miner,

You are very kind but if you look at the few messages between myself and Optimist we came to the conclusion that the machine might not have an Asus motherboard. The serial number on the bottom of the machine is not the same as that found by Belarc.

It would be a total disaster if this exercise to make connection with a couple of non essential devices screwed up the whole machine.

Do take a look at that Belarc and Sandra report thread by all means and tell me what you think it is saying. I am no computer wizz but I can't see why I have an Asus board and an American Megatrends bios - but at least most of the computer works and I am inclined to let things be....

But thanks yet again. I have had more help from this thread in the last couple of days than in two weeks spent with other forums connected with cameras and GPS.

TP

TP there are only two major writers of BIOS programs, AMI is one of them and for instance my Asus desktop uses AMI BIOS. The BIOS may be tailored to a particular manufacturer but it is not written by them.

When you downloaded Asusupdate, did you download a version specifically for your laptop? I expect that its error messages are simply saying that it is finding a motherboard and BIOS that it does not recognise, not that they are not made by Asus. BTW I have never got Asusupdate to work properly downloading straight from the internet.

Since the information from Sandra appears correct (after all it gives your laptop model numbers) I would not think it would be dangerous to use miner's links since they are obviously specific to your laptop.

K,

I never got Asusupdate to install as it did not recognise the board. Yes, I downloaded the one for my laptop.

You say the info from Sandra. My confusion it is the Sandra stuff that comes first and the Belarc one that follows. It gives the laptop model number - it is the serial numbers that differ from those on the underneath of the case.

I'll have another look for an Asusupdate download as I like the fact that it saves the old Bios - and makes me feel a bit more capable of recovering!!

TP

Min,

Interestingly I see that Winflash is already on this machine in the Asus progs folder.

So presumably they expect people to use it.

TP

TP

In that case, run that program and use options 4, 3, 1-save BIOS and then if the BIOS information looks OK try 1-update BIOS from file.

Make sure the laptop is runing on mains power when you update.

BTW TP, in terms of the laptop recognising devices, have you been testing with no other USB devices connected. Some USB implementations have historically suffered from being unable to provide sufficient power to high drainage devices, particularly if multiple devices are connected.

Thanks guys,

K. Yes I have tried removing all the other USB devices - no luck.

Opt, Thanks I'll see what happens. I have got no further than the initial warning message.

TP

TP

First update your bios as described earlier as it deals with a USB storage issue and your camera sort of works like a storage device.

Now try updating the software for your Ricoh camera because on the download page under the revision history it says the following -

"2007/12/26 Add the GR DIGITAL II into compatible models of Caplio software"

Your software is probably old and hence your camera will not be supported.


Uninstall the current software by going to the add/remove programs section of the control panel.

Run the CaplioSoftware_En.exe file at the link below which I believe extracts the installer, then run the Setup.exe file. (This file installs the camera drivers too which is probably why Windows isn't recognising it).

http://www.ricoh.com/r_dc/download/sw/win/dl/CaplioSoftware_En.exe

This should work if you follow all the instructions.


Finally the firmware update (all sorts of things are fixed), it's revision history and instructions for updating are here -

http://www.ricoh.com/r_dc/download/firmware/grd2/


Hope this helps.

Thanks miner,

A bit too occupied with more mundane things today to risk trying.

But will certainly revisit the recommendations.

You have been very kind and thorough in your suggestions.

TP

I've got something called Greybird virus, Norton finds it but cant get rid of it, which I think is starting to slow up my PC up a lot after 2 or 3 hours

I have a AMD SEMPRON 3100+ PC

I am looking for another PC mainly to handly 4+ DVI monitors and very hungry games ie F.E.A.R and Unreal Tornement 2004 and UT3 etc with out the crashing video cards.

1) Are AMD still as powerful and good as Intel??

2) Do I need Duo core or Quad core, whats the difference??

3) which CPU one should I get?

4) AGP or PCI-E X16 and how many slots? for either

Richgit

There is an article comparing processors in the June edidion of PC Pro which is well worth reading.

According to their tests, nearly all of the AMD processors were slower than nearly all the Intel ones although the AMD may be cheaper. Of the Intel ones, the Core 2 Duo E8000 series apear to be the best performance at a reasonable price. Some Core 2 Quad's are faster but very expensive.

Do not confuse the Core 2 Duo with the now obsolete Core Duo which was never very good.

PCI-E expansion slots are the future.

Optimist, thanks I'll see if I can find a copy ;-)

rich,some major parts for you to look at.

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Seasonic X900 SS-900HP 900w PSU 109.99

Lian Li PC-A71B Aluminium Tower Case - Black 119.99

OcUK GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail 93.99

Abit IP35 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard 86.99

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail 119.99

Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x2GB) Supplied with Airflow Fan (TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF) 99.99

Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103UJ) 83.99

Sub Total : 808.92
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : 12.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : 143.83
Total : 965.70

rich,or something like THIS

scussy, thanks ;-)

I think I looked at a Duo Core 3.00 GHz, with 2 x Geforce 8800 1gb dd2 dual dvi as I saw the games now need 3.00GHz to play especialy FEAR and UNREAL Tournement

Am I right about this??

you will need to overclock the cpu to get 3.00ghz,or you can get Intel Core 2 Quad Extreme Edition QX9650 for 650 that does 3ghz as standard,(not worth the money unless your rich,)
the Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 2.40GHz easy overclocks to 3ghz, 140

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail 150

i dont think many games use the quad core at the moment,but its best to have quad for the other programs that are CPU hungry,
my IT friend has one and he says it goes like stink and he has loads of programs working at the same time,
as this PC is not a standard,have you got an IT man to biuld it,

Scussy, no IT man, might find someone to put it together thou, not sure if they know how to overcock it ;)

Thought I could get the PC off the self, which will the cheaper do you think, build it or off the self?

you can get one off the shelf from http://www.overclockers.co.uk
you dont want it in SLI mode as the two graphics go to one screen,its only a software change so cannot be hard for them,
best bet is to ring them at OC's and tell them what you want,after added more mem (4gig) the case you want and windows that you want its about 1,000
i have bought parts to build 2 overclocked pcs from them in the past,when i get a new PC next i will go this way as my IT friend just said he prob could not get the parts that cheap,

i like this one

Just loaded SP3 to my XP Pro.

Apart from the fact it failed yesterday, having done it without a hitch today, I am sure my laptop is running faster.

The download and installation seemed to take a couple of hours, but appears to be worth it - and a good excuse to pop out to the boozer.

TP