I'm Going to Murder ATI WDM Drivers

phaeton · Sep 8, 2005, 04:08 PM

OK, I have had _ZERO_ luck getting ATI TV or the TV capture device to work on my 9800 Pro AIW for the last SIX months.

I was on Windows 2003, and it worked extremely laggy with VirtualDub, but the ATI TV Player would ALWAYS fail to initialize, even though all WDM drivers were installed fine.

So, I formatted my machine, put Windows XP SP2 Professional on there, and this is a clean clean clean install, I put all the ATI drivers in, and lo and behold, the bloody ATI TV won't start AGAIN. Different OS, brand new drivers... I've tried everything I could possibly find on this website, using SP drivers instead of NSP, nothing is bloody working. I'm very close to losing it, I bought this card for its multimedia capabilities, and I have never been able to use it.

ATI keeps referring me to the knowledge base, which has no good information. I'm so close to losing it on this card, does ANYONE have any ideas on what I could do? I have tried old WDM drivers, new WDM drivers, I'm cleaning between installs with DriverCleaner PE, I honestly am at my wits end.

H3X4D3C1M4L · Sep 8, 2005, 09:39 PM

Did you try older catalysts or just installing what came on the CD?

Dr. Zhivago · Sep 15, 2005, 04:00 AM

You probably have a bad card...

Try it on another motherboard and if the WDM drivers won't load there, it's the card. If they do, then it's a problem with your motherboard. Try a different PSU as well.

Sep 8, 2005, 04:08 PM	#1
phaeton DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 38 Rep Power: 0	I'm Going to Murder ATI WDM Drivers OK, I have had _ZERO_ luck getting ATI TV or the TV capture device to work on my 9800 Pro AIW for the last SIX months. I was on Windows 2003, and it worked extremely laggy with VirtualDub, but the ATI TV Player would ALWAYS fail to initialize, even though all WDM drivers were installed fine. So, I formatted my machine, put Windows XP SP2 Professional on there, and this is a clean clean clean install, I put all the ATI drivers in, and lo and behold, the bloody ATI TV won't start AGAIN. Different OS, brand new drivers... I've tried everything I could possibly find on this website, using SP drivers instead of NSP, nothing is bloody working. I'm very close to losing it, I bought this card for its multimedia capabilities, and I have never been able to use it. ATI keeps referring me to the knowledge base, which has no good information. I'm so close to losing it on this card, does ANYONE have any ideas on what I could do? I have tried old WDM drivers, new WDM drivers, I'm cleaning between installs with DriverCleaner PE, I honestly am at my wits end.

Sep 15, 2005, 04:00 AM	#3
Dr. Zhivago DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 40 Rep Power: 0	You probably have a bad card... Try it on another motherboard and if the WDM drivers won't load there, it's the card. If they do, then it's a problem with your motherboard. Try a different PSU as well. __________________ And your whiney, cry-baby opinion would be?... Main Box - EPoX 8RDA6+Pro - 2.0GB DDR400 - Mobile Barton 2500+ @2.42GHz - AIW X800XT - Zalman VF700Cu - Enermax 431W PSU - CoolerMaster ATC 201 Case - CoolerMaster AquaGate - SB Audigy2 Value - (2) Hitachi Deskstar 250GB SATA - (2) NEC 3540A DVD-RW - Mitsumi 1.44MB 3.5" Floppy - Realsync 19" LCD - Logitech MX5000 Bluetooth Desktop - WinXP Pro SP2 EazyShare TV Server - Antec PLUS1080AMG Case w/ 400W TruePower PSU - Asus A7M266-D - 2x AthlonMP 1600+ - 1.0GB DDR266 - AIW Radeon - SBLive! 24Bit - Realtek NIC - WDD800JB - Hitachi 250GB Deskstar - Toshiba CDROM - Mitsumi 1.44MB 3.5" Floppy - Windows Server 2003 SP1 Travelling PC - ASUS A7V880 - Mobile Barton 2400+ @2.3GHz - 1.0GB DDR400 - AIW 9600 Pro - TB Santa Cruz - PC Geiger RD2 Pro - WDD1600JB - DLink DWLG520 - TDK 16x10x40x - Pioneer DVR-108 - Mitsumi 1.44MB Floppy - Antec SLK1650 - Enlight 450W PSU - WinXP Pro SP2

Sep 8, 2005, 09:39 PM	#2
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	Did you try older catalysts or just installing what came on the CD?