Can one buy a separete VIVO-box for the 9800PRO card?

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Morten Meiling Olsen

My Radeon 9800 PRO card has some sort of box called VIVO which has a
cable that plugs into the cards TV-OUT. From the box there are video
input and output plugs. I cannot put a s-video cable directly into my
videocard since its only the cable from the VIVO-box that fits.
Since my TV-out has stoped working, I would like to change this VIVO box
before I change the graphic card, in case its the box thats faulty.
So my question is: can I buy a VIVO-box separetly somewhere?
 
Morten said:
My Radeon 9800 PRO card has some sort of box called VIVO which has a
cable that plugs into the cards TV-OUT. From the box there are video
input and output plugs. I cannot put a s-video cable directly into my
videocard since its only the cable from the VIVO-box that fits.
Since my TV-out has stoped working, I would like to change this VIVO box
before I change the graphic card, in case its the box thats faulty.
So my question is: can I buy a VIVO-box separetly somewhere?
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In such a case I'd try to borrow one from somewhere to check if it's
the problem source. I suspect a new breakout box (at ATi prices) costs
almost as much as a second-hand 9800 AIW.

BTW, did this happen when changing drivers to a newer version? If so,
try rolling back to the older driver version.
 
GinTonix said:
In such a case I'd try to borrow one from somewhere to check if it's
the problem source. I suspect a new breakout box (at ATi prices) costs
almost as much as a second-hand 9800 AIW.

BTW, did this happen when changing drivers to a newer version? If so,
try rolling back to the older driver version.
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No it just started happen all of the sudden! Has been working perfectly
for two years almost.
The TV-out is very garbled, black and white or not present at all. I
have noticed that when windows is booting up the computer also displays
the image on the TV and here the problem is also present. So I suspect a
hardware failure. Any other ideas?
 
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