RE: OT ATI AIW Radeon

["Des Gibbons" <des@xxxxxxx>]

The video update is only for dx8.0, i think dx8.1 already has it built in.

What version of ATI drivers are you using? Did you download the current
version from the ATI website?


Des

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian G. Reynolds [mailto:brian.g.reynolds@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 02 December 2001 16:46
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] OT ATI AIW Radeon
>
>
> I have now downloaded the Video upgrade, no joy so far but I will
> re-boot to
> see what happens.
>
> In control Panel there is a ATI utility which I just ran to see
> what it does
> and it checks my system, it raised 2 problems, 1 DVD failed, I do
> not have a
> DVD drive!, and 2 CPU speed, I have dual 200MHz Pent Pro CPU's, it
says
> 300MHz or grater, should still work though?
>
> B.
>
> Just noticed my last email has not come through yet!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian G. Reynolds [mailto:brian.g.reynolds@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 02 December 2001 16:13
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] OT ATI AIW Radeon
>
>
> Des, I have downloaded and installed DirectX v8.1 made no difference.
>
> As for DX8 video upgrade, afraid I do not know what that is? so I
> guess that
> is a no?
>
> I'll have a look, just downloading a 10MB file from ATI to see if
> that will
> work.
>
> I also ran the Windows Update utility and all is well from there.
>
> B.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Des Gibbons [mailto:des@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 02 December 2001 16:09
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] OT ATI AIW Radeon
>
>
> Do you have dircet X 8, and the DX8 video upgrade installed?
>
> Des
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brian G. Reynolds [mailto:brian.g.reynolds@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 02 December 2001 15:59
> > To: Ukha_D
> > Subject: [ukha_d] OT ATI AIW Radeon
> >
> >
> > Can anyone help before I send this card to the bin!
> >
> > I have just bought this card for my Compaq Proliant 2500, it is
> a PCI card
> > as the server does not have a AGP slot.
> >
> > I cannot get the card to load its driver, I have disabled the
onboard
> > graphics card uninstalled and re-booted and reinstalled, nothing.
> >
> > I looked on the ATI web site and have installed the latest
> DirectX driver
> > still nothing!
> >
> > The graphics are fine, all other ATI programs work fine just not
> > the TV part
> > which as luck would have it is the only bit I want!!!! composite
> > for my CCTV
> > switcher.
> >
> > A cheap TV card I had bought before worked fine apart from I
> > could not get a
> > good resolution hence the new AIW card!
> >
> > When I try and launch the TV part it comes up with "The TV
player
> > failed to
> > initialise the video", if I go into Add/Remove programs it
has an
> > entry "ATI
> > Display Driver" but does not have any size/date entry which
to me
> > indicates
> > the driver is not loading!
> >
> > Can any of you advise me as to what to try next?
> >
> > B "fed up, fix one thing another fails"
> >
> >
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