ATI software change=quieter computer.
Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 4:09 pm
I have been having nasty software problems with three different ATI AIW cards. Well I got my AIW 9200 working excellent....fingers crossed. The problem was the MMC, and the TV tuner. I was having audio and video problems, some bad enough to crash XP.
Plus.....all the recent versions of the MMC, have a "TV on demand" function that keeps the HD working, and makes my P4-3.4 run at about 20% usage when the TV is on. This of course makes the CPU heat up, and causes the fan to speed up.....not good.
Well after trying out every conceivable combination of video drivers, and the MMC, I found the right combination.
Video driver.....7.1, the current driver.
dao-mdac version 9-1-0-0
MMC version 9.03.
These last two files were released about February 2005 (5.2 version}. The "TV on Demand" can be disabled with this older MMC, and my CPