TV Card Probs in XP Home OEM

[Chris Brennen]

Hi all,
I'm trying to install an (admittedly old) Modular Technology MM200 PCTV card
so that I can use the webcam that was supplied with it. All goes well and
XP detects the card, but the when I try to install the drivers it says "The
class installer has denied the request to install or upgrade this device"
and won't let me do it. I've tried new drivers from the Mod Tech website
(http://www.modulartech.com/support/tvsup.htm) and they don't work either
(at least I think they're new. There's no dating to confirm). I'd love to
get it working so if somebody could help I'd be grateful. I'm running:

AMD Athlon 1400 on an Abit KG-7 RAID m/b with 256Mb RAM. Windows XP Home
OEM running in an admin user account with 1* Plextor CDR drive, 1* DVD
drive, 1* 250Mb internal ZIP and 1* 1.44Mb standard floppy.
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Regards,
Chris Brennen


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[Alvin A Brown]

Hello Chris

Do you know for sure if it is supported by Win XP I think that
is where your problem is and if not your kinda out of luck. Maybe
time to replace that card but keep looking and ask int vendor if
they provide software that will support XP

Alvin


Chris Brennen wrote:

> Hi all,
> I'm trying to install an (admittedly old) Modular Technology MM200 PCTV card
> so that I can use the webcam that was supplied with it. All goes well and
> XP detects the card, but the when I try to install the drivers it says "The
> class installer has denied the request to install or upgrade this device"
> and won't let me do it. I've tried new drivers from the Mod Tech website
> (http://www.modulartech.com/support/tvsup.htm) and they don't work either
> (at least I think they're new. There's no dating to confirm). I'd love to
> get it working so if somebody could help I'd be grateful. I'm running:
>
> AMD Athlon 1400 on an Abit KG-7 RAID m/b with 256Mb RAM. Windows XP Home
> OEM running in an admin user account with 1* Plextor CDR drive, 1* DVD
> drive, 1* 250Mb internal ZIP and 1* 1.44Mb standard floppy.
> --
> Regards,
> Chris Brennen
>
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[Chris Brennen]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alvin A Brown" <?????????????>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 9:57 PM
Subject: Re: TV Card Probs in XP Home OEM


> Hello Chris
>
> Do you know for sure if it is supported by Win XP I think that
> is where your problem is and if not your kinda out of luck. Maybe
> time to replace that card but keep looking and ask int vendor if
> they provide software that will support XP
>
> Alvin

Hi Alvin,
I'm pretty certain that it's not XP supported as it's about 7 years old. I
suspected that's where the problem might be but wondered if there was a
workaround. I mailed the vendors too to ask their ideas and see what
drivers they have. Other than that, yes it's card replacement time. Not
too major as I could do with a new one but still slightly annoying. Failing
that, if you know how to get two USB cams of the same type (Creative Video
Blaster WebCam) so I can use the Cam Cycle feature of my software, again,
I'd be appreciated as that's all I really want the TV Card fixed for.
Thanks for your prompt reply :)
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[Alvin A Brown]

Hello Chris

Well one more option to try go to www.driverguide.com
user name: drivers
paswword: all

Give that a try, you may and my not find a driver there, but you can
try

Alvin


Chris Brennen wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alvin A Brown" <?????????????>
> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 9:57 PM
> Subject: Re: TV Card Probs in XP Home OEM
>
> > Hello Chris
> >
> > Do you know for sure if it is supported by Win XP I think that
> > is where your problem is and if not your kinda out of luck. Maybe
> > time to replace that card but keep looking and ask int vendor if
> > they provide software that will support XP
> >
> > Alvin
>
> Hi Alvin,
> I'm pretty certain that it's not XP supported as it's about 7 years old. I
> suspected that's where the problem might be but wondered if there was a
> workaround. I mailed the vendors too to ask their ideas and see what
> drivers they have. Other than that, yes it's card replacement time. Not
> too major as I could do with a new one but still slightly annoying. Failing
> that, if you know how to get two USB cams of the same type (Creative Video
> Blaster WebCam) so I can use the Cam Cycle feature of my software, again,
> I'd be appreciated as that's all I really want the TV Card fixed for.
> Thanks for your prompt reply :)
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> Chris Brennen
>
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[Chris Brennen]

"Alvin A Brown" > wrote in message
...
> Hello Chris
>
> Well one more option to try go to www.driverguide.com
> user name: drivers
> paswword: all
>
> Give that a try, you may and my not find a driver there, but you can
> try
>
> Alvin

Hi Alvin,
Just to follow-up on what was said, I mailed the vendor and got the followng
reply:

"I'm sorry to say that Windows 2000 or XP is not supported on any of our TV
cards..

The situation has arisen because of the unique method on our TV card to
digitise the sound and pass it across the PCI bus. Brooktree/Conexant (the
silicon manufacturer and driver writer) elected not to support this mode for
Windows 2000/XP, thus leaving us with no product and customers like yourself
with no solution."

So, there ya have it. Definate no-no. Not a problem, I'll just get a new
card :)
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Regards,
Chris B



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