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Hi all!

Been at this all night and I think I need some new ideas. I'll try and run
through what's happened so far...

PC normally on all the time with no probs. No recent changes, no virus
according to AVG and spybot and adaware report no threats.

BSOD yesterday morning. Reboot and it does it again. Unplug modem (this was
before the virus scan so was trying to make sure nothing untoward "phoned
home") and it starts fine. Plug modem back in and instant BSOD.

Reinstalled modem software and checked modem (speedtouch 330 USB) out on
this PC and it's working fine. Tried it again on original pc only for it to
BSOD again.

Tried to re-install VIA USB drivers (Asrock K7VM2) but the installation disk
tells me that the drivers come with XP so it hasn't got them.

I stick WinXP disk in to perform a repair install (sledgehammer to crack a
nut perhaps..) and am told it won't as SP2 is installed on PC and disk is
only SP1.

Slipstream SP2 onto a new disk and romp into a repair install only for the
thing to hang at 34 minutes and BSOD. tracked a fix down online and followed
this from
http://techtracer.com/2007/03/12/xp-...minute-hiccup/


a.. Let the XP hang up at 34 minutes remaining for the first time
b.. remove the CD from the CDROM and reboot
c.. Don't enter the CD when the installation asks for it, instead open the
DOS prompt (Shift + F10)
d.. goto C:/Windows and type setupapi.log, hit enter
e.. The setupapi.log file opens in a notepad
f.. Scroll to the very last few lines in the file and search for the word
"inf"
g.. You will notice that in the last few moments the installation created
a file with the extension ".inf" before dying out (in my case it was the
faulty modem for which XP created the file mdmcxpt.inf).
h.. It means that the device mentioned in the last few lines is faulty and
you have to make the installation skip through it.
i.. Close the notepad and go to the folder C:/windows/inf in command
prompt
j.. Browse through the files to find the ".inf" which was related to the
faulty device.
k.. Straightaway delete the inf file (eg: del mdmcxpt.inf)
l.. now put in the XP installation CD and Continue the installation
It will not put in the drivers related to the faulty device and so it wont
freeze this time !! (It said optimistically)



So, it turned out to be keyboard.inf as last .inf mentioned in setupapi.log
but it hung at 34 mins again. tried procedure again and this time it's
usb.inf (no surprise there) I removed it and it still hung at 34 minutes.
Rebooted. entered debugging mode and it got through to the end.

So, windows asks for keyboard drivers, sort that. then I do this to get USB
files back on pc..

From
http://forums.logitech.com/rss/messa...essage.id=5628
as I have this webcam installed too and it was showing as a problem in
Device Manager. It seemed to fit the bill exactly.

1. Unplug the camera.
2. Create a Temp folder at C:\Temp\
3. Navigate to C:\Windows\i386\ (If this folder is not available, you can
use the \i386\ folder off of a Windows XP CD-Rom.)
4. Copy 'expand.exe' to C:\Temp\
5. Copy 'usb.in_' to C:\Temp\
6. Copy 'wdma_usb.in_' to C:\Temp\
7. Click Start -> Run -> CMD
8. Type: CD\
9. Press ENTER
10. Type: cd temp
11. Press ENTER
12. Type: expand -r usb.in_
13. Press ENTER
14. Type: expand -r wdma_usb.in_
15. Press ENTER
16. Type: exit
17. Press ENTER
18. Open My Computer.
19. Navigate to C:\Temp\
20. Copy the files 'usb.inf' and 'wdma_usb.inf'
21. Paste these files into the folder C:\Windows\Inf\

NOTE: Say YES to overwrite any files being copied.

22. Click Start -> Run -> regedit
23. Navigate in the windows registry to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\U SB\
24. Delete any keys that begin with: VID_046D

NOTE: If you receive a message that says Access is Denied, right-click on
the USB folder and choose Permissions. Under Permissions, toward the bottom
put a checkmark under 'Allow' for Full Control. Then click OK.

25. After deleting the VID_046D registry keys, close the Windows Registry.
26. Restart the computer.
27. After restart, plug in the camera and follow the connection wizards
(Automatic installation).

So plug in cam to test USB and it is not recognised. Try modem again and it
black screens, no error message, no BSOD... just sits there with a black
screen. Unplug modem and all is well.

Ground to a halt myself too... any ideas anyone?

Cheers for reading this far )

AJ

"Amelia Jane" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi all!
>
> Been at this all night and I think I need some new ideas. I'll try and run
> through what's happened so far...
>
Just tried re-installing speedtouch 330 software / drivers and got this
message during removal of drivers prior to new install..

"Windows could not load the installer for speedtouchUSBmodem. Contact your
hardware vendor for assistance."

Bugger!

AJ