Posted on March 8, 2006 9:18 AM by chadley
A long time ago, I purchased an ATI All-In-Wonder Rage 128 Pro video card. I have used it to record TV shows onto the computer and watch later. I remember the card working well, for the most part, on Windows 2000. At some point, I upgraded the machine that has the card to Windows XP Professional. When I say upgrade, I mean a total wipe and install of the OS. After I installed XP, I installed the ATI software and tried to use the card, with limited success. Just last night, I renewed my efforts to get the card working the way it did when I had Windows 2000…It seems that the ATI software doesn’t play well with Windows XP. I am not sure whether it is the display driver or the ATI Multimedia Center (MMC) software itself. I downloaded the latest MMC software (7.2) from ATI’s website as well as the latest Windows XP display driver for the card. I’ve installed them both (and reinstalled them subsequently).
This is what happens to me, and has consistently since the Windows XP upgrade. I can successfully watch TV without any glitches. When I try to record TV, ATI MMC crashes probably 3 out of 5 times. Naturally, our hero is very saddened by all this because I would like to use the scheduling feature to schedule recordings of TV shows. I realize that the hardware is old, and I don’t expect much, if any, support from ATI. One thing that I do find interesting is, when I start up the TV and I get the ATI splash screen, it says “7.1” The file that I am downloading from ATI says it is 7.2 so I wonder if I had downloaded/used an older version initially. I’ve seen stuff posted on newsgroups talking about uninstall, deleting files, and deleting registry keys.
At this point, I am ready to give up for a little while… again. I think I’ll switch over to the next lost cause.
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Tags: ATI, All-In-Wonder, Technology, Video Capture