8204 OS redo

[ocean158]

I'm experiencing crashes (blue screen error) telling me that my hard drive had a physical dump or something like that.

It started happening before I did the bios flash update when I started adobe Premiere pro 1.5 and saved the new project to the d drive. It happened again when I started adobe audition 2.0 and stated I wanted to start a temp drive on the D drive.

But now the third time, it happened when i had only 12 programs running and I selected Rhapsody music player to start...boom stack dump. I have a feeling that the partition is messed up?

So my next question is, I'm getting a copy of Windows XP pro so I can do a complete reinstall. What are some tips to wipe the whole thing clean and start from scratch?

Thanks.

[ocean158]

Hi ocean158. I'm also investigating this issue. I posted this (http://www.notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=137169) in support. Also, from lurking at the adobe forums (can't exactly remember the post), it looks like an ATI driver problem or a sound driver issue.

Wow, the 8204 is like a box of chocolates...yah never know what you're gonna get next!

Okay thanks, maybe if i get the catalyst 6.2 drivers will that make it work better?

[czm2000]

I just fired up Premier Elements 2.0 for the first time on my 8204. It opened, I clicked create a New Project and then clicked save and got the same blue screen an Physical Memory dump. This sucks :D

[ocean158]

just started adobe premiere pro 1.5 and it crashed while loading, it worked last time when I saved to the C Drive. When it rebooted it said driver error. I'm thinking that it's the ATI drivers. Do you guys have 6.2 installed?

I haven't upgraded my ati drivers yet.

[ocean158]

okay installed the new omega drivers, adobe still crashes. This is huge as I make part of my living from editing video.

[czm2000]

Mines not Live ore Die serious, but I do quite a few things involving video editing prior to Flash encoding and this is going to annoy the hell out of me with out a fix. Actually, the more I think about it, this is going to affect me pretty seriously. I wonder what is specifically the cause. I'm using the default ATI drivers that came with the system. It's got to be graphics card. Hmmm.....

[wynand32]

Add me to the list... Just ran Premier Pro 2, and got a blue screen before I even had a chance to save. Funny thing is, I got the same result (I'm guessing, the same error, but a least a blue screen) running Premiere Pro on a 5672 I was evaluating.

Both systems have ATI graphics, albeit the X1400 vs. the X1600. I'm not sure if the sound hardware's the same, so that doesn't narrow it down. I didn't get a chance to write down the offending .sys file, but I'll do that next time I can afford a forced blue screen...

[josephwebmail]

Step 1

Update your Acer 8204 with the latest BIOS update

You can download the BIOS update here (the US site does not have the BIOS update posted yet)

ftp.support.acer-euro.com/notebook/travelmate_8200/bios/

Step 2

download the latest Realtek High Definition Audio Driver (v.5.10.00.5221) - The HD audio package WDM_R131.exe.

You can download the drivers by visiting the below link...

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/dlhd-2.aspx?lineid=2004052&famid=2004052&series=2004061&Software=True&title=HD%20Audio%20CODECs

After you update the BIOS and the Realtek HD Audio Driver you will nolonger experience the dreaded blue screen using Adobe Premiere 1.5!
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[ocean158]

crosing my fingers!

[ocean158]

YES! Thanks a ton Joseph, I hope it stays stable. Big thanks, I had done the bios update a few days ago but hadn't upgraded to the realtek drivers even though I had upgraded to omega 6.2.