Mega Stick 256 - XP detects it but no drive access
Like many of you, I'm having problems with the Mega Stick 256/MP3, and I'm not happy.
I have Windows XP with SP2. Windows detects it and installs it as new hardware.
Sometimes it appears as a drive, but when click on the drive nothing happens... It just hangs or insists that I "insert a disk."
Other times there is no drive shown at all, though it properly shows up as installed when I look at "Safely Remove Hardware."
The device manager shows that there is no conflict.
At MSI's suggestion, I did install the updated driver, but that did not solve the problem. I uninstalled the driver.
I had a friend in Bangkok buy it and sent it to me in Hat Yai, so I can't get help from the vendor (not that they know anything). Any fast help would be appreciated, as I intended to use it in my English-language classes today!!!!!
There is a compatibility issue with MegaStick and nForce chipset. I also experienced this once with one of my friend’s machine. I don’t have an nForce chipset based board so I cant directly help you, but there are many threads discussing that issue under this forum, do a search and see. I cant recall a specific solution for the problem but there were few suggestions as I remember.
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Hi.
Sorry for my bad english.
I'm have a Mega Stick 256 and it didn't work. I ran an update using the update tools to clear the files in the device, but it froze, leaving my stick in a "wrong state".
Now, it don't turn on; and if connect to XP, it detect as "unknow device", so the update tool don't detect too.
How can force to detect it, to run again the update? Or can I make??
Thanks
GermánIt's not a firmware update! because the update tool don't detect the stick (XP shows me as "unknow device").
I need know how force the detection o how force the firmware update.
Thanks
Germán -
I love my mega stick 256, but I really miss the artist on the display! I dont know all my music by just the title. Why can`t the artist AND the title from the id3-tags be shown when the music plays, and not just the title?
It would also be really nice if the player starts to play the music when I turn it on. Is`t annoying pressing the button 2 times to play the music. I often forget it because I have to wait until it turns on to start play the music.
Isn`t these two things easy to add in a new firmware??? Who should I send an e-mail to? Please msg me if some of you guys read this...
-Edgar-hm....read this thread maybe? https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?threadid=36739&sid=
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Hi,
I'm buying a Mega Stick 256/MP3 today.But this machine's language is German.How can I change language?I want change to English.
Please help me...beste huubhuub0,
elders op dit forum staat het megastick firmware request topic. hier kun je je vraag beter stellen, aangezien er meer mensen zijn (waaronder ik) die Nederlandse taal op hun megastick willen.
somewhere on this forum is the "megastick firmware request topic". You'd better ask your question there, because there are more people (including me) who want to have Dutch language on their players. -
Hello,
I just bought a MSI MEGA STICK 256 and by mistake I deleted all the logo files from root directory .
It is possible one of you to send to me these files if you have them anymore? I don't know the pictures format or if it is possible to get them from the web.
Thanks a lot.
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Originally posted by mallrat37
how can i send you the files when your email is wrong:
The original message was received at Wed, 25 Feb 2004 23:08:40 +0100
from it1.ptt.yu [212.62.32.7]
----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
(reason: 550 5.1.1 ... User unknown)
----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to pop3.ptt.yu.:
>>> RCPT To:
... User unknown
550 5.1.1 ... User unknown
Thats how desparate you are for the files.
:shy:Big SORRY! I gave you wrong adress ! My e-mail is [email protected]! But i post my right e-mail in my first post!
Please send logos to me again! -
Mega Stick 256 (dubt about radio receiver)
I wuold like to buy Mega Stick 256 but I have a dubt about radio receiver: radio receiver is mono or stereo ?
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Originally posted by tim1
one tip on trying to get good reception with MSI megastick is to connect and extra set of earphones to to mic in jack and extend the earphones out.
Nice! -
Hi,
I update mega stick 256 version 2,05 today.But I can't find startup logo menü.
I have got all logos but I can't SEE ON MEGA ST0CK
2,05>2,11 OR 2,11>2,05
Thanks a lot ...try looking in the mp3 studio folder (if you installed it). all the boot log files should be there. just copy them into the mega stick drive and you should be all set. if your boot files are already in your stick drive and you not seeing them then there is something wrong there. you are ok course trying to access the boot files from the setting menu?
