I have a Dell Dimension 8400 P4 3.2G w/XP Media Center V2002. Just replace the HD due to a crash of orig HD. Cannot get the TV to work. Get the following error msg - Decoder Error - The video decoder has either malfunctioned or is not installed. Please restart Media Center and/or the computer. Any ideas for correction?

Dell Dimension 8400 PC"s use either Broadcom Extreme Ethernet controllers OR, on SOME models of the 8400 that do NOT have ON-board Ethernet connections, SMC Networks Ethernet Drivers. I've seen MANY a Dell Dimension.

Hello Download drivers here at dell:

http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/Product/dimension-8400

The drivers can be downloaded one by one.

You maybe need to unzip the file before you install.

Here is only drivers for win xp.

You can`t download a setup disk but you can call dell support
to order the software from them (if they still have it) by the service tag.

Good luck

This might be caused by hard-drive failure. You should run hard drive test from BIOS to make sure hard drive is ok. You can access BIOS by pressing F2 during start up, from there start hard disk self test and wait for it to complete.

If hard drive is ok after test, insert in your original Windows installation media and reinstall OS.

You need to install Windows 7 again from CD/DVD. You will need a Windows 7 Bootable Disc.

Download and install K-lite codec pack rom here.

if you have the OS installed then that tells me you need the sound card drivers. Go to this page:

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&cs=2684&l=en&s=pub&ServiceTag=&SystemID=DIM_PNT_P4_8400&os=WW1&osl=en&catid=&impid=

Choose your operating system, then go underneath where it says audio and choose the one that says driver.

Download it and then install it and you should have sound then.

are you copying ,copy writed material?then you need dvd descripter.

Try out Cdburner Xp. It's damn small, completely free and very good.

Otherwise your old program should be somewere in
c:program files oxio

you can do recovery or else you can reformat your windows

Do you have any USB devices connected to your computer. Disconnect your USB devices and restart your computer. Keep tapping the F1 key to go to the BIOS. Fress F5 and then F10 and wait till the computer boots to the desktop. And check if it would still shut down. If yes, then probably the issue is with the motherboard.