Re: Vista Beta 2 AMD and Media Center

Hi JW,

Apperciate the productive feedback. Unfortunately the XP X2 driver will
not install in Vista Beta 2. The program immediately errors with a message
that states this is only for XP OS.

I have tried the AMD optimizer, latest ATI catalysis Vista beta drivers, etc
as suggested through this board. The only other "solution" i have read on
this board is that someone bought another brand of tv tuner. hehe, don't
think I'm going to throw any more money at this :)


"JW" wrote:

AFAIK the XP X2 drivers are also solve the problem for and are required for
Vista since the Vista beta was released after the X2 XP drivers were
released AMD did not update the description of them.

"Dana Cline - MVP" <dcline@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I can't quite figure out what you want...a faster response on the fix? If
so, you're going to have to stand in line with the bazillions of other bugs
people have reported. Have you tried any builds since Beta 2? Mentioned
this on the beta newsgroups?

Sounds like you did file the bug report, and the resolution was "Fixed in
RC1"...if so, what's the problem?

Dana Cline - MCE MVP

"Brian" <Brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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After reading several post on these boards, it seems that there is an
obvious
problem with AMD X2 Dual Cores and Windows Vista Media Center when
watching
live TV.

As a Beta 2 tester, I have installed this OS on my newly built HTPC
originally with a single core processor and it worked flawlessly with the
following components:

AMD 64 3200+ Venice
OCZ DDR 600 2x512
MSI K8NGM2-FID (Geforce 6150 chipset & onboard video)
ATI Elite (550 Pro)

Recently AMD has dramatically dropped their prices on their processors
since
Intel's release of Conroe. Like many people, I jumped at the chance of
upgrading to a X2 (X2 4800+ Toledo) without realizing that there would be
any
problems with Vista.

Once the dual core processor was installed, I started to experience BSOD,
Freezes, Black screens, reboots, etc when watching Live TV. I went
through
the trouble of reinstalling Beta 2 on my HTPC.

I have submitted all problems and many of the solutions from Microsoft
says
that its been resolved with Vista RC1 and to wait for it to be available
at
the end of the year. I am shocked to see that there is a fix and yet as
a
test for Media Center, I have to wait for another release of the OS.

From what I'm reading on these boards, it seems like the problem is
related
to the management of the dual core processors and many people have
suggested
downloading AMD's dual core drivers (which are for XP only!). All other
software and driver upgrades have not worked. Live TV will freeze up
anywhere from a couple of minutes to a couple of hours with the BSOD
saying
there's a problems with "memory management," "IRQ Less than or equal to
zero", or not mentioning anything at all. Other times the screen just
goes
black and the computer locks up, or if I'm lucky, the screen goes black
and
I'm able to regain control of the computer by pressing the Windows button
on
the keyboard and the computer automatically restarts MC.

If this is a known problem and has been for some time, I am shocked that
Microsoft has not at the very least posted this problem offically. No
where
in my solutions from MS did they specifically say the cause of my
problems
were and I have spent many days trying to resolve.

If the problem is an issue of management of the dual core processors, why
does it require us to wait for Vista RC1 for the fix? Assuming RC1 is a
fix
to this problem.

To me, this problem is going to continue to grow as more people, like me,
jump at the oppertunity to buy dual cores without any knowledge of the
incompatiblity with Media Center.

As much as I appricate being a tester of a beta OS, I feel that better
communication should be established about this issue. Communication
goes
both ways and I've been doing my best to report this to MS.

-Frustrated.

"Jason Tsang" wrote:

It's a bit surprising that AMD/Microsoft haven't been able to integrate
the
appropriate fixes..

I'd suggest you file a bug on the issue.

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"David C" <DavidC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Vista Beta 2 Build 5384 x32

"buckeyeboy" wrote:

Which OS?

Beta2? Build?
x32 or x64bit?
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"David C" wrote:

I have a AMD 64 dual core 4200 processor with a twinhan tv card.
The
Asus
board has the latest bios and the cool and quiet is disabled. The
tv is
stuttering similar to what happened in MCE2005 before the AMD patch
was
installed. This same patch won't install on Vista due to it not
being
XP.

Has anyone got a solution to this problem?








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