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Re: Guide: Installing Windows XP on eBox 33xxMX/MX+ & K-PC

2015-05-25T12:17:11+01:00

How are you powering the CD drive? If there isn't enough power, you might have the drive recognize in BIOS, but when attempting to spin up the drive, it may glitch the power and lock up the board.

Statistics: Posted by PaulL — Mon May 25, 2015 12:17 pm

Re: Guide: Installing Windows XP on eBox 33xxMX/MX+ & K-PC

2015-05-23T17:47:04+01:00

Hello! I know it's an old thread, but I am in desperate need of some help.
First of all, thank you for the tutorial, it's quite detailed and easy to follow. Nonetheless, I cannot install XP on my 3350MX-AP and it's quite frustrating. I use an external CD-DVD Drive and a class 6, 8GB SD Card. I created a bootable XP CD from an XP ISO. In BIOS, both the SD Card and the CD-Drive are recognised and displayed in the boot selection menu. When I select the CD Drive, the machine just cuts off the video signal to my monitor and nothing happens. I have selected the BIOS Failsafe settings and created 3 XP boot disks, with 3 different methods. Apparently nothing works. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you!

Statistics: Posted by child44 — Sat May 23, 2015 5:47 pm

Installing XP and having the USB WiFI dongle.

2013-05-19T10:05:04+01:00

Hi Pedro,

I used the instructions to install Win XP/SP3. on a 3310 with a HD and USB WiFi Dongle. Failed in the text mode with an error message about an USB device. .
Had to; open the box, disconnect the USB WiFi Dongle, close the box, install WinXP, open the box, connect the USB WiFi Dongle, close the box again, then install the drivers for; sound, ethernet, VGA, WiFi etc.
Is functioning ok.
Done it to proof to myself that the USB WiFi dongle is working, I need to get Ubuntu 10.04 working with the dongle, which isn't going well

Cheers,
Jacob

Statistics: Posted by jacob — Sun May 19, 2013 10:05 am

Guide: Installing Windows XP on eBox 33xxMX/MX+ & K-PC

2013-02-07T20:38:08+01:00

Thanks PedroR

Now it works !

Jean Paul

Statistics: Posted by cats92 — Thu Feb 07, 2013 8:38 pm

Guide: Installing Windows XP on eBox 33xxMX/MX+ & K-PC

2013-02-07T19:08:07+01:00

Hi Jean Paul

You can get the latest ethernet drivers here http://www.compactpc.com.tw/support.aspx?mode=3&id=28

make sure they install correctly and reboot the computer after installation.

If it still doesn't work after doing this, go to device manager is the Adapter being shown with an Exclamation mark next to it?

If so, right click, choose Properties->Update Driver. Then locate the folder where the ethernet drivers (these should be INF files, not the EXE or ZIP you downlaod from the link above) are and manually select them.

Regards
Pedro

Statistics: Posted by PedroR — Thu Feb 07, 2013 7:08 pm

Guide: Installing Windows XP on eBox 33xxMX/MX+ & K-PC

2013-02-07T18:59:11+01:00

hello,

Installed Windows XP with SP2 on the eBox 3350MX.
Thanks for the explainations fond here. It is OK.

But i tried to install the Ethernet driver with no success:

*loaded the driver
*put it on a thumb drive
* tried to install

but XP dont show the Ethernet which is connected to an ADSL box (another computer with XP use this connection no problem)

Perhaps i made a mistake in installing the Ethernet driver ?

Please can you desribe the steps to follow to install such driver.

Thanks for help.

Jean Paul

Statistics: Posted by cats92 — Thu Feb 07, 2013 6:59 pm

Guide: Installing Windows XP on eBox 33xxMX/MX+ & K-PC

2013-01-23T16:43:40+01:00

Hi Tibi

I somehow missed your previous post. I apologise for this.

Just as a final test would you mind trying to install ubuntu Linux 10.04 (as explained in this tutorial http://robosavvy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7482)

This is just to rule out any defect with your particular unit. If Ubuntu also doesn't install (with similar symptoms), please get in touch with support@robosavvy.com once again as there might be something wrong with your unit.

