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V5, 5.40 Bios, USB corruption
Corruption on V5 with MN-510 Wireless USB adaptor

New MessageV5, 5.40 Bios, USB corruption (modified 0 times) acadiel
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Okay.

I haven't hacked one of these since 2000 (when they came out), and decided to hack a V5. I got everything together, put the new bios (5.40, Wild Pencil from BadFlash) in, installed WinME on it, and a Microsoft MN-510 802.11b USB (Prism 2 chipset) adaptor. (I've made sure I have the latest drivers for this as well).

I'm having the strangest problems with data corruption using Windows Update - nothing ever wants to update at all (it just all fails after it downloads and says to try again). I've also tried copying files from my LAN from another system (like Mozilla's latest distribution) - about halfway through the transfer, the I-Opener just powers off. I tried downloading Mozilla from the Internet, and the download is corrupted. The only way I can get a reliable download is through the built-in modem.

I've tried the pci.exe trick mentioned in the moderated technical board by Georgie, but that hasn't worked either.

Anyone have any more ideas? This is getting really frustrating...

Thanks!

02-09-2003 11:55:30

New MessageRE:V5, 5.40 Bios, USB corruption (modified 0 times) Wild_Pencil
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Try Win98. WinME is known to have HUGE issues, not just IOpener related...

Otherwise.. it sounds like you're maxing out your power supply. Try using a powered USB hub to eliminate drawing current through the USB port. Or, try dropping your FSB or clock-multiplier.

-WP

02-11-2003 13:25:30

New MessageRE:V5, 5.40 Bios, USB corruption (modified 0 times) acadiel
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Okay, here's what I have done:

- Powered the MN-510 USB Wireless with a self-powered USB Hub
- Placed Windows 98 on the I-Opener
- Have 5.40a bios installed
- Installed the VIA 4.28 4-in-1 drivers

I am still having tons of problem with USB corruption. Any more ideas? I've even tried the pci.exe trick once, but I believe that was in the 5.40a bios already.

02-18-2003 11:00:48

New MessageRE:V5, 5.40 Bios, USB corruption (modified 0 times) acadiel
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Here's what I have also tried:

1) Using the USB filter drive (1.10)
2) Getting rid of the IRQ for the display, leaving the USB controller on its own IRQ (and disabling the second one).

02-18-2003 17:09:51

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