New VT for win2k hangs

[decibel]

The new video tools beta drivers for win2k hangs when I try to use the the mjpeg hardware or tv-tuner. I have successfully used "hacked" nt4 drivers for some weeks now, and have never experienced any serious problems with these drivers. But when I installed the new video tools, nothing works! The card also works perfectly in win98se.

I uninstalled the old nt4 video tools before I installed the new beta drivers, and I'm also using PD 5.06 beta.

Please help...


My config:

Abit BP6, 2x366 Celeron@550 MHz
256 MB RAM
G200 + RRG
Voodoo2
IBM 22,5 HD ATA66
IBM 14,3 HD DMA33
WD 4,3 HD ATA66
Adaptec 2910 SCSI adapter
Plexter Ultraples 20/40 (SCSI)
Yamaha 4/4/16 cd-writer (SCSI)
Accton 10/100 MBit Ethernet card
ACPI enabled

[Technoid]

The software is in BETA stage as you yourself said and was probably only released because a lot of people screamed to much!




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INTEL PIII550 MSI 6163
G400Mill 32MB SGRAM + RRG
SBlive
256 MB RAM CAS2
43GB HDD Space!(Actual 40GB) (13+30 Quantum drives)
Pioneer 104S DVD 10x CD 40x SLOT IN
SONY CRX100E 4/2/24 CDRW

[wkulecz]

Look if Matrox only released "beta" drivers because we've been bitching they are idiots.

Beta is supposed to mean they think they are close and need feedback on a bigger varity of systems. This is to avoid the real support nightmares stemming from bad "official" drivers. That's when the real bitching would start!

OTOH on a w2k system with "hacked" NT4 drivers how can you be sure you've un-installed everything? Are these "hangs"
occuring on other "virgin" w2k systems or only on the ones previously using "hacked" NT4 drivers? Key info that only becomes available if people "bitch"!

--wally.

[decibel]

Wooow, it works!! A fresh install of win2k solved everything. Guess some of the NT4 stuff was not properly uninstalled.

[Gareth Evans]

I'm getting a PC lockup, when I try to run the tuner auto channel select part. But I haven't had chance to uninstall the old drivers properly yet, I just popped the new ones over the old. So I'm hoping a good clearout will fix it. Have Matrox released an uninstall program for Win2000 like they have available for W98?

[jpb]

I had the same problem with the lockup. I did a marginal uninstall, and the problem didn't go away. Then when I really went through the registry and hard disk and deleted everything connected with Matrox, I was finally able to get a working version of the new tools.