RE: ATI All-In-Wonder and new hardware...

Tech-Archive recommends: Repair Windows Errors & Optimize Windows Performance

From: namniar (namniar_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/11/04 

Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 11:47:05 -0700

Zack,

Remove all ATI software and install these Catalyst drivers and MMC software.
 You get them from "Previous Driver Versions" at the bottom of this page (or
any driver version for your OS and card )....

http://mirror.ati.com/support/drivers/winxp/radeonwdm-xp.html?type=xp&prodType=graphic&prod=productsXPdriver&submit.x=16&submit.y=8

Use the Catalyst Uninstaller from here....

http://mirror.ati.com/support/drivers/misc/catalystutils.html

These are the latest drivers / software updates for the AIW 7500 without
purchasing the version 8.1 disk or later (ATI quote for newer updates of MMC
- "* Requires original installation CD for RADEON®
9000/9200/9500/9600/9700/9800 series graphics adapters or MMC 8.1
installation CD to validate DVD decoder update.")

The disk can be purchased here...

http://shop.ati.com/searchresults.asp?dept_id=18

CATALYST™ 3.1
Driver Build 6.14.01.6292
7-83-030120a1-007447c

Release Date: 02/10/2003

The ATI Catalyst 3.1 display driver bundle does not include ATI's
proprietary Display Panel controls. To obtain this support you will also
require the ATI Control Panels 6.14.10.4019 bundle (available in other
languages).

WDM Capture Driver version 6.14.01.6178v1 is required for capture support on
ALL-IN-WONDER and VIVO products.

CATALYST™ 3.1 Multi-Language

ATI Multimedia Center 7.7.0.1

ATI DVD Player 7.6

Hydravision (optional) 3.20.2020

Remote Wonder Software 1.2 Upgrade
 

PS I have the same video card but with an MSI mobo and P4 Intel processer
(non hyperthread though). Latest updates from ATI work fine. Stick with
your AGP set at 4 and contact ATI via phone - sure it will likely cost you
$15 - $20 but what did you pay for your hardware?!? When I had what I
thought was software issues (turned out to be a defective video card that ATI
replaced c/w 5 year warranty) ATI tech support sent me an email listing how
to completely remove / install software
using safemode and registry edits.

Hope it helps,

r.

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"Zack" wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Recently I installed an Asus P4S800D-E Deluxe with a P4
> 3.0E (hyper-threaded). Since that time, my ATI All-In-
> Wonder 7500 video card has been malfunctioning. Three or
> more times per Windows session, the screen goes black,
> then comes back garbled, then goes black again, and
> finally comes back to normal. It then displays a message
> stating that "VPU Recover has reset your graphics
> accelerator as it was no longer responding to graphics
> driver commands." After three to five of these instances,
> the garbled screen will come back twice in a row, then
> when it returns to normal, I get the above error, along
> with one telling me that it was unable to reset hardware
> rendering, and has switched to software rendering mode,
> and that it will only change back after the computer is
> restarted.
>
> The error occurs when a window is scrolled. It could be
> any window at all, it doesn't seem to be picky. In the
> course of writing this message, the act of advancing the
> text to the next line caused the error. From time to
> time, the error will actually lock the entire computer up,
> and either freeze completely or dump me into a stop
> error. I don't always get an message from Windows when I
> restart, but when I do, it always has something to do with
> a video driver. I remember once that the drawing engine
> stopped responding, and once that it got stuck in an
> infinite loop.
>
> I've contacted ATI by email twice about the matter, but
> have yet to receive a response. I have no way of calling
> them, as the only number they provide is Canadian. In my
> searches of the ATI website, I noticed that there had been
> an issue with the TV tuner on their cards and hyper-
> threaded processors, but this seemed only to cause trouble
> when the TV tuner was being used.
>
> I've updated all the drivers for my video card and
> motherboard, have used Windows Update to download all of
> Microsoft's patches, and have searched both sites for
> issues similar to mine, but to no avail.
>
> I am desperate for a solution to my problems!
>

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