Radeon 8500DV - Impossible to get TV Tuner working under Windows XP

[redfive19]

Posted this in the video section this morning too, figured it might get more of a look here.

I am newbie to the ATI scene. Been a diehard nVidia fan till the 8500DV AIW came out. Just got it last week and I have not for the life of me, been able to get the TV Tuner to work under Windows XP.

I have installed and reinstalled every single driver I could and still no luck.

Basically the error I get is:

"Unable To Start TV

Check the Windows Device Manager to ensure the correct video driver has been installed and is working properly before attempting to restart TV"

My system specs:

Windows XP Corporate Select FINAL build 2600 (a legit copy of the software)
AMD Athlon 1.4 GHZ Thunderbird
768 MB Kingmax PC150
Abit KT7A-RAID rev. 1.1 w/ BIOS 64
Highpoint 370/372 Onboard RAID Controller BIOS 2.0.123
(2) 40 GB IBM 60GXP set in RAID 0
(1) 45 GB IBM 75GXP
(1) 40 GB Western Digital 7200 RPM
ATI All-In-Wonder 8500DV

I've tried every single driver. I've heard of this problem being fixed under Windows 2000 through that DirectX digital video update, yet Windows XP comes with dx 8.1 hmmmmm If there is any help, I'd greatly appreciate it, thanks ahead of time.

-red five

 

[mooseAndSquirrel]

I can't help you much other than to let you know that it can work - cause I'm using the 8500DV fine under XP on a Soyo Dragon + and Athlon 1800.

The only things I can think of:
- Check the ATI site for the latest drivers. Mine shipped with the latest on the CD, but still worth a look.
- After carefully noting what the current BIOS settings are, you might want to tweak the AGP settings (maybe disable fast-write or make it 2x instead of 4x).
- Go into device manager, delete the video adapter, scan for new hardware and see where that gets you,

The TV portion of this card does some video overlay stuff. I took the risk, but people here are pretty down on ATI for late and/or screwy drivers. I keep on checking back at the ATI site, but nothing new since the commercial release.

Good luck.