AIW 9000 and MCE 2005?

[stuman74]

I just got a Dell 8300 from their outlet site. It came with Win XP MCE 2005 installed as well as an ATI All-in-Wonder 9000 Low Profile card installed. Well, right off the bat, when I launch Media Center, it tells me that my video card driver is not compatable/ I tried various drivers from the ATI and Dell sites to no avail.

Anyone have this card with MCE 2005? I'm starting to think that MCE 2005 doesn't support this card...but if so, why the hell did Dell sell it to me with it?

 

[Budman]

Have a read here. found on google search ( hint hint)

http://www.xpmce.com/forum/ftopic90245.html

The biggest problem that I had was that this system contains an
ATI ALL-IN-WONDER 9000 low profile display and capture card. This card
is not supported by WMCE 2005 because it does not have a hardware
MPEG encoder on it

 

[stuman74]

Are you serious? So my ONLY option is to buy a whole new card? That sucks!

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: stuman74
Are you serious? So my ONLY option is to buy a whole new card? That sucks!

Complain to Dell that the product they sold you is defective.

Play dumb, and get them to send you a new card (don't actually ask for that though). If you let them make the assumptions, they'll probably be more likely to suggest that they send you a card that works.