Re: Win MCE Rollup2

[MacNewbie <macnewbie@xxxxxxxxx>]

OK, Some poor soul just took pity on me on the Green Button forum and
has now told me that my graphics card (Radeon 9600 XT) is no longer
on the MCE2005 compatibility list.

Doh!

Any recommendations for a cheap card that is?

Don

On 1 Oct 2005, at 00:49, MacNewbie wrote:

> Never one to give up easily, I thought I'd check out the Green Button
> site - God it's slow!
>
> Anyhoos...
>
> Lo and behold there are another two users with the same graphics card
> as me (Radeon 9600XT) experiencing black TV screens when in full
> screen. It seems to work in windowed mode. I've just checked mine and
> it does work in windowed mode.
>
> More research I fear!
>
> Don
>
> On 30 Sep 2005, at 22:51, Keith Finnett wrote:
>
>
>> Don't give up just yet.
>>
>> Something I worked out early on was that Windows MCE just can't
>> cope with
>> running longer than a couple of days. Therefore I run a scheduled
>> job each
>> night at 5am which reboots the PC and loads MCE afresh.
>>
>> In my MCE install that I've just decommissioned (ran for 6 months)
>> it's
>> failed no more than once a month - I've just set up a new MCE PC,
>> so we'll
>> see if the new one is any more stable!!
>>
>> Just don't expect it to last if you don't reset the machine
>> regularly.
>>
>> k
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: MacNewbie [mailto:macnewbie@xxxxxxx]
>> Sent: 30 September 2005 22:44
>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Win MCE Rollup2
>>
>> OK I formally give up :-(
>>
>> Been away for a couple of days so left the MCE box on with some
>> proggies to record.
>>
>> Just got in and switched on the TV
>>
>> Error Message - Some files missing to play video. Restart Media
>> Center or PC
>>
>> Restarted Media center - Black screen when restarted
>>
>> Restarted PC - Booted OK but Black screen when MCE loads
>>
>> The really weird thing is that once its loaded and the screen is
>> black, if you press the "Windows" key on the keyboard
the windows
>> menu appears in the foreground and is navigable and you can see
the
>> MCE menus in the background. But if you click on the MCE screen it
>> goes black and the mouse starts to shimmer.
>>
>> Looks like some video overlay type problem to me!
>>
>> At least this time I backed it up!
>>
>> Might just try running it for a couple of days using a monitor
rather
>> than via S-Video to the TV.
>>
>> Don
>>
>>
>>
>> On 28 Sep 2005, at 16:32, Phil Harris wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> OK - I've given it another go!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> YAY!!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Rebuilt last night and left on all morning - seems OK. I
also
>>>> installed Rollup 2 again last night. I misunderstood the
DAB rabio
>>>> comments - I kept getting no hardware found when accessing
the
>>>> radio
>>>> settings - I didn't realise you had to re-scan!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Remember it's not DAB radio - thats different again.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Re-scan and voila!
>>>>
>>>> I've set it up to record a couple of programs during the
course of
>>>> the day so let's see if it's stable.
>>>>
>>>> :-)
>>>>
>>>> Don
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> COOL! Good luck Don...
>>>
>>> Phil
>>>
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