We've sold quite a few of those units and none of our customers has ever experienced the symptoms you describe though.

Kind Regards
Pedro.

Statistics: Posted by PedroR — Wed Jan 23, 2013 4:43 pm

Guide: Installing Windows XP on eBox 33xxMX/MX+ & K-PC

2013-01-23T12:10:05+01:00

TiBi wrote:
Hi Pedro

Thanks for your help!

I exactly followed the XP installation with the specific BIOS options advocated by the manufacturer of my ebox 3310MX-L3U4-AP.

I made lots of tests with:

- 2 different SD cards from 2 different manufacturers. I also tried with a DOM (the DMP/Ebox - SATA DOM 8Gb),
- 2 different USB-CD-ROM drives (1 from Asus, the other one from Samsung),
- 3 different (original) installation CDs XP SP3 from different sources.

The result is always the same, as at the first time, XP installation is impossible:

- The 3310MX-L3U4-AP boots from CD Rom and enters the text mode setup.

- After that, I am not able to create the necessary partition because after the "setup is loading files (drivers)" I had black screen with white blinking cursor on the top left of it...

Very embarassing this situation... What to do now?

Regards,
Thierry

Hi,

From my experience, the XP installation is not possible on the 3310MX-L3U4-AP.

Could somebody confirm or infirm that?

Regards,
Thierry

Statistics: Posted by TiBi — Wed Jan 23, 2013 12:10 pm

Guide: Installing Windows XP on eBox 33xxMX/MX+ & K-PC

2013-01-10T22:38:09+01:00

Hi Pedro

Thanks for your help!

I exactly followed the XP installation with the specific BIOS options advocated by the manufacturer of my ebox 3310MX-L3U4-AP.

I made lots of tests with:

- 2 different SD cards from 2 different manufacturers. I also tried with a DOM (the DMP/Ebox - SATA DOM 8Gb),
- 2 different USB-CD-ROM drives (1 from Asus, the other one from Samsung),
- 3 different (original) installation CDs XP SP3 from different sources.

The result is always the same, as at the first time, XP installation is impossible:

- The 3310MX-L3U4-AP boots from CD Rom and enters the text mode setup.

- After that, I am not able to create the necessary partition because after the "setup is loading files (drivers)" I had black screen with white blinking cursor on the top left of it...

Very embarassing this situation... What to do now?

Regards,
Thierry

Statistics: Posted by TiBi — Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:38 pm

Guide: Installing Windows XP on eBox 33xxMX/MX+ & K-PC

2013-01-07T10:28:17+01:00

Hi Pedro

I try ASAP.

Thanks a lot for your help!

Regards,
Thierry

Statistics: Posted by TiBi — Mon Jan 07, 2013 10:28 am

Guide: Installing Windows XP on eBox 33xxMX/MX+ & K-PC

2013-01-03T11:43:28+01:00

Hi Thierry

We have received the following recommendation from the manufcaturer, for installing Windows XP:

Please try the CMOS settings to testing below
1. Power on and press “Del” key into the CMOS settings.

2. Choose “Advanced”.

3. Choose “IDE Configuration”.
Set “OnBoard IDE Operate Mode” to “Native Mode”
Set “Standard IDE Compatible” to “Enabled”

4. Press “Esc” key once to back to “Advanced” menu.

5. Choose “USB Configuration” .
Set “USB 2.0 Controller Mode” to “FullSpeed”.

6. Press “F10” to save the changes and exit.

7. After system rebooting, please press “F11” to boot up from USB CD/DVD ROM and then follow the instruction to install XP in SD Card.

Regards
Pedro

Statistics: Posted by PedroR — Thu Jan 03, 2013 11:43 am

Guide: Installing Windows XP on eBox 33xxMX/MX+ & K-PC

2013-01-02T13:24:41+01:00

Hi Thierry

From your description the issue seems related to the XP installation media or a specific BIOS option but in any case I will forward the question to the manufacturer to check if there's any special procedure needed.

