PC hardware: ATI TV Wonder 650 -- No Windows 7 Support ...
ATI TV Wonder 650 -- No Windows 7 Support ...
by trclac - 10/26/09 8:06 AMI sent the following message to AMD Tech Support:
"When will the drivers be released for the Windows 7 64-bit OS for the ATI TV Wonder 650?"
This is what I received from AMD:
"At this point in time there is no official announced support for TV Wonder 650 products in Windows 7. I would suggest checking the driver download pages in the winter months for updates."
What the ...??? So I'm now either stuck with a useless tuner or need to buy a new tuner from AMD. Forget that. Any suggestions on a good, Windows 7 compatible, TV tuner for the desktop?
Thanks.
you can always try the vista 64bit driver
by ramarc - 10/27/09 5:37 PM In reply to: ATI TV Wonder 650 -- No Windows 7 Support ... by trclacmost vista drivers work fine in win7
you can always try the vista 64bit driver
by trclac - 10/27/09 5:57 PM In reply to: you can always try the vista 64bit driver by ramarcI tried that. Didn't work.
Last shot.
by R. Proffitt
- 10/28/09 10:16 AM
In reply to: ATI TV Wonder 650 -- No Windows 7 Support ... by trclac
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/tvtuner_win7.aspx?type=2.5&product=2.5.1.3.2.3.2&lang=English&rev=9.10&ostype=Windows%207%20Beta%20-%2032-Bit%20Edition
Yes I know. Just try it.
And drivers are going to take time to show up. Let's hope the companies just admit where they will or will not issue them.
Bob
Last shot
by trclac - 10/28/09 10:52 AM In reply to: Last shot. by R. Proffitt
I tried the Win 7 drivers for the 750, and they didn't work on my 650, either. Which brings me to another question -- perhaps ATI is purposely not releasing drivers for the 650 and below expecting that people will buy the 750 instead. But where is the 750? As far as I know, it hasn't been released. Regardless, if that's their game, I'm just moving to a different brand.
Let'ssay that is so.
by R. Proffitt - 10/28/09 12:56 PM
In reply to: Last shot by trclac
Then every maker is playing that game. Let's face it. Drivers cost money or you go with an OS that is open source?
But let me ask this. Have you been on this ride long? I see nothing different than what happened from Windows 3 to 95, 95 to 98, 98 to 98se, anything to Windows NT, ME, 2000, XP, 2003, 2008 and 7.
I've been on this ride since before CP/M so from my view you choosing another maker is not going to help.
Bob
Unfortunately ...
by trclac - 10/28/09 1:16 PM In reply to: Let'ssay that is so. by R. Proffitt
I have been on this ride before. Built my first system when Vista was released, and, well, you know the story there. But for all my peripherals and internal hardware, they all work perfectly in Win 7 (64-bit), with the sole exception of the ATI tuner card. So, until the 750 card is finally released, there is no ATI tuner card that works in Win 7? That seems to be the case here.
Just my thoughts.
by R. Proffitt - 10/28/09 2:11 PM
In reply to: Unfortunately ... by trclac
I'll take your word on ATI even if the 750 is 99% assured to get WIndows 7 support.
In my small world there at 2 TV card makers. ATI and Hauppaugge. Yes there are no-names but those are just disposables you make that choice and maybe that's all about price?
Bob
Figured out a work-around
by trclac - 11/1/09 2:33 PM In reply to: ATI TV Wonder 650 -- No Windows 7 Support ... by trclacI downloaded the Win 7 drivers for the ATI TV Wonder 750. I installed the package. Don't expect the TV Wonder 650 to work just yet. Go into device manager, click on the "unknown" device, and manually update the driver by browsing to the c:\ATI folder. Win 7 (64-bit) then loaded the drivers from the 750 package, and Windows Media Center then found my tuner, and it seems to work.
Of course, AMD was NO help; this was all trial and error.
Hope it helps someone until ATI gets off their butt and releases the Win 7 drivers for the 650.
750 does not work on 650 usb ATI TV Wonder
by 23histteach - 11/1/09 9:01 PM In reply to: Figured out a work-around by trclacJust tried the 750 drivers for the 650 USB as stated above and it did not work. No signals were found.
But here is the real point: companies should be concerned about customer retention. The 650 is not that old, more over, the product is still being sold. Simply put, AMD/ATI needs to stand by their product. Personally, I'm leaving ATI. If they update the drivers, great, I'll use it as my "other" HD source.
Even worse ...
by trclac - 11/2/09 8:24 AM In reply to: 750 does not work on 650 usb ATI TV Wonder by 23histteachMicrosoft lists the 650 as fully compatible with Windows 7. Fully compatible when? When AMD decides to release the drivers?
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