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Link Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 7:51 am Post subject: |
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OK this Saturday for sure.
Been crazy busy fixing everyone else's stuff.
I finally got my hands on 2x512 DDR2 6400. So I'll have 3GB RAM for this PC. A sweet spot for 32 bit WinXP
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Link Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 8:22 am Post subject: |
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It's alive!! Photo's to follow....
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Link Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 12:37 am Post subject: |
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Wow, almost a whole new machine and a whole new set of issues.
Can't get power strip to run, DVD's play but Bluray don't ( opposite of the issue I had with the old system ) and the game "Alone in the dark plays so poorly it's unplayable.
I'll figure it out.
On the plus side I now have internet on it.
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Link Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 1:10 am Post subject: |
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Did you download the latest drivers for the video from ATI?
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Link Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 1:14 am Post subject: |
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MikeEby wrote: | Did you download the latest drivers for the video from ATI?
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Yup. Tried the ones that came with it too.
It's an on board ATi 4200 with shared 512megs DDR2
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Link Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 1:45 am Post subject: |
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AnalogRocks wrote: | MikeEby wrote: | Did you download the latest drivers for the video from ATI?
Mike |
Yup. Tried the ones that came with it too.
It's an on board ATi 4200 with shared 512megs DDR2 |
The ones that come with it are worthless...
Did you get it from the link below?
http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/radeon_xp-32.aspx
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Link Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 3:16 am Post subject: |
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MikeEby wrote: | AnalogRocks wrote: | MikeEby wrote: | Did you download the latest drivers for the video from ATI?
Mike |
Yup. Tried the ones that came with it too.
It's an on board ATi 4200 with shared 512megs DDR2 |
The ones that come with it are worthless...
Did you get it from the link below?
http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/radeon_xp-32.aspx
Mike |
Yes that's where I got it.
The regular ATi site wouldn't work.
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Link Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 3:32 am Post subject: |
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What player software are you trying to use?
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Link Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 3:35 am Post subject: |
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The old version of Power DVD.
EDIT: 7.3 Ultra
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Link Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 4:44 am Post subject: |
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Have you applied any patches to the 7.3? the original on the disk is total trash...It wouldn't play anything.
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Link Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:27 am Post subject: |
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MikeEby wrote: | Have you applied any patches to the 7.3? the original on the disk is total trash...It wouldn't play anything.
Mike |
No I don't think that is the patched version. I remember back when HD-DVD came out I bought the licence for Ultra online for $99. Not sure where the software came from.
I'll look for an update.
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Link Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 7:41 am Post subject: |
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AnalogRocks wrote: | MikeEby wrote: | Have you applied any patches to the 7.3? the original on the disk is total trash...It wouldn't play anything.
Mike |
No I don't think that is the patched version. I remember back when HD-DVD came out I bought the licence for Ultra online for $99. Not sure where the software came from.
I'll look for an update. |
Found it, I have the downloaded version so I downloaded the appropriate patch from this page:
http://www.cyberlink.com/downloads/support/powerdvd-ultra/patches_en_US.html
PowerDVD Ultra
2008-12-11
PowerDVD 7 Ultra Updates: This update file updates PowerDVD 7 Ultra to PowerDVD 7 Ultra build 4617a. For PowerDVD retail and online purchase versions only .
Funny though when you click on the update from within PowerDVD it tries to grab the latest and greatest full version by automatically starting the download - not my favourite thing
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Link Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 9:44 am Post subject: |
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Just finished re-reading this thread. In the last 5 years my spelling has improved. Unfortunately my computer karma has NOT improved much. Man this PC was a PITA!
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Link Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 12:19 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah...PDVD is crap....If you want to play Blu-ray a XP/HTPC it's really hard to get working correctly.
I gave up years ago...I know that's not the answer you wanted...Not much development going on for XP/HTPC these days...Most folks have moved on.
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Link Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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MikeEby wrote: | Yeah...PDVD is crap....If you want to play Blu-ray a XP/HTPC it's really hard to get working correctly.
I gave up years ago...I know that's not the answer you wanted...Not much development going on for XP/HTPC these days...Most folks have moved on.
Mike |
I mothballed this PC in 2009 when I got my stand alone bluray players. Seems to be playing things OK now.
Like I said before, I haven't gotten my moneys worth outta XP yet. No need to upgrade.
If everything still worked with Win98 I'd be running that on this PC.
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Link Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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If everything still worked with Win98 I'd be running that on this PC. |
Therein lies the problem..XP just wasn't designed for Blu-ray. Win7 has built-in support for DVD...It just works...No Blu-ray yet...Win 8 maybe?
Dude that OS is 10 years old. plus PDVD 7.3 is 4 years old...I don't think they update it anymore...so the BD+ stuff is really outdated in that version. There "Might" be hope if AnyDVD is running in the tray to handle the DRM.
What Blu-ray are you trying to play?
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Link Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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MikeEby wrote: | AnalogRocks wrote: |
If everything still worked with Win98 I'd be running that on this PC. |
Therein lies the problem..XP just wasn't designed for Blu-ray. Win7 has built-in support for DVD...It just works...No Blu-ray yet...Win 8 maybe?
Dude that OS is 10 years old. plus PDVD 7.3 is 4 years old...I don't think they update it anymore...so the BD+ stuff is really outdated in that version. There "Might" be hope if AnyDVD is running in the tray to handle the DRM.
What Blu-ray are you trying to play?
Mike |
Any of them
I got it working with the patch. Guess that means my HTPC is on the bluray patch
What's you fascination with age BTW? I run old stuff all the time.
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Link Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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What's you fascination with age BTW? I run old stuff all the time. |
I don't like fighting it, prefer watching movies then screwing around with my HTPC...Blu-ray is a struggle with the DRM issues and older stuff...My AnyDVD updates about every week to handle it.
Glad you got it working.
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Link Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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MikeEby wrote: | AnalogRocks wrote: |
What's you fascination with age BTW? I run old stuff all the time. |
I don't like fighting it, prefer watching movies then screwing around with my HTPC...Blu-ray is a struggle with the DRM issues and older stuff...My AnyDVD updates about every week to handle it.
Glad you got it working.
Mike |
Thanks,
I use AnyDVD too
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Link Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 7:31 am Post subject: |
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Since Powerstrip wouldn't recognize the on board 4200 ATi chip I turned it off and went back to the 3850 card. Works much better now. I also respun WinXP one more time. I had too many drivers in there from testing capture cards.
I picked up a Hauppauge 1850 capture card for the useless PCIe 1x slot. It works, and after testing an ATi 650 ( pure unadulterated crap ) and the buying a Hauppauge 2250 card only to find out the dual tuners can't switch between analog and digital because they didn't include two co-axial inputs.
I found the 1850 card, dual co-axial inputs 1 analog ( cable TV ) and one for the ATSC ( antenna ), PCIe 1x, and actually records what you tell it to (unlike the ATi ). Has FM too although I have never used it.
Now to add a side case fan to cool the video card and add the Auzentech sound card in there and I have a nice HTPC.
Then back to trying to get Blueray and DVD playing nice and powerstriping 1080i for the RPTV.
Good old fun.
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