Is it possible to use an OLD All in Wonder 8mb PCI card in XP for TV or extra monitor?

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Roscoe P Pendoscoe

I have an All in Wonder 8mb from an old system I built, circa Win95.
Are there any drivers for this relic so I can use it in an XP sp2
machine?

Anyone have info or attempted this with good result?

Thanks

Rick aka Roscoe




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Roscoe P Pendoscoe said:
Thanks, I was looking but didn't see them in the legacy area. I'll let
you know if it works. I just want the TV portion to operate.

RC
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AFAIK ATI/AMD isn't hosting old multimedia files like these any more. You
might be able to find them on the internet. Don't know but doubt WMD drivers
were made for it. Also don't know that XP can use the VFW(IIRC) drivers
originally made for it..

If time is important to you consider buying new hardware. With analog TV
going away these devices are dirt cheap. With a little looking around you
can probably find something modern with support (or at least WMD drivers)
for ~$10. The quality and features of the old AIW aren't that great anyway.
 
AFAIK ATI/AMD isn't hosting old multimedia files like these any more.

The whole point of my link was to show him exactly where ATI/AMD IS hosting
the old drivers....
 
AFAIK ATI/AMD isn't hosting old multimedia files like these any more. You
might be able to find them on the internet. Don't know but doubt WMD drivers
were made for it. Also don't know that XP can use the VFW(IIRC) drivers
originally made for it..

If time is important to you consider buying new hardware. With analog TV
going away these devices are dirt cheap. With a little looking around you
can probably find something modern with support (or at least WMD drivers)
for ~$10. The quality and features of the old AIW aren't that great anyway.
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Actually I have a newer ATI AIW video card in the machine and was only
doing it out of curiosity to see if I could get 3 desktop monitors up
and running.

I probably should direct my time to shoveling/blowing the snow that is
falling as I type this. But since this is warmer and more interesting
I thought I'd give it a try.

I am getting this machine up and running because of a failed drive
clone on my main box trying to transfer the OS to a bigger hard drive.
It has been running although with issues. It is a good lesson learned
that I will not attempt again. What happened would take far too much
time to explain except that the OS now spans the C & D drives and
boots from the D which is the slave , which I would not think
possible.

Thanks for the help and advice.

RC





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the more people assume you have.
 
zephyris said:
The whole point of my link was to show him exactly where ATI/AMD IS hosting
the old drivers....
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That would be good if he only needed display drivers.
 
Roscoe P Pendoscoe said:
What happened would take far too much
time to explain except that the OS now spans the C & D drives and
boots from the D which is the slave , which I would not think
possible.

Thanks for the help and advice.

RC
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Not that I know enough about it to help but I have noticed XP allows using
more than one physical disc in a drive. Have never gone there. When you dual
boot 2 O/S, boot.ini on C: determines which boot continues. So far have only
done that on a partitioned disk.
Good Luck
 
No, it is not compatible.
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Well Dave, it seems you are in the know on what will or will not work,
which PCI card can I combine with an AIW AGP 9600XT card and acheive a
3monitor setup?

I do not do any high-end gaming and mostly have business apps or Word
up along with Agent or other benign apps. I have 2 Samsung 21"ers and
wanted a 3rd if possible.

BTW the 8mb AIW PCI does have conflict and MS XP Pro installs it's own
driver each reboot after installing legacy drivers.

Thanks & regards,

Rick aka Roscoe





Knowledge is like money, the less you talk about it
the more people assume you have.
 
I know I had nothing but problems trying to get two ATI cards working in one
pc. Basically, if I remember right, it was install the AGP card first, by
itself, and get it setup properly, then do the PCI card. Updating drivers
was a bitch as had to take out the pci card every time for the install to
even see the AGP card etc. etc. Problem went away once I used an old Matrox
PCI card for 2nd video card.
 
I know I had nothing but problems trying to get two ATI cards working in one
pc. Basically, if I remember right, it was install the AGP card first, by
itself, and get it setup properly, then do the PCI card. Updating drivers
was a bitch as had to take out the pci card every time for the install to
even see the AGP card etc. etc. Problem went away once I used an old Matrox
PCI card for 2nd video card.
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I have thrown in the towel and abamdoned the idea of using the ATI
relic. I have better things to waste my time on that may work when all
is said and done.

After the holiday season, I'll just search for the recommended card
that actually has a track record for working with this setup and go
from there.

Thanks again.


Rick





Knowledge is like money, the less you talk about it
the more people assume you have.
 
That card uses the Rage or Rage Pro graphics chip, which must be set
as the primary display card, since its bios must be executed during
power on in order for the chip to work. In addition, in order for any
AIW TV tuner to work, the card must be the primary display card.
 
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