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Please Help!!! MSI Mega Stick 256
Hi There!
I've Got An MSI Mega Stick 256 Mp3 player.It Was Working Just Fine Until Yesterday That All Of A Sudden After Turning It Off When I Wanted To Turn It On Later It Never Turned On.I Thought It Was Battery But After Replacing The Battery With A New One Nothing Happened.Doesn't Boot.Nothing
what should I Do? What Has Happened?
I'm Really sad! I Can't Live Without It
Please Help Me! Thanks In AdvancePlease confirming your mega stick is USB1.1 or USB2.0 first, then update firmware and try again!!
Please do according to firmware update procedure of the following:
Mega stick firmware update process: (Don't put battery)
1. Please download and install the latest firmware and driver!!
USB1.1: (firmware version v3.00.13)
(http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/ia/ia/pro_ia_detail.php?UID=543)
USB2.0: (firmware version v2.00.09)
(http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/ia/ia/pro_ia_detail.php?UID=612)
2. After firmware unzipping, it will show some files, please replace driver installation files (C:\Program Files\MSI\MS-551X)
3. Please press sustained “play key” first, then plug your mega stick 256 in your PC.
4. Please go to "start" (below left corner) and enter "programs" and choose "MSI MS-551X" update now!!!
5. As you update firmware that you can select "format data area" and after update success, you can release of your finger.
Please note: (1) Don't put battery with update firmware procedure. (2) The step 3 is very importantly, please must press sustained “play key” first, then connect to your PC.
Hope to solve your issue!! -
hello
on the msi mega stick 256 are some files before you buy it. these are for some new startscreens.
i removed them. does anybody know where i can find these or e-mail it to me on
[email protected]
thanksPlease confirming your mega stick is USB1.1 or USB2.0 first, then update firmware and try again!!
Please do according to firmware update procedure of the following:
Mega stick firmware update process: (Don't put battery)
1. Please download and install the latest firmware and driver!!
USB1.1: (firmware version v3.00.13)
(http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/ia/ia/pro_ia_detail.php?UID=543)
USB2.0: (firmware version v2.00.09)
(http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/ia/ia/pro_ia_detail.php?UID=612)
2. After firmware unzipping, it will show some files, please replace driver installation files (C:\Program Files\MSI\MS-551X)
3. Please press sustained “play key” first, then plug your mega stick 256 in your PC.
4. Please go to "start" (below left corner) and enter "programs" and choose "MSI MS-551X" update now!!!
5. As you update firmware that you can select "format data area" and after update success, you can release of your finger.
Please note: (1) Don't put battery with update firmware procedure. (2) The step 3 is very importantly, please must press sustained “play key” first, then connect to your PC.
Hope to solve your issue!! -
MSI MEGA Stick 256 MP3 Studio Error
When I try to install MP3 Studio off the CD that came with my megastick, it gives me an error and tells me files are missing. If I check manually, I can confirm that this is the case.
Please confirming your mega stick is USB1.1 or USB2.0 first, then update firmware and try again!!
Please do according to firmware update procedure of the following:
Mega stick firmware update process: (Don't put battery)
1. Please download and install the latest firmware and driver!!
USB1.1: (firmware version v3.00.13)
(http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/ia/ia/pro_ia_detail.php?UID=543)
USB2.0: (firmware version v2.00.09)
(http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/ia/ia/pro_ia_detail.php?UID=612)
2. After firmware unzipping, it will show some files, please replace driver installation files (C:\Program Files\MSI\MS-551X)
3. Please press sustained “play key” first, then plug your mega stick 256 in your PC.
4. Please go to "start" (below left corner) and enter "programs" and choose "MSI MS-551X" update now!!!
5. As you update firmware that you can select "format data area" and after update success, you can release of your finger.
Please note: (1) Don't put battery with update firmware procedure. (2) The step 3 is very importantly, please must press sustained “play key” first, then connect to your PC.
Hope to solve your issue!! -
Dutch language on mega stick 256
Does anybody know how I can put Dutch language pack on my mega stick 256?
I've got firmware version 2.10. Except there's no dutch language on it, the rest works perfect. Bought it 2 days ago. Very nice thing.
