Old School Hardware, Current OS. Riva 128 TV out in W2K/XP?

McCarthy

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Well after finding out my GF2 won't work in either my LX or BX boards I have available to use with my spare computer I'm putting the Canopus Total 3d 128V back in.

I'd really like to switch this computer to W2K if I could. However I haven't figured out any way to retain the TV in and TV out capabilities if I do so. Windows will provide Riva 128 basic drivers so I have perfectly workable 2D. Don't care about 3D capabilities with it, I never use it for gaming. But I do need the TV out to work even if I lose use of the TV in. Of course it'd be much easier to get a different card, but what fun is that?

Last set of drivers Canopus made were for NT4 and another set for W98. Nothing for W2k/XP. So if this is possible it's going to have to be done some other way.

Willing to experiment, if anyone has any idea how to make this work please share :)
BTW, tried loading the NT4 drivers. W2K didn't like that.
Works fine for what I need in W98, but I get crashes quiet a bit watching movies. Tried different DIVX players, tried cooling the card (this eliminated one type of crash completely), but can't get it completely stable. Doubt W2K will really make a difference, but there are some other reasons I'd like to switch this if I could beyond trying to stabilize DIVX playback.

Thanks
--Mc