1. I don't even both with the US Acer site when looking for drivers
and updates. I think they point everyone to the European ftp site on
one of the links anyway.

2. The clean install and info gathering sounds like a good triage
step.

3. I think you will be prevented from substituting a system file
from XP x64

4. wondering about
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/930261

5. see BIOS settings and see if there is a memory re-mapping
setting.

On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 14:43:00 -0600, coljohnhannibalsmith
wrote:


Thank you for your assistance,

I've flashed many BIOs myself and am aware of the dangers. Thanks for
the caveat. The greatest danger is from power interruption during a
flash; however corrupted and incorrect files can also be a danger. I am
currently using v3.05 from the AcerPanAm.com site; so this will be the
2nd flash for me. I've noticed this is the second time you've referred
me to a European site. Do they generally release more quickly there
than here in the US? Anyway, the model #5100 looks correct and the
latest version appears to be v3.10, which is consistent with the
previous verion numbers. I will try it after reading your blog and the
"release notes," if there are any.

It appears the next step for me is to perform a Clean Install again on
my new drive and collect the crash data and dump files from the install
BSOD, then save the crash data and dump files from the SD Card BSOD and
forward them to MS with the reminder that these were obatined with no
other software than the OS itself loaded from the first crash & the OS
plus Card Reader Drivers from the second crash. It is my current theory
that the causes are the same. If the files are text files, which I
believe some of them are and they are small enough, I will also post
them here with appropriate labeling, so that all may inspect them and
that my scientific method of discovery may be well documented. When I'm
further along toward a resoltion I will post the actual MS case number,
so that all may inspect.

I'm really convinced the problem is with NTFS.SYS. I've been playing
with the idea of substituting the NTFS.SYS file from XP x64. I don't
know if this is even possible, because it may call different subroutines
or differently named subroutines than the Vista x64 version; but it
would be quite a coup if it worked; however I'll try flashing the BIOS
first.

As an aside, Vista x32 will only see 2GB of my 4GB ram even though it's
supposed to be capable of addressing 128GB Ram. Any thoughts on this?


-John
--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/