Sincerly
huubhuubbeste huubhuub0,
elders op dit forum staat het megastick firmware request topic. hier kun je je vraag beter stellen, aangezien er meer mensen zijn (waaronder ik) die Nederlandse taal op hun megastick willen.
somewhere on this forum is the "megastick firmware request topic". You'd better ask your question there, because there are more people (including me) who want to have Dutch language on their players. -
How to low level format Mega Stick 256?
i suspect that my mega stick has a defective point in memory because if i delete a song and then put some news in the stick, the drive recognizes the title of the new one but plays the old one!!!! the one that was deleted
example
i deleted depeche mode - song
later i copied in pantera - song
ehan i try to play pantera-song, it says that in the scrolling title on screen, but sounds depeche mode!!!!!!!!!
so now im trying to make a low level format in case something is screwed in my mega stick
By the way.........how much warranty gives MSI for mega sticks?Thanks to all for the suggestions. I'm about to give up on it, although I will try the PowerMax software recommended by Michael Black.
And The hatter: Don't let this burn you on Neptune drives—one of my client offices has been using about 20 of them for the past couple of years now, on a daily basis, for large-scale imaging projects, and the little drives have been real champs. We're even using them to dual-boot both Intel- and PPC-based systems, and they've just been outstanding. Methinks the component failure probably cascaded down to the drive, and while yes, it *****, such things happen in any batch of components and I'd buy another Neptune today if I had the need for yet another external.
As for Matt Broughton: S.M.A.R.T. shows no problems when the drive is connected directly to the ATA bus. But then again, I've only run into a few drives that S.M.A.R.T. has ever reliably reported on—it's still a black art, to be sure. The WikiPedia article on S.M.A.R.T. goes into more detail about its pervasive flakiness.
For now, the drive has begun to beep about once every 2 seconds at boot. This lasts for about 30 seconds, after which the drive continues to spin but no further beeping is heard. The drive no longer shows up in Disk Utility, even as an unmounted drive/volume. So, I'll probably try it in a PC w/PowerMax just to say that I did, but beyond that, it's probably ready for disassembly as an example drive.
80 GB—sniffle…
Thanks again to all for your suggestions!
Take care,
MBJ -
When I'm using fast forward function Mega Stick bahave very strage (it only appear on long media files > 1 h). At the beginnig everything is ok but after 30 min on display appear 53 min and after that the current play time is wrong (always the same).
Don't think that it is fixable.
An MP3 player isn't a P4 computer. Try opening a 1 hr MP3 (G's how big is that) MP3 on a P2 computer and try fast forwarding.
Just make the files smaller. I 4 one have no CD's with tracks longer than 15 minutes.
Don't expect the world for such a small and inexpensive device -
I just wanted to update my firmware because when i plugged in the device my win xp prof would crash sometimes. ( and the mp2 player reboots sometimes)
And now my worst nightmare came treu Win xp crashed while it was updating and now the mp3 player is dead. (does nothing any more)
I bought it friday so if nobody here know how to fixed this i am going back to the shop.
And i can't update the firmware because windows wont reconice my mp3 player any more!Marijn, I have got the same problem. When I was updating the firmware on my Mega Stick, I got the notification message somethink like "Semaphores are not initialized" and I can not switch on Mega Stick anymore. That's why probably Windows can not recognize this device.
The reason why I decided to update the software, because sometimes explorer on my PC was hanging up for while trying to copy or delete a file from Memory Stick.
I have over 7 years of experience in the software development, but I wonder if the software developers had a test engineer in their team at all? It looks like the software was written in very swappy way. I will return the mega stick back to the shop next weekend. The software really SUCKS, although the design and potential capabilies (according to the user manual) are very nice. The manual also is not the product of perfection. The numeration on the picture buttons of the device does not actually correspond to the actual state of things. My project manager would probably kill me, If I would do my job in such swappy way as their software developers did. I don't wonder if they took one or two first year students from colleage to develop this "nice software" -
MSI MEGA Stick 256 (usb 1.1) for Thai Font
Dear All
Can I setup thai font to my MEGA Stick?...Any one can do it or Please suggest any way to solve my problem
thank you for your instructionsi think you would be better posting this in the Other MSI Products forum, this one is for the Mega PC Barebones systems
good luck!
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