MSIMPORT kills my pc!

[hcmiller]

any thoughts... i have an sj30 and a 1.1 ghz pentium with 256 DDR running XP... every second or third time i hook my clie up and hit the MSIMPORT button my entire pc crashes... sometimes it works fine and i can transfer files to my ms without any problems... but often it crashes (reboots) my pc... if i have the clie connected and try MSEXPORT the pc just locks up it does not crash but everything in windows becomes insanely slow... i am not running any hacks on my clie... i have no other problems with my alternatives (i.e. hotsyncing or with ir transfer of mp3s, but they take too damn long)... what gives?

[vanhate]

If memory serves correctly, I believe XP requires 256 megs of ram. That is why I installed 512 when I built my last machine. Memory is cheap, so try adding another 256. My guess is you will have no problems then.

[Berto2112]

To me that doesn't sound like a memory problem. I agree that XP should have at least 256, but it wouldn't cause crashes otherwise. My guess is a problem with USB. Make sure you don't have any IRQ conflicts with your USB bus and if you have various USB ports (ie. front and back of the PC) try using a different port. I'd also try uninstalling the Sony software and reinstalling it. Also, if you had any other devices that used USB to connect (like MP3 players, etc) make sure the computer isn't trying to connect to those at the same time. Hope this helps.

Berto

[Beseb]

You are running MSImport overclocked is my guess.