Recent content by JohnMc190

Hi Killrose, thanks for the input. Yep, there is indeed such a switch on the graphics card, but it is set to NTSC. I tried for a few more hours but then bit the bullet, drove down to Fry's and picked up a new 7600gt card. It should do the trick and didn't break the bank. It installed easily and...

Thanks for the great tip SilentRunning. Indeed the default was set to PCI, so I changed it to AGP. Still no luck though. I tried inserting new memory, performed a full anti-virus check, cleaned drivers, reinstalled catalyst etc, and still no solution. When I install older version of Catalyst...

I managed to find an old CD Rom with the original Catalyst drivers, and installed that (after uninstalling the latest drivers and Catalyst). However, I still end up with a Catalyst install that does not seem to recognize my card. Perhaps my card is simply dead, and I need a new one? Again, any...

Thanks Matthias99 for chiming in. Motherboard is Asrock Dual Vista 775. It has both an AGP and a PCI slot. I've 1GIG DDR2 memory in one SIM slot, two HDs, 2 DVD drivers and the xbox 360 drive. Having done the windows install and windows update, I'm still left with two items in Device Manager...

I installed a new motherboard recently on my HTPC (and I'm a novice), so that I could employ the e4300 processor with a view to overclocking and ending up with a machine that can play HD DVDs (I installed AnyDVD HD and PowerDVD ultra). In the process I ended up doing a Windows reinstall on a...