My Radeon 9800 PRO card has some sort of box called VIVO which has a
cable that plugs into the cards TV-OUT. From the box there are video
input and output plugs. I cannot put a s-video cable directly into my
videocard since its only the cable from the VIVO-box that fits.
Since my TV-out has stoped working, I would like to change this VIVO box
before I change the graphic card, in case its the box thats faulty.
So my question is: can I buy a VIVO-box separetly somewhere?

eBay is your friend. The breakout box may also be interchangeable with those
on other cards like the 9600.

You can also take a look at http://shop.ati.com/searchresults.asp?dept_id=20
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"Morten Meiling Olsen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> My Radeon 9800 PRO card has some sort of box called VIVO which has a cable
> that plugs into the cards TV-OUT. From the box there are video input and
> output plugs. I cannot put a s-video cable directly into my videocard
> since its only the cable from the VIVO-box that fits.
> Since my TV-out has stoped working, I would like to change this VIVO box
> before I change the graphic card, in case its the box thats faulty.
> So my question is: can I buy a VIVO-box separetly somewhere?

Morten Meiling Olsen wrote:
> My Radeon 9800 PRO card has some sort of box called VIVO which has a
> cable that plugs into the cards TV-OUT. From the box there are video
> input and output plugs. I cannot put a s-video cable directly into my
> videocard since its only the cable from the VIVO-box that fits.
> Since my TV-out has stoped working, I would like to change this VIVO box
> before I change the graphic card, in case its the box thats faulty.
> So my question is: can I buy a VIVO-box separetly somewhere?

In such a case I'd try to borrow one from somewhere to check if it's
the problem source. I suspect a new breakout box (at ATi prices) costs
almost as much as a second-hand 9800 AIW.

BTW, did this happen when changing drivers to a newer version? If so,
try rolling back to the older driver version.

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GinTonix wrote:
> Morten Meiling Olsen wrote:
>> My Radeon 9800 PRO card has some sort of box called VIVO which has a
>> cable that plugs into the cards TV-OUT. From the box there are video
>> input and output plugs. I cannot put a s-video cable directly into my
>> videocard since its only the cable from the VIVO-box that fits.
>> Since my TV-out has stoped working, I would like to change this VIVO
>> box before I change the graphic card, in case its the box thats faulty.
>> So my question is: can I buy a VIVO-box separetly somewhere?
>
> In such a case I'd try to borrow one from somewhere to check if it's
> the problem source. I suspect a new breakout box (at ATi prices) costs
> almost as much as a second-hand 9800 AIW.
>
> BTW, did this happen when changing drivers to a newer version? If so,
> try rolling back to the older driver version.
>
No it just started happen all of the sudden! Has been working perfectly
for two years almost.
The TV-out is very garbled, black and white or not present at all. I
have noticed that when windows is booting up the computer also displays
the image on the TV and here the problem is also present. So I suspect a
hardware failure. Any other ideas?