Okay so after yesterdays data loss, I thought I had learnt my lession. Doh I was VERY wrong. It also seems that I have become very bitter and twisted over the last few weeks :-|
So at home I have an Elonex eXentia Media Centre PC, which I upgraded to Vista Ultimate a while back. So I get home last night and start up Windows Update and see that I have the same updates to apply, plus one for my TV Card. So I say download. Before I go to bed, I tell it to reboot.
So I wake up this morning and go to check out what the deal is. I see Vista telling me that it has found a new device. YES I think, it has found my DVD drive .. at last.
I should be so lucky. Instead, the "new" device is actually my OLD TV card. So I follow the little wizard and it then says, err cant find the driver where can I get it? I don't bloody know .. it was working before this stupid update!. So I point it at a share I have will my XP drivers and it and it says, NA CANT FIND THE DRIVER .. you are the weakest link, goodbye!
So now in device manager I have two unknown devices, that are my TV card and no way to get them back. Ah I think, driver roll back. NOPE, the damm button is greyed out, so I am shagged as Media Centre doesnt work now!
Ah, how about removing the update! So I go to "Uninstall an update" and NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
So the state of play as of now 0900 UK time, 31st January 2007 is that my Elonex eXentia is Shagged. It used to be a media centre pc but the DVD drive doesn't work and neither now does the TV card. I left this morning attempting to install the MCE2005 XP drivers from Avermedia and will see when I get home if my TV Card is working again. If not, I will rebuild my Elonex on Friday and put XP back on!
SO WARNING: If you have an Elonex eXentia DO NOT INSTALL VISTA. If you have DO NOT INSTALL THE AVERMEDIA update
Hi there,
I have been asked to help a friend with the same upgrade and found your story whilst looking into the upgrade process.
Did you manage to get Vista to work, or did you have to go back to XP?
Do you know what make/model the DVD drive is?
Stuart