Gen1 x48 turned into x48mkII - and dead motherboard resolved

[mixerizer]

Brief update - my collaborator and metal cutting fiend/friend came over and we measured the case and he dremel cut the rectangle for the new motherboard i/o shield as well as cutting away the space to accommodate a power supply with a power switch, as shown in Neal’s pics. Also drilled the four new holes for the motherboard standoffs. Actually we drilled 8, because I had the template upside down oh well

It works magnificently. Best pal.

 

[ashkane]

Hi mixerizer
I am having some trouble with the PCI driver. I think this is the last driver that has not installed properly. I booted the machine several time but still no success. Can this driver be downloaded from elsewhere into a USB stick and installed manually?
Also how do you get into Windows directory to check if everything else has been installed correctly?
When I click on file on the recording app then I click on file manager it doesn’t take me into the Windows directory

 

[mixerizer]

Hi Ashkane - I didn’t have to do the explorer thing nor modify any files, I just shut down after the first boot was done (that boot was when it asked for the PCI driver, which I didn’t try to find) and it installed it itself on the second boot. My guess is it needs to go longer before rebooting the first few times. Its a guess but I think the driver is tascam’s sane wave driver, and not available elsewhere than by being installed from the MKII recovery disk.

 

[ashkane]

Than’s mixerizer for your reply. Do you know how to exit the recording app so I can install the PCI Driver manually from the Restore CD?

 

[mixerizer]

You don’t need to - it should do it itself, usually after the first boot. Look in program files, tho - thats where Neal found the NIC driver. You can navigate around the hard drive when prompted to try to find the driver, i didnt use explorer or make any mods.