System test says No MMX on P3 (also videosoap wont work)

[Nammu]

I just bought a AIW9000pro. Everything works OK except the videosoap
(the full-screen TV app quality seems sub-standard compared to reg
cable on same TV, but probably not related).

When I ran the System Test it says the system does not support MMX,
but Sandra seems to have no problem detecting it, and other graphic
apps run fine using MMX.

I've updated to all the lastest drivers I know of (bios
included)....The only problem I had was that it took a couple of
uninstall/re-installs to get the TV app to work in MMC 8.6

Anyone heard of this before? ATI website doesn't help...
Any help appreciated! Thx!

My System:
P3 600mhz, AIW9000pro
WinXP w/ dx9.0b & all service packs
MMC 8.6, Cat drvs 3.7, remote wonder 2.0

 

[Martin]

I just bought a AIW9000pro. Everything works OK except the videosoap
(the full-screen TV app quality seems sub-standard compared to reg
cable on same TV, but probably not related).

When I ran the System Test it says the system does not support MMX,
but Sandra seems to have no problem detecting it, and other graphic
apps run fine using MMX.

I've updated to all the lastest drivers I know of (bios
included)....The only problem I had was that it took a couple of
uninstall/re-installs to get the TV app to work in MMC 8.6

Anyone heard of this before? ATI website doesn't help...
Any help appreciated! Thx!

My System:
P3 600mhz, AIW9000pro
WinXP w/ dx9.0b & all service packs
MMC 8.6, Cat drvs 3.7, remote wonder 2.0

Run DXDIAG.EXE from the Start Menu's Run command and look for the various
hardware acceleration on the display tab - ensure they're enabled.
Also look in the Display Properties Advanced settings for the Hardware
Acceleration setting.

Martin.

 

[JAD]

its another little hiccup my P4 has no mmx tech either LOL

soap issue unrelated as mine works fine TV quality well its most likely the monitor and its nature, if you look at a TV along
side the monitor the monitor looks a little washed out....has on most everyone I've seen next to a TV. I don't think its an
issue....the mere fact that we are able to do half the multimedia things we can is remarkable, considering 10 years ago it was a
dream...i can still remember blinking colored text, that brought on as much hulla baloo as the intro of the radeons.

 

[Nammu]

Run DXDIAG.EXE from the Start Menu's Run command and look for the various
hardware acceleration on the display tab - ensure they're enabled.
Also look in the Display Properties Advanced settings for the Hardware
Acceleration setting.

Martin.

dxdiag says that all acceleration is enabled for both display except
for AGP textures on the TV. The HW acceleration is also set to Full.
Does that help?

Thx

 

[Nammu]

its another little hiccup my P4 has no mmx tech either LOL

soap issue unrelated as mine works fine TV quality well its most likely the monitor and its nature, if you look at a TV along
side the monitor the monitor looks a little washed out....has on most everyone I've seen next to a TV. I don't think its an
issue....the mere fact that we are able to do half the multimedia things we can is remarkable, considering 10 years ago it was a
dream...i can still remember blinking colored text, that brought on as much hulla baloo as the intro of the radeons.

In regards to the image quality, I was actually comparing images on
the same TV (Sony Wega 32"). Using these two setups:

(Split Cable)
1) Cable -> TV Cable in
2) Cable -> AIW -> (TV APP Full Screen) -> TV Out (Svideo) -> TV

With this setup I can easily switch between the two sources with a
button. If I look at a channel like CNBC with text and people, the
image difference is very obvious. The one routed through the AIW is
fuzzier, less vibrant, especially the text. I've played around with
settings on the TV and can't seem to improve it.

Also, I noticed somthing weird: There seems to me more picture being
shown through the AIW vs. the TV's internal tuner. Comparing the two
images it looks like the AIW scans a slightly larger image...It's
really obvious on a channel like CNBC that has the ticker at the
bottom. With the TV's tuner, it does appear almost exactly flush with
the bottom, but with the AIW, there's a small buffer. Also the
reporter's head is a further away from the top of the screen.

The net effect is that the TV picture looks a little zoomed in (and
better) comapred to the AIW.

Have others seen this? Is there some setting on the AIW for this?
I swear I'm not smoking anything...

BTW, US NTSC

 

[patrickp]

In regards to the image quality, I was actually comparing images on
the same TV (Sony Wega 32"). Using these two setups:

(Split Cable)
1) Cable -> TV Cable in
2) Cable -> AIW -> (TV APP Full Screen) -> TV Out (Svideo) -> TV

With this setup I can easily switch between the two sources with a
button. If I look at a channel like CNBC with text and people, the
image difference is very obvious. The one routed through the AIW is
fuzzier, less vibrant, especially the text. I've played around with
settings on the TV and can't seem to improve it.

Also, I noticed somthing weird: There seems to me more picture being
shown through the AIW vs. the TV's internal tuner. Comparing the two
images it looks like the AIW scans a slightly larger image...It's
really obvious on a channel like CNBC that has the ticker at the
bottom. With the TV's tuner, it does appear almost exactly flush with
the bottom, but with the AIW, there's a small buffer. Also the
reporter's head is a further away from the top of the screen.

The net effect is that the TV picture looks a little zoomed in (and
better) comapred to the AIW.

Have others seen this? Is there some setting on the AIW for this?
I swear I'm not smoking anything...

BTW, US NTSC

My XP2000+ doesn't have MMX support, either, according to the ATi
configuration app. It does, of course; this is just yet another hiccough in
the long list of misreadings by it - in the past I've mostly had DMA not
enabled and capture driver not installed when, of course, they were. If
fact, I can only remember one MMC configuration where everything actually
reported as Ok - soon lost that, though. It's actually quite unusual now:
although MMX is reported as not installed, both DMA and capture driver are
correctly reported.

MMC 8.6 is also the only 8.x version that's worked straight out of the
install package for me: the TV (Video In in my case) app boots and closes
happily every time. Never did before.

patrickp

 

[Greg]

I have a AIW 7500 and ATI configuration reports no MMX which causes Guide
Plus to not record scheduled programs. I contacted ATI and they have no
useful answer yet. You should contact them also at least so I don't look
alone in this problem.

 

[JAD]

hmm 'no mmx' does not cause any problems on this rig 7500aiw