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Wacom Intuos 4 freezes after SSD install
I've had the Intuos 4 since it came out. Running fine under Windows 7 x64.
Over the weekend I installed an Intel X-25 160GB SSD as my primary drive, which of course required a reinstall. Now the Intuos 4 freezes immediately after boot. It almost appears as though the SSD drive is so fast that the Wacom driver gets confused and doesn't load properly.
As my PC boots up, the power light on the tablet turns on. When the "Starting Windows" comes on, the power light goes off. It lights up again when the "Welcome" screen is on (that Welcome screen lasts for less than a second with the SSD). When the main desktop is displayed, the lighted labels on the tablet go on but then immediately go off again. When I touch the pen to the tablet, the cursor moves very slightly and then freezes.
I can restart the service and everything works fine from there, but that is beyond frustrating.
Wacom tech support has been no help. I asked what the wacom web plug-ins did. He had no idea.
My motherboard BIOS and SSD are running the latest firmware. I am using the latest drivers for everything, and this even happens on a totally clean install. I've tried using the delayed startup for the tablet service, but that doesn't work either - it never seems to start up if delayed.
Has anyone else had this problem or know of a fix? This is driving me crazy.
Thanks.