LinuxRacr

There is no radio, only an amp. I am just trying to find out what the best place to install it is. I haven't tried F8 yet.

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LinuxRacr

I ended up being able to do a recovery install. At first, it wasn't an option, but then I went to the console, and did away with the boot.ini. When it rebooted, I had given up, and was going to do a brand new install, and low and behold, the option for recovery was there! After I got the system up, the USB hub would be powerd up. The keyboard is enabled in the BIOS, and works until windows fully loads to the welcome screen, and then I saw the hub deactivate. I had to plug in a PS/2 keyboard, and then break out of the hibernation, to a fresh boot. When Windows came up, it found all my USB devices, and all was well with the world! Now all I have to do is figure out my ground loop/altenator whine issues.

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striker008

Good, the next thing I was going to tell you to try was to recover windows...might wanna run a scandisk on that drive. Boot sectors don't just disappear for no reason.

breaker021

It can now be officially called an mp3... or a wma... or an avi... or mpg.... etc ;]

good job
- sh00k

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My Setup:http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=73500

Cost so far: Less than a grand ;]



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LinuxRacr

I think it was a hardware change that did me in. I destroyed the boot.ini file on purpose, so I could recover.

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LinuxRacr

Thanks man. So how many MP3's do we have around here besides mine? There were only 1500 made.

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LinuxRacr

Ok, so here are some things I noticed. When I mute the carputer sound, I still have the whine. When I move the mouse, maximize, and minimize application windows, I get distinct noise with each action. Any ideas on where I should start troubleshooting? I have a GLI from Install Edge, and it has two brown wires sticking out of it. Are those both grounds? Here is a picture:

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LinuxRacr

I was also thinking today, that the whine I am hearing now, only really was prevalent in my old laptop/docking station project only when the Sirius Tuner was not muted. On my old carputer setup, this whine wasn't there. I don't have my Sirius Tuner hooked up right now to my new setup, and the whine is still there. Does this help narrow it down?

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LinuxRacr

Last night while messing around with the my Xenarc 700IDT, which is having issues for the 5th time, I unplugged the touch screen controller usb cable, and most of my noise stopped. Hmmmm...

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LinuxRacr

My 700IDT started loosing color again. After some testing, I took it apart, and low and behold the ribbon cable was broken again. This is the third time....

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LinuxRacr

Ordered two new ribon cables from Xenarc (just in case)!

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LinuxRacr

Ok, I got the screen working again yesterday. Today I woke up early, and got my touch screen working again after almost 2 years. I had given up. The touchkit drivers out on the Xenarc website do not work for my 700IDT touch screen. I lost the original CD that came with my screen that had drivers from a company called Liyitec. So this morning, I went looking for the driver, and found it here. My touchscreen is the URTC type, so I downloaded the driver from 03/09/2005, and it works like a champ!

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xxMIKExx

your touchscreen is a pain in the ***.

LinuxRacr

Why do you say that? The reason I had issues was that I had reloaded Windows XP on my original carputer setup, and had lost the driver CD. The lightbulb came on a few days ago, as to how to solve this problem. I had gotten used to not having a touchscreen, but so good to have it back!!

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striker008

So, is the whine still there? I am thinking your monitor needs to be seperately regrounded...Is it hard-wired into the car, or do you plug it into the cig. lighter?