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Just wanted to thank you all for the advice — it was indeed a hardware problem. Ran the hardware test and bought a day of tech support from M100, which determined that our board was DEAD–unfortunately they don’t sell or repair those boards After that, I contacted the reseller from whom we had bought the system 7 years ago to see if he had one floating around, and he rescued me by Fed Ex overnight. Workds like a dream. Still, I know I’m on my 9th life, so trying to pick up the pace on the AVID learning!!!

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comes up that there is a failure to read the Media 100 Library, the clips in the bin in medium poster view show up as “720” in a red circle with a slash through it as the piture . . . this is the error message that comes up with it:

ERROR USING THE MEDIA 100 LIBRARY

Error: -19097 Param 1 $C044A
Socket: 64 Param 2 $0
File: Codec Param 3 $0
Line: 1256 Param 4 $0
Hardware Rev: 559 Param 5 $0

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Thank you . . . I’m afraid I don’t understand the hardware test very well — among the error messages I received:
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Codec FIFO Test [78A]
Part 1: 0001 77 Read 00000000 Expected: 00000007(0800)
Options: DV600, DS600

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Timeout Error PBFFEM (Play) bit will not clear!

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After my earlier post today, I actually was able to get it re-started and edit for about 4 hours. The most recent crash came when I tried to import a tiff file, then realized that I need to switch back to 720 x 486 since I had trashed the Preferences earlier. My previous crashes came about when I had tried to render a title or a motion effect. When it does crash, I am unable at this point for example, to open the application at all — I just get a message saying “Unable to switch to selected deck” then if I keep pushing “OK” I get the Unable to read Media 100 Library and Unable to find HAL messages.

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One other question, if I may: any recommendations on the book Avid Xpress Pro Power! by Steve Julin?https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1592001513/ref=pd_cp_b_title/102-6663452-2436145

Thanks again

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Thank you so much — yes, it’s like learning a new language — it just that, for now, it feels like trying to write with my left foot!

I will look into all you suggested — is the DVD you mentioned on basics different than the tutorial that ships with the system )the Saturn commercial with the “chicken salesman)? I also wonder if you have any thoughts on Steve Bayes’ DVD through DMTS — “Inside AVID.”

Thank you again for your help with the transition.