having issues since migrating to Windows 7

[maineman]

I agree with Johan. He raises some excellent points.
So I guess this "Monster" initially came with Vista installed? I remember I had asked about the original OS in this rig, but maybe I missed it.

I still don't get what's up with your bios. According to dell you should be able to configure your SATA II devices as IDE and not AHCI.
I'm curious as to how your system and Fab would get along.

Curious also that Fab and the ext burner aren't interested in a relationship. and if I recall correctly, Fab has never run on this rig since the Win7 insytall, correct?

As a shot in the dark, please do the following.
Device manager >
scroll down to VSO (at or near the bottom) >
click on the + to expand >
open patin-couffin driver and delete all instances of this...I suspect you have more than one.

Uninstall Fab
Run CCleaner and under Advanced be certain to tick Old Prefetch data
Try a fresh download and install of v. 6.2.2.0.
I hope that this succeeds, but I do not have high expectations.

As stated by Johan and I absolutely agree with his advice, I would think seriously about flashing your bios, any chipset updates and using a spare hdd...wipe it clean and start fresh with a new Win7 install.

[BIG]

having issues since migrating to Windows 7

Johan,
No apologies necessary, as I appreciate all insight as i am human and I too have a tendency to overlook a detail or two.

Thanks very much for your input.

[maineman]

Hi Big,

Sorry, I didn't catch your post in time either.
I'd still give the patin-couffin issue a try though. I have seen a number of I/O conflicts with this in the past..
That is, if you still have hair left on your head...

[BIG]

maineman,

The original OS was XP but with the Vista upgrade option and i canned the XP and went straight to Vista ultimate-64.

And , Yes, I do have the ability, in the bios to toggle between AHCI and the ATA, which i havent tried. I guess thats next, although was a bit apprehensive to do this, but what do I have to lose?
Sorry if I gave the impression that AHCI/ATA wasnt an option.
I have only 1 instance of the patin-couffin in DM,
Ive performed the uninstall, temp,pre-fetch, cccleaner clean before to no avail. Shall I try again?
Fab has never worked for me in Windows7
Thanks,

[maineman]

Gotcha,

I think the bios is worth a shot, you can always return to the previous config or go with default which is probably where you are now.

I had another thought about the patin-couffin driver.
Go ahead and try it as I suggested, but if it fails and you're still up for another try.

Do the same thing, only this time just prior to installing Fab, untick the VSO install. You'll be forced to use Img or nero in this instance, but Img is a much superior burn engine anyway.

Good luck and hang in there.

[Johan]

maineman
I assume the patin-couffin driver install with vso. I have never used this engine so this is new to me but if it allows windows access to the ODD's then ya that could be an issue. Like I said before I use Ccleaner on a regular basis great for cleaning up your system and in all the time I have used it, it has never once messed up my registry

[maineman]

Sorry again...
yes, do the same, uninstall, ccleaner, prefetch, etc.
This time may result in a better outcome after undeleting the patin-couffin driver which has a nasty habit of not wanting to leave.

[maineman]

Hi Johan,

Yeah, CCleaner as well as other cleaners like Regeeker tend to not "clean" the patin-couffin driver. And yes, although VSO has recently moved toward SPTI and away from patin-couffin, it still installs with VSO, at least last time I checked.
I'll bet it's on Big's system.

Sorry guys, I shoulda come up with this back on the first page.
I haven't seen it as an issue for a while and at my age, when new data comes in, something else tends to "leave"...

[BIG]

All,

Im up for as many fix attempts and actually, i enjoy troubleshooting as its a part of my daily work NETENG responsiblilties.

Ok, so lets make certain that Im understanding correctly the flow.

Uninstall fab, manuallydelete patin-couffin,run cccleaner, clean prefetch,temp,
reboot.
BIOS switch from AHCI to ATA
Install FAB but without patin-couffin., reboot.
Question:
Since IMG is already installed, shall i uninstall it and reinstall anywhere during the process?

Thanks,

[Johan]

When it comes to trouble shooting I like to do one thing at a time. If uninstall reinstall doesn't work then try the BIOS and I think IMG should be OK

[BIG]

One thing at a time it is.
Got it

[maineman]

Yup, you got it.
One thing at a time and as Johan said, Img should not be a problem.

Fingers X'd my friend

[BIG]

having issues since migrating to Windows 7

ALL,

I just went to the BIOS toggle from AHCI to ATA, booted up, tried it and it works!!.

Although the 10K master appears to boot slower, this MONSTER reads and converts to ISO in 3 min, ISO to mp4 in about 4 mins.

Thats not bad.


NOW I need to know why this ouldnt work in AHCI mode. Does anyone know?


ANYHOW, You guys are the best.

THANKS A MILLION!!!

[GregiBoy]

Big, that's great to hear!!!

I know it has been a real trial.

I would suspect driver incompatibility though. It always happens when a new O/S is released.

[Johan]

ITS ALIVE!! IGOR THE MONSTER LIVES AGAIN
I'm glad we could help. Atleast your hair will grow back.
My best guess would be that during OS install the proper INTEL driver wasn't added for AHCI and Win7's driver didn't quite cut the mustard. When I first installed VISTA 64 a couple of years back I hadn't heard of AHCI. My shiny new OS was Nasty. The USB didn't work right and I swear my OS thought my ODDs were hard drives. They wouldn't show up in My computer sometimes If I put a CD/DVD in It wanted to format them so I could use them. Couldn't access them at all. When they did work they were terrible. Took me 4 hrs to install FEAR. After about a month of hair pulling I finally stumbled across the AHCI on another forum.
ANYWAY i'M RAMBLIN.
So glad things are chugging along for ya.
Happy burning