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I’ve just installed all the ATI software for my AIW9600 and actually have TV working. Yay! Unfortunately, MMC 9.16 has turned out to be garbage. There is no option to disable tv-on-demand in 9.16 and the registry hack does not work. While it does turn time-shifting off, the “live” feed is still...

Hi, I finally got my current installation of XP working on my new system and it’s working fine except for the overlay surface. The problem is that playing videos won’t work on the overlay and falls back to software rendering and other overlay-only tasks fail altogether (I usually tests the...

Hi, Last month my motherboard finally bought it so I just purchased a used computer. It includes a Sapphire X1650 Pro AGP and Windows 7. He hadn't installed the ATI drivers though, it is using the default Microsoft ones. I've spent the past week trying to figure out how the heck to install...

Hi, I think that I’ve seen it asked once somewhere at some point in the past, but I was wondering if it’s possible to do Picture-in-Picture with an All-in-Wonder’s tuner and Video-in. Can you have the tuner be one source and the composite/SVHS be a second one?

Hi, I’m running an EPoX motherboard with a 1.7GHz P4. They both do only 400MHz (socket 478). I’ve also got a HyperThreading 3.2GHz P4 with an 800MHz FSB and am looking for a compatible motherboard, but that may take a while. I was wondering if I can run the 3.2 P4 on my current board...

Hi, My motherboard’s PS/2 connectors seem to have a really strange attribute: It seems that all of the functional pins (the ones that are not not connected) are connected to all of the other ones, not only in each individual port, but to the pins in the other port as well. That is, all...

Hi, I need to get a digital memory card but don’t know much about the quality. I have read things about reliability and speed, so I was hoping someone can tell me of a good brand. My current options (available in store, sales, etc.) are between Crucial, Lexar, Sandisk, and Norcent. If I...

Hi, Does anyone know if it is bad for a screen (monitor, tv, etc.) to be exposed to direct sunlight? I would think that the intense energy from the sun would cause the phosphors in the screen to wear out faster, wouldn’t it? What about UV lamps (eg black lights)? They cause some screens to...

Hi, I have finally figured out why whenever I run the TV app the CPU usage (specifically kernel times, shown in red) jumps to about 50%, but occasionally doesn’t. After some testing, I have discovered that it is caused by the Gravis Gamepad Pro (gameport connection, not USB) connected to my...

Hey, I was just working on some of my—unfortunately many backed-up—projects and finally got around to polishing this one for release. I’ve been using it for a year or two, and wanted to get it out for everyone else. No more C:\PDOXUSRS.NET. :) (Hosting is only part-time—most of each day...

I was just wondering about peoples current updating habits. A few years ago I, like many others, would update my drivers and other ATI software almost every single month. But then things started getting worse and worse; there were more and more problems, the quality started going down, bugs...

Hi, I've got a set of data points which all lie in a plane in three dimensions and I need to figure out the formula that defines the plane. What I need is a way to calculate the Z coordinate of a point, given the other two. Any ideas?

Hi, Does anyone know if it's okay to jam a fan for a prolonged period of time? Does it do any damage? I once had a 120mm fan that fell behind the desk while it was still on (and got jammed), and when I found it several weeks later it was dead. I'm not sure exactly what killed it but at the...

Hi, Is there a difference between the two black ground wires on a drive connector? For example, does one ground the 12v and the other ground the 5v or do they both go to the same place? Is it bad if they are reversed? Thanks a lot.

Hi, I'm running an Apache webserver, I've got a DLink router, and a cable-modem. My webserver is configured properly, I've routed port 80 correctly, my ISP is not blocking port 80. The problem is that when I try to access the webserver via my IP address, it does not work. For example, if I...