanks for the advice. Lets just hope that the result isn't a dead DV300 and Modem.
Andy
Success (I hope!)
I hope that a day of my time will be useful to others who may have this camera / editing system combination.
The root of the problem was that my DV300 card wanted to use IRQ9, and would not let itself be changed to anything else.
I removed every card in my system, 1-by-1, including the SCSI functionality of the DV300 itself. However this did not help.
I then removed the DV300 card itself. Restarted Windows 98 and then shutdown. I then re-installed the DV300. Still nothing worked, but now the DV300 had decided to use IRQ10, no other devices were using this interupt. DVTools still didn't work, but now I got different errors.
I then removed DVTools and 1394 driver and re-installed everything. Hey presto, for the first time EVERYTHING seems to work. I compiled a VERY short movie, including a transition and then exported it to the TRV900. I even re-booted the PC a few times to make sure that it wasn't a fluke.
Finally I re-installed all the cards that I previously removed. Everything still appears to work fine.
Thanks Ken, you were definitely on the right track wiht your comments.
Andy
Andy
Pleased things SEEM to be settling down, now you can start praying they stay that way.
As you said in a previous message in this thread - with plug and pray any available Free irq can and should be used and should (in theory) not make any difference. The reality is - plug and play's a bit of a joke, that's why I suggested letting the DV300 do it's thing first. It also seemed a bit strange to me that 1. your modem was sitting at irq 9, they usually like to sit at com 2(or 4) and irq 3 given a choice, also the DV300 WANTED to sit at irq 9 - when that was already lived in. Both little clues to a plug and pray problem. As I said - I've had this time and again with sound cards that wouldn't plug and play AFTER a modem was fitted, although irq's were free, swop the installation order around and problem cured. I'd dearly love to lay this once more at the door of Microsoft but I feel the hardware manufacturers have big input into this particular can of worms. Anyone else got comments?
Regards
Ken
Andy
One more thing please. Perhaps you could answer a question for me?
It was my understanding the scsi interface on the DV300 COULD NOT be disabled? As I already have scsi built onto the motherboard on one of my machines, this was a major reason I did not purchase this (in my mind) particular bag of S---e, perhaps I was wrong? Any comment?
Regards
Ken
I have a theory here that seems to reflect the given situation, but has not been verified.
When the volume hardware manufactures install Windows etc the do not run thru an install, infact they have a series of pre set images on hard drives that are copied over. I think that in some instances the fact that Plug and Pray has not really been run on the specific system can cause problems later whey you try to add cards that might be a bit pickey with irq etc. I've seen instances where the manufacturer has told tech support that if there are problems like this, go back and reinstall Windows from a standard install.
I'd be interested to see if other experiences might bear out this. I have seen various card suppliers go crazy trying to work on Dell Compaq, Packard Bell etc., I've also seen instances where on a new system just starting over from scratch seemes to fix these conflict problems.
John Ferrick
Ken,
You can physically disable the SCSI BIOS by pressing CTRL-A at bootup and then following the menu's.
However.... I didn't do this, I just did it within 98 by telling it not to use the SCSI card in that config..
Hope that helps.
Andy
John,
I would agree with this.
My machine by the way is a brand new DELL T500, and everything in except the DV300 and the Network card are standard config. For once I was good and didn't even re-install 98..
Andy
SCSI can be disabled on the DV300 by removing a small jumper just to the right of the internal SCSI conection.
If you intend to capture over you network, lots of people would love to hear how you get on. See also postings on Hard drives section of this board.
Ian