Dumb Qustion But I'm Confused

[JLC]

Ok so last week I finally built a new PC. I bought a Sapphire X1900XT
(256MB). I bought it from Newegg and it came in it's retail box. On the box
it clearly states that the card has VIVO. My last card was a 9800pro, and
I've never owned a card that has VIVO, not to be confused with Avivo. The
card has what looks like a S-video connecter, but it's not. I have to use a
adapter to plug in my S-video cable that goes to my TV. I've read the
manual that came with the install CD, and I just spent a lot of time at
ATI's site trying to figure out how, if this card really does have VIVO, to
make it work. Any help would be greatly appreciated. TIA, JLC

 

[First of One]

Is there an "unknown device" in Device Manager? If so, install the WDM
drivers; it's available from the same web page as the display drivers and
CCC.

Then you'll need a video capture program that supports WDM devices. (I don't
think ATi actually includes an app for this.) A free program is Virtual VCR:
http://virtualvcr.sourceforge.net/

I hope you weren't expecting something more extravagant?

 

[JLC]

Is there an "unknown device" in Device Manager? If so, install the WDM
drivers; it's available from the same web page as the display drivers and
CCC.

Then you'll need a video capture program that supports WDM devices. (I
don't
think ATi actually includes an app for this.) A free program is Virtual
VCR:
http://virtualvcr.sourceforge.net/

I hope you weren't expecting something more extravagant?

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Actually I was having a problem when I first installed the card every time I
would boot up I'd get the Windows has found a new device message. It was
looking for a PCI device. I couldn't figure out what it was looking for
because the only other card I have is my soundcard and it was installed OK.
So I disabled the PCI device. But when I just upgrade to the newest drivers
a few days ago I installed the WDM driver just because I saw it there for
DL. Now that you told me about this I looked it up and now there's no yellow
icon in Device Manager.
I didn't even know the card had VIVO when I bought it. The only way I found
out was the box. Thanks for the info. JLC