"Paul Murphy" <> wrote in message
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> All of ATIs cards are harder than average VGA cards to install because
> there's allot more to them. Not just the multiple devices under device
> manager but also the fact that their operation involves most other
elements
> in the machine (soundcard - must be wired into it correctly to transfer TV
> sound, storage - saving/playing back recordings and time-lapse TV from the
> hard drive, OS - must have all the correct drivers (including those for
your
> motherboard chipset) as well as DirectX 9 or 9.0a (for the version of MMC
> that would have come with your card).
>
> If you follow the comprehensive instructions on ATIs website - WITHOUT
> having ANY background applications running (e.g. antivirus & utility
> programs etc) when you install it, it should work fine. I've had an All In
> Wonder Radeon for about 2 years now and have reinstalled my OS from
scratch
> many times and the subsequent AIW installation has always worked on a
clean
> system. Given that you've tried several reinstalls/uninstalls, I'd say
> there's something else with the machine that's stopping it all working
> properly - yes its possible that the card is dead but I very much doubt
it.
>
> A backup of all your data and reinstall from scratch on a freshly
> re-partitioned and formatted HDD is the way forward - do you know how to
do
> this? In this case, the simplest way to get it working is to use the MMC
8.1
> CDROM immediately after installing the OS other hardware drivers and
directX
> on the machine. I'd forget about downloading MMC 8.5, 8.1 is more reliable
> and the extras that come with 8.5 aren't worth it in my opinion.
>
> Paul
> "mxh" <> wrote in message
> news:YI1Sa.894$...
> > I posted something about this earlier, but it hasn't shown up (usually
> shows
> > up right away), so here it is again.
> > I recently bought a AIW 900 Pro. I've become increasingly frustrated
with
> > this card. I really bought the card for it's TV functions, and that is
the
> > only thing that *won't* work.
> > When I attempt to use the TV, the splash screen comes up and just sites
> > there. Nothing happens. The only way to get rid of the splash screen is
to
> > re-boot.
> >
> > I have installed and unistalled. I uninstalled from safe mode and
renamed
> > all the appropriate OEM.inf files to OEM.in_. I tried upgrading to MMC
8.5
> > as per instructions at ATI's web site. No Go. After the 4th reinstall
and
> > having no success, I uninstalled everything yet again, DL'd the latest
> > driver bundle (3.6) and installed that with MMC 8.5. Still having the
same
> > trouble.
> >
> > I am about to take this card back. It's really gotten ridiculous. Can
> > someone please point me in the right direction? I'd much rather get this
> > card up and running than give up.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mark
> >
> >
Don't always expect ATi's software to work. As Paul Murphy pointed out, MMC
8.5 can be extremely problematic, particularly on non-high end systems.
Possibly that has something to do with EazyLook - people have apparently had
greater success with MMC 8.5 using earlier Cat drivers than with 3.5, the
first driver to support EazyLook. EazyLook is, of course, implemented in
MMC 8.5 and not before; and it would seem to be implicated in reports of
very high CPU usage with MMC 8.5
Even MMC 8.1 can be uncooperative. I could only get the TV/Video In app to
start and close reliably by running the debug monitor suggested on the
Rage3D forum. In my case, I have a VIVO card and, while the TV app
eventually changes to Video In after a few boots, the debug monitor reveals
that it's still trying to start the TV tuner software. FYI a VIVO doesn't
have a tuner, but will handle video input - with MMCs up to and including
7.7, the installer always reliably installed Video In (the appropriate
version for a VIVO) and there was no problem. With the MMC 8.x versions,
ATi would seem to have given up on, or at least are failing in, providing
for all types of Radeons.
patrickp
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