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MD 40734 Windows XP SP2 Fix

I cannot thank you enough. If you only knew how much time I wasted before coming to your solution.

Do you have this particular laptop and if so have you changed the DVD drive to RW – if so what drive did you use – please

Hello Mark, Tried the MD40734 XP SP2 SIS AGP fix but when restarting from the SIS AGP install my laptop does’nt like it and i have to start with the last known good configuration. Basically not installing your SIS AGP driver. You got any thoughts??

Thanks Don

This is great how you sussed this I dont no but thanks, my medion has never worked so well! anyone looking for a fix to get sp2 working this one really works beleive me.

Sounds like you have helped a lot of relieved people with that one!
I have the same type of SP2 problem for a different Medion laptop, the MD41349. Any chance you know of something similar to get that one up and working with SP2?
Many thanks, Martin

If anyone is still looking at this, I can verify that it worked for me. I have a Medion 40954 (FID2100) and followed this routine, and it worked fine. (Note: I did not install the video driver, because the 40954 appears to use a different card – a 5600 vs a 5200. So far it’s working just fine, if problems develop I’ll have a second look.) This was after being told by Medion that a BIOS update was the only solution – they even have it on their website! I am not a technical person at all, and was pretty sure I would brick my laptop if I flashed the BIOS, so I put SP2 off for two years. Thanks sooo much!

I can’t believe this worked, but it has! I’ve recently re-installed windows and have spent the best part of two days trying to get it to work with SP2. Thanks soooooo much!

What if the laptop is crashing before i manage to boot with the xp cd?

Thanks, fantastic worked, rescued my wife’s computer.

SP2 worked previously on this computer with no problems. Hard drive started producing write errors and a change from a 40gb drive to 160gb drive produced the SP2 reboot hang problem.

Tried the critical patch before SP2 to no avail. As I said your fix worked.

Thanks.

…and more thanks from me. I can confirm that SP3 has the same detrimental effect as SP2 – but this fix works just as well for that scenario.

I can also confirm that the drivers mentioned above were already on my machine, in the D:\DRIVER folder – obviously still there from my original factory install.

If only the Medion people would take a dispassionate look at the ‘support’ section on their web-site. It’s hopeless – not a mention of what each download fixes, nor the symptoms that might indicate why you want each fix. Possibly the most self-serving, lip-service-only web-site I have seen for a long time.

Not even a forum, where useful user-oriented problems, views and fixes can be shared – always a sign of a supplier that doesn’t really want to support anything.

No wonder they sell these lap-tops through a toy-shop!

Shame really, at the time this MD40734 was a really good value machine – possibly only let down by it’s maximum screen resolution….and by the fact that the hardware clearly doesn’t work at all with a standard VGA driver – unforgiveable!

Like I said – big thanks for what is actually a real simple fix. You can’t imagine the hours I have wasted on this!

thanks mate this worked a treat thats after i spent 3 days installing and uninstalling sp2 and this fix was so easy my laptop runs smoothly now and i can play games without any probs

Thanks! Worked Great!

I received this computer from a family friend who purchased a new computer after attempting to install SP2. He needed something up and running right away so it was easier for him to replace the laptop. He left this Medion in his closet for a couple of years until he suprisingly gave it to me for my kids. I had to run the same fix after installing SP3.

THANKS AGAIN!