I would recommend that you check the following (please try one step at a time and let us know the result):

1) Go to the BIOS, and do the following 2 procedures:
. "Load Failsafe Defaults"
. Set the first boot device as the CDRom and second boot device as the SD card.
You may want to experiment changing the IDE setting (setting it to Native mode or IDE mode) although this setting should NOT affect anything related to the installation of Windows XP.

2) Please try starting the installation using a different SD card.
You can use one from a Picture Camera or something like that; use it just to test if the installation is able to advance some more with a different SD card.
(you don't need to erase the SD card; you can stop the installation before copying the files; we only want to check what happens with a different SD card).

3) Finally, I would recommend trying to use a different installation CD (as your CD may be damaged) or a different CD Rom drive.

From your most recent description we still believe it is worth trying using a different SD card.
It is also useful to try using a different installation CD (you can for example duplicate it to another CD).

I will let you know if the manufacturer provides any additional information.

Kind Regards
Pedro

Statistics: Posted by PedroR — Wed Jan 02, 2013 1:24 pm

Guide: Installing Windows XP on eBox 33xxMX/MX+ & K-PC

2012-12-31T15:04:05+01:00

Hi Pedro

Thanks a lot for your answer!

The problem stays entire. The XP installation process freezes in the step 1:

- The 3310MX-L3U4-AP boots from CD Rom and enters the text mode setup.

- After that, I am not able to create the necessary partition because after the "setup is loading files (drivers)" I had black screen with white blinking cursor on the top left of it...

I used a SD card SanDisk Extreme 45 MB/s, class 10, 16 Go.

Pls, do you have an idea to solve that?

Regards,
Thierry

Statistics: Posted by TiBi — Mon Dec 31, 2012 3:04 pm

Guide: Installing Windows XP on eBox 33xxMX/MX+ & K-PC

2012-12-26T12:49:17+01:00

Hi Tibi

In order to be able to help you need to provide more information about the error and when it happens. The information provided is not sufficient:

There are several steps during the installation of Windows XP can you explain when it fails?

Step 1: text mode setup.
The machine should boot from CD Rom and enter the text mode setup (which has a Blue background).
In this part you must be able to create the necessary partitions (or choose to do it automatically) and then the installation files are copied to the HDD (in this case the SD card).

Step 2: the machine reboots and it should now boot from the HDD to continue the installation process.
In this part you will now be in Graphical mode.
This part has several steps and the installation _may_ appear to hang for some time during the hardware recognition (the mouse may even freeze).
You should wait and it should complete the hardware recognition.
In the case of the L3U4, there is additional ahrdware so this step may atke a bit longer.

Step 3: Installation completes and final reboot
After installation completes it should reboot and initiate Windows XP.

Regarding the SD card, can you please inform what is the exact size and model of SD card you are using?

The eBox can only use SD cards up to 32Gb.
If you need more storage capacity than 32Gb you can install a 2.5HDD on the ebox 3310MX-L3U4.

Regards
Pedro.

Statistics: Posted by PedroR — Wed Dec 26, 2012 12:49 pm

Re: Guide: Installing Windows XP on eBox 33xxMX/MX+ & K-

2012-12-22T14:20:37+01:00

Hi

I bought recently one DMP - eBox 3310MX-L3U4-AP for an application running with WinXP.

Impossible to install XP on my eBox. I followed the Pedro's guide ("Installing Windows XP on
eBox 33xxMX/MX+ & K-PC") without success.

The installation started normally with no-GUI blue screen, loading files was done normally,
after the end of the loading-files I had black screen with white blinking cursor on the top
left of the screen...

I used an installation CD XP SP3 with an USB-CD-ROM drive and a SD SanDisk class 10.

In the BIOS the SD card is being recognized as an HDD.

I followed the best practices for the installation:
- In the BIOS settings, "Load Failsafe defaults" and save

Has anyone else experienced this and how can this be remedied?

Kind Regards
Thierry

Statistics: Posted by TiBi — Sat Dec 22, 2012 2:20 pm