Marvel G200 on Xp/Win2k

[gbmsgb]

Hello,
I downloaded VidCap3.01 from Adis web site.
When I launch the program it say that the capture driver was not installed properly. (I had no problems during install).
I am using matrox driver package 5.88.061
Graphics BIOS1.3
DirectX 8.1

[Adis]

Try to use VideoTools 3.00...

First uninstall VidCap 3.01 and than install VT 3.00.

Install W2K SP4, latest mobo chipset drivers and DirectX9.

[gbmsgb]

Sorry for what is probably a silly question - what are the "mobo chipset drivers"?
Thanks a lot,
Misha

[UtwigMU]

Each motherboard has a chipset

Pentium II/III chipsets:
Intel: i440BX/LX/GX/ZX, 810, 815e, 815ep, 820, 840
VIA: VIA Apollo pro
There were also some SiS and Serverworks chipstes

Athlon/AthlonXP chipstes:
AMD: 750, 760, 760MP, 760MPX
VIA: KT133, KT133A, KT266, KT266A, KT333, KT400, KT600
SiS: SiS 735, 740, 745, 748...
nVidia: nForce1, nForce2
Ali: Ali M@gik

Pentium4/Xeon:
Intel: 845, 845pe/ge, 850, 860, 865, 875, E7501, E7505
VIA: P4X266
There are also some Serwerworks chipstets. There is Ati mobile chipset on the horizon or out already.

(The list is not complete - talking out of memory)

Now Except for intel 440BX (It's so old that Windows already have drivers), one generally needs drivers for chipset for Windows or other OS. (95 didn't have drivers for BX).

To find out which chipset do you have either check your computer screen on post or use utility such as SiSoftSandra or WCPUID

To find out which motherboard do you have without opening the case, you can check out WimsBIOS. Beware as the page has lot's of popup adds (don't notice them in Mozilla) and agressive advertising. Don't install anything, especially not Gator (spyware).

Just look at the charts. If your using IE, turn Internet zone to high security.

Chipstet consists of north bridge and southbridge chip.

The northbridge connects to CPU, RAM, AGP and sometimes SATA, RAID and LAN.

Soutbridge is connected to northbridge and is controlling PCI and ISA bus and onboard IDE, USB, serial ports, parallel ports, PS/2 ports... Onboard RAID is sometimes here.

In order for your computer to perform optimally you need AGP, chipset and IDE controller (generally integrated in southbridge). Sometimes you also need drivers for your integrated video and sound, RAID,....

Chipset drivers:
Either get them from your motherboard maker's site or better (lattest) from chipste maker's site

Intel: they're called Intel Application acceleration

http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/iaa/

AMD:

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_756_759%5e871%5e2336,00.html

VIA Hyperion drivers:

http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=2

SiS:

http://download.sis.com/sisdlc/driver_select.jsp

Ali Aladdin:

http://www.ali.com.tw/eng/support/support_driver.htm

nVidia:

http://nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

Serverworks:
http://www.serverworks.com/index1.html - there are no drivers, so turn to motherboard manufacturer

Hope this helps.


If you have problems also flash your motherboard to lattest or most stable BIOS.

Be sure you know you have the right BIOS for your board, as flashing board with wrong BIOS can render it useless.

The only way to fix this is to either hotswap BIOS with same board and flash, order new BIOS chip from www.badflash.com, order new motherboard or if you have one of latter boards, use emergency floppy.

[Adis]

gbmsgb

Which motherboard ?
Just go to manufacturer's site and search for it...

Originally posted by UtwigMU
Intel: they're called Intel Application acceleration

Intel Application Accelerator is Ultra-ATA driver, not chipset driver.
It optimizes harddisks...

[Technoid]

Originally posted by adis
gbmsgb

Which motherboard ?
Just go to manufacturer's site and search for it...


Intel Application Accelerator is Ultra-ATA driver, not chipset driver.
It optimizes harddisks...

Yes and No

on win9x (95,98,SE,ME) it enables the use of UDMA modes higher than Udma mode 2 (UDMA33).

On W2k and XP it only does its secondary ability: Boosting harddrive performance in exactly the oposit way as all other manufactors UDMA drivers, by instead of minimising CPU utilisation it maximises it to highten performance

Sure the HDD gets a bit faster but your computer on the whole gets slower

[Adis]

Originally posted by Technoid
Yes and No ...

Anyway... it is NOT chipset driver for Intel MoBos...

[Adis]

Technoid

To use IAA
or not to use it ? What you think... ?

I think "YES".

[gbmsgb]

Thank you very much for the responses - I will try all these steps and report back...
Thanks again!