Who will fix the DirectX 9.0b problem ?

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Likewise.
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Probably the pal tv side of things which is broken with DX9,
if you don't have a card with a tuner or have an NTSC
vversion you won't have a problem.
 
Lithurge said:
Probably the pal tv side of things which is broken with DX9,
if you don't have a card with a tuner or have an NTSC
vversion you won't have a problem.
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And it's not only ATi Cards that it messes up, but other PAL-TV Boards as
well. So I guess Microsoft will have to come up with a fix, not the
manufacturers.
 
Glzmo said:
And it's not only ATi Cards that it messes up, but other PAL-TV Boards as
well. So I guess Microsoft will have to come up with a fix, not the
manufacturers.
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Its a wonder MSFT haven't pulled it from their website until such a
"showstopper" bug (for all those users of affected PAL TV Tuner Cards) is
fixed. They haven't even made mention of the problem so all those who aren't
aware will be installing it and breaking their TV Tuner software setup as a
result = not good :-(

Paul
 
Ditto here, very stable.
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Guys, google the group on "PAL DX9.0b" and I think you'll find a good
deal of discussion of the problem--if you're in the US or another area
that uses NTSC then you probably won't encounter it--if you're in Europe
or other parts of the world where PAL is the standard you probably will.
 
Paul said:
You must be using an NTSC Tuner (or tuner-less) card then because
those with PAL tuner cards are having this problem. Fortunately I
found out about the bug at the same time I heard DirectX 9.0b was
released so thanks to all those who trialed bleeding edge technology
before me, I'm holding off on a DirectX update until the fix comes
along.

Paul
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Yes, my apologies, it is a tunerless 9700 Pro.
 
Joe727 said:
What problem? My system runs great with DX9.0b & the 3.6 catalyst drivers.
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HI NG,

I wrote to (e-mail address removed) a few days ago and got the following
response:

"Unfortunately this is true. We apologize for this inconvenience. We
are currently working on an update. It will be available via Windows
Update as soon as it is available.

-----Original Message-----
From: Dr. Oliver Brock [mailto:o[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 2:31 PM
To: DirectX Information
Subject: ATI AllinWonder TV function doesnt work

Hi,

after upgrading direct X to 9b I cant use the TV portion of my AIW
9000PRO PAL under Windows XP anymore.
Its not possible to select a TV standard thus no scanning of the
channels is possible.

I am using all the latest ATI drivers, and it happenend just after
installing DirectX 9b, it seems it happenend to many other users as
well.

Are you working on a fix, when can I exspect it? This TV card is the
only TV I have got, and I am VERY diappointed about Microsoft releasing
such an update to Direct X , which stops not-so-difficult hardware from
working.

Waiting for information,

Regards,

O. Brock"
 
Me too even though I have an NTSC AIW, I'm waiting for the new fix before I
upgrade to Directx 9.0b.
 
Dr. Oliver Brock said:
Joe727 said:
What problem? My system runs great with DX9.0b & the 3.6 catalyst drivers.
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HI NG,

I wrote to (e-mail address removed) a few days ago and got the following
response:

"Unfortunately this is true. We apologize for this inconvenience. We
are currently working on an update. It will be available via Windows
Update as soon as it is available.

-----Original Message-----
From: Dr. Oliver Brock [mailto:o[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 2:31 PM
To: DirectX Information
Subject: ATI AllinWonder TV function doesnt work

Hi,

after upgrading direct X to 9b I cant use the TV portion of my AIW
9000PRO PAL under Windows XP anymore.
Its not possible to select a TV standard thus no scanning of the
channels is possible.

I am using all the latest ATI drivers, and it happenend just after
installing DirectX 9b, it seems it happenend to many other users as
well.

Are you working on a fix, when can I exspect it? This TV card is the
only TV I have got, and I am VERY diappointed about Microsoft releasing
such an update to Direct X , which stops not-so-difficult hardware from
working.

Waiting for information,

Regards,

O. Brock"
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Interesting - perhaps the Original Poster should have stated they had a PAL TV Tuner card.

Joe
 
Hi here in Italy same problem with AIW 8500 + Dx9.0b and PAL tuner.
Anybody knows how to downgrade Dx9.0b->9.0, as the problem wasn't
there using the previous version? Do the Dx uninstaller works or not?
TIA
Maurizio
 
Carol Haynes said:
There is an unofficial fix for the PAL problem which involves replacing a
DX9.0b file with a DX9.0a file.

It worked perfectly for me on Windows 2000 Pro SP4 and others have reported
success with WindowsXP. Don't know about older Windows though.

Strangely once the files are substituted DXDIAG still reports DX9.0b with no
errors (even in file versions) but my TV has worked fine ever since and I
haven't found any other glitches.

You can download it from here:

http://www.mustafa.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/fix.zip

There are instructions included but they aren't wuite accurate (at least not
for W2k) best bet is to do a search for the file (I found 4 copies) and
replace all of them.

You can also backup the original files and restore them if/when MS come out
with an official fix so that you can apply the official one.

Good luck.

Carol
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Thanks so much for that.

You're a star.
 
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