Llisa Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 As a Mac User i finally decided to buy a PC as well (no comments on this please ..;-)) to be able to use a few PC only Programs. Everything works well including Sonic Stage 2.0. The problem is that the 2.1 as well as the 2.2 Updater crashes everytime; as i'm not too good in finding problems on a PC i am wondering whether anybody has an idea of what the reason could be. All System requirements are met and all the instructions being followed. As i use the MD for uncompressed PCM Recordings in order to be able to transfer and edit them afterwards 2.2 is pretty much essential for me... Sony is giving no reply..:-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_Walker Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 yes 2.1 KILLED MY COMPUTER TOO... (win2000) it seemed to install OK, and then even worked the first time i tried it.. BUT the second time i opened it - it was HOOPED.. i had to uninstall everything and put 2.0 in from the CD. now the WAV file converter insists i re-install 2.1 again! ARRGH! has anyone managed to get 2.1 or 2.2 running ok? my machine is running win2000 server, BTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Welcome to the forums. Please state your operating system and system specs. Furthermore, please reinstall via the directions in the NetMD faq, found within the NetMD forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_Walker Posted December 18, 2004 Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 well, win2000server SP4 with 512 megs of RAM 2.0 was running fine "for a while" until today i went to use it and the HI-MD driver was TOAST i just did a FULL CLEANUP ( as per NetMD FAQ) and carefully reinstalled only to find the same problem... this software is MEGA FRUSTRATING - now i cant even get 2.0 to install from the CD!!!! well it all installs "perfectly" - up until the time i plug in the MD unit.. then the driver flakes out with some obscure error message ( after spending 2 minutes searching for the driver it apparently loads the WRONG DRIVER and then complains it cant bind or configure with it properly) I've been into add/remove hardware, and deleted all the hidden "NETMD" and "Sony USB STORAGE" drivers (to no avail) There is something REALLY F***KED UP with the sony driver installation.. i tried running the standalone driver installer, ( it did exited without a peep the first couple of times, but the most recent time it reported succes in installing the drivers - of course, it STILL DOESNT WORK) and just pointing at the OBVIOUS driver folder on the CD doesnt allow it to FIND them.. even though one of the INF files clearly contains my device (NH-600) im up to about 5 uninstall/ installs inthe last several hours... im just about ready to take a sledgehammer to my MD recorder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted December 19, 2004 Report Share Posted December 19, 2004 This might have to do with this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887811 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_Walker Posted December 19, 2004 Report Share Posted December 19, 2004 NO - i applied the patch for that already! it makes no difference... i tried the 2.3 'upgrade' - it did NOTHING to solve my problem either. I have a USELESS $200 HI-MD paperweight now... Sony are just being irresponsible PRICKS about it.. as soon as they found out i have a "600" ( not a 600"D") SONY USA claimed they 'couldnt' help me!! YEAH RIGHT.. as if it has ANYTHING to do with the unit. its their friggin SOFTWARE that is all f***ED up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted December 19, 2004 Report Share Posted December 19, 2004 This doesn't occur with everyone, so please don't assume that it's Sony's fault and this experience is commonplace. This is an isolated incident and does sporadically happen from time to time. I am just trying to help. Perhaps you could try uninstalling via the NetMD faq, install Sonicstage 1.5 and then install 2.3 on top of that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_Walker Posted December 19, 2004 Report Share Posted December 19, 2004 WELL.. if its not SONY's fault, pray tell whose fault IS IT??? :-) I tell ya - this sonicstage software has been flakey from DAY ONE for me! I was able to install 2.0 today on a nearly identical machine (same OS & patches) and it worked on the first try (although it was the same story on the notebook im currently having all this grief with, so im not holding my breath!). But sonicstage 2.0 on the second machine is not all GLEE either, first thing i did today was ask it to play a recording from one of my MDs - which it DID - until about halfway through where it FROZE the machine... something that has NEVER ever happened to this machine in 3 years! I had to do a hardware reset :-( Im just debating if i should TRY and upgrade to 2.3 now on THIS machine.. But i STILL need to get the friggin thing working on my notebook I do appreciate that you are trying to help :-)) But can you honestly say you have ever seen a more poorly-designed and implemented piece of software in your entire life?? Anyhow - where can i get an installer for sonicstage 1.5?? my CD only comes with sonicstage 2.0... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted December 19, 2004 Report Share Posted December 19, 2004 It's eighty eight megabytes. *ducks* http://www.minidisc.org/download/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_Walker Posted December 19, 2004 Report Share Posted December 19, 2004 Thanks very much! ! I must say that over the past year, this forum has been at least twenty times more helpful than SonyCorp could ever dream of being... Its bedtime here anyway, so i will try the download :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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