Sony cd/rw

[shankle]

On my old box using Windows 98 2nd ed I have a Sony Spressa Professional cd-
rewritable crx145e/ch. The software came with the drive and is " cd complete pro" which
is a package of several programs of which I use 'CD Extreme' Version 1.6.
It has been working for several years with minor problems.
Now that Sony has become like HP used to be "GOD INC" they refuse any
online help as the warrenty has expired. (one year)
Enough griping, now the problem.

When signing on to CD Extreme I now get the following message:
    invalid page fault in module PX.DLL at 0167:01f5cfb9.
So I uninstalled the Sony software and reinstalled it . Got the same problem.
Did a Sony drive check and it passed with flying colors.
There is a copy of PX.DLL at C:\windows\system  352kb  10/19/04

Should I go online and try to download a DLL fix and put it in the Sony folder??
This scares me.
Or try to get some other software for the drive and junk CD Extreme.

Thanks for any help,
JPS

[Tedd]

If you get a newer version of PX.DLL and put it in the same folder as the CD-Extreme exe then that one will be used in preference to the one in windows\system -- I don't see that you could make anything worse by doing this :lol

From my machine:    C:\WINDOWS\system32\px.dll    372,736    18/04/2006 23:34


Alternatively, yes, just try some different software. Unless the drive is built on some strange protocols and doesn't work with the standard ones, then all should be fine.

[hutch--]

Jack,

I have 3 seperate Pioneer dvd writers that are all impeccable performers. a dvr-108, dvr-109 and dvr-111d. The icing on the cake when I did a hunt around for the 111d was a trick firmware upgrade that made it region free as well.  :bg

[Shantanu Gadgil]

Hi shankle,
There's a PX.dll which comes with Winamp's "Sonic burning engine" (or whatever).
Could it be because of that?

Regards,
Shantanu

[shankle]

Thanks everyone for your responses.

     I have not as yet downloaded any PX.DLL from anywhere.

I am thinking about doing what Tedd suggested and putting it in
the same directory as CD Extreme.

If anything goes wrong I can format the drive and start over. BUT
there is a catch. Windows 98 2nd ed will now have no Microsoft Updates
in it and there were many.

As a side - I have a real problem with Companies that issue a product and
warranty it for one year and then charge exorbitant rates to fix a problem
when it is the software that is the problem. What I am talking about is the lack
of standards in naming DLLs. When you install and uninstall many programs over
the years how do you know what damage the uninstall might be doing. I think
this is the case with Sony....

JPS







 
   

[Ghirai]

I've always been a big PLEXTOR fan myself :U