J
John Peterson
Hello all!
I have a newly-purchased Dell Dimension XPS GEN4 with a 256MB ATI Radeon X850 XT PE video
card. I purchased the ATI TV Wonder Pro separately, and am trying to install the tuner
card into the machine. However, I'm having a heck of a time and am hoping to solicit some
help.
I used the CD that came with the TV Wonder Pro. And it appeared to install the "universal
components" okay. However, when it was trying to install the MMC, it appeared as if the
installation just *stopped*, with no failure message (or success). At first, I thought it
was successful and installed the Remote Wonder drivers, which prompted a reboot.
When my machine rebooted, it hung on POST the first time. I powered off, and it hung on
POST *again* (in a slightly different place). The third time I cycled power, I got a
message stating that it couldn't load Windows XP because of a missing ntoskrnl.exe file.
I was getting pretty nervous, but a fourth power-cycle successfully loaded the OS again.
When I looked in the Programs folder, the only thing that got installed was the Remote
Wonder software. No MMC. Thinking maybe the MMC needed to be installed with*out* the
Remote Wonder, I tried installing it again. This time I noticed that it seemed like it
was failing, with no message or anything.
I happened to buy a MMC 8.1 CD from ATI, and I thought I'd use that instead of the CD that
came with the TV Wonder Pro. At first, I couldn't just install MMC by itself, because it
wants to load the Radeon drivers (which I'm assuming would *not* be the right thing to do
with the pre-installed X850 drivers from Dell). Instead, I navigated the CD and found a
directory called MmcDvd which had a setup.exe file in it. When I tried running setup.exe,
I get the exact same behavior that I was getting from the TV Wonder CD when the MMC was
trying to install -- it would unexpectedly terminate the setup process with no information
about *why* it failed.
When I rebooted my machine, I had the *exact* same problems: hung on POST twice, couldn't
load the OS, and the fourth time was a charm.
I'm not sure what's going on here, but if anyone has any advice for me (regarding either
the machine hang-ups or how to install MMC) I'd be hugely obliged!
Thanks!
I have a newly-purchased Dell Dimension XPS GEN4 with a 256MB ATI Radeon X850 XT PE video
card. I purchased the ATI TV Wonder Pro separately, and am trying to install the tuner
card into the machine. However, I'm having a heck of a time and am hoping to solicit some
help.
I used the CD that came with the TV Wonder Pro. And it appeared to install the "universal
components" okay. However, when it was trying to install the MMC, it appeared as if the
installation just *stopped*, with no failure message (or success). At first, I thought it
was successful and installed the Remote Wonder drivers, which prompted a reboot.
When my machine rebooted, it hung on POST the first time. I powered off, and it hung on
POST *again* (in a slightly different place). The third time I cycled power, I got a
message stating that it couldn't load Windows XP because of a missing ntoskrnl.exe file.
I was getting pretty nervous, but a fourth power-cycle successfully loaded the OS again.
When I looked in the Programs folder, the only thing that got installed was the Remote
Wonder software. No MMC. Thinking maybe the MMC needed to be installed with*out* the
Remote Wonder, I tried installing it again. This time I noticed that it seemed like it
was failing, with no message or anything.
I happened to buy a MMC 8.1 CD from ATI, and I thought I'd use that instead of the CD that
came with the TV Wonder Pro. At first, I couldn't just install MMC by itself, because it
wants to load the Radeon drivers (which I'm assuming would *not* be the right thing to do
with the pre-installed X850 drivers from Dell). Instead, I navigated the CD and found a
directory called MmcDvd which had a setup.exe file in it. When I tried running setup.exe,
I get the exact same behavior that I was getting from the TV Wonder CD when the MMC was
trying to install -- it would unexpectedly terminate the setup process with no information
about *why* it failed.
When I rebooted my machine, I had the *exact* same problems: hung on POST twice, couldn't
load the OS, and the fourth time was a charm.
I'm not sure what's going on here, but if anyone has any advice for me (regarding either
the machine hang-ups or how to install MMC) I'd be hugely obliged!
Thanks!