megatouch force touchscreen controller error

[billfield]

Just bought a megatouch force 2006.5 hdd and key from ebay .On fitting it to my machine it all starts to load ok and then at the end it comes up with TOUCHSCREEN CONTROLLER ERROR .It was ok before on my old hard drive before my hard drive died  .Thats why i had to replace my hard drive with another Any ideas please ?? Many thanks

[orizzle]

Make sure controller has a green light on. When you touch the screen, the green light should get brighter. Controller will need to be connected to both floppy power and serial port. 

I'm seeing more and more motherboards with bad serial ports lately. Upgrading to a later version and using a USB controller is an option.

Sorry but buying a new drive and key was a bad idea.

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[mahkeymike]

2006.5 works with usb controller Its 2005.5 and older that require serial controller.

Just a fyi

[billfield]

I had 2006 version before my hard drive died  so will it work with 2006.5 software ?

[billfield]

and yes i have the green light that gets brighter when i touch the screen

[mahkeymike]

I had 2006 version before my hard drive died  so will it work with 2006.5 software ?

Both serial and usb controller works with 2006 and newer. You might want to try a hardware reset. There is a few dip switches on the ioboard to do a hardware reset. I don't remember which switches off the top of my head , but i want to say its 4 and 7, but you might want to do a google search, im too lazy to google. Good luck.

[billfield]

Yes tried all the resets etc but still wont work .Do you think harddrive currupt ?

[orizzle]

This is tough to follow because you're posting on 2 threads now, but did you say you had this problem with both drives? I doubt both drives are bad. It's your touchscreen controller or serial port that's the issue.

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[billfield]

No my other post was my hard drive problem not the touchscreen .I killed my hard drive by putting a strong magnet in my torch ontop of it .Before i did that machine was working fine apart from the battery was flat which has now been replaced ,Many thanks This pic is what the new hard drive came up with when doing a dip switch 8 search Could this be currupt hard drive ?

[mahkeymike]

If you just bought that hard drive from ebay i would request a refund. Also, didn't someone offer you 2007 in your other thread?

[billfield]

Yes refund is on the way but just wanted to make sure it was the drive at fault but i suppose it must be .Yes was offered a 2007 but in america so cost to much to ship and import duties

[mahkeymike]

I suggest you buy locally, a IDE dvd burner, some dvd-r discs, and try and find a good IDE hard drive. Then burn a 2006.5 iso image to a dvd disc and do a fresh install. Its probably the best way to determine if its the software or hardware. I don't know about where you live, but i can find these types of old parts at local computer salvage places for like $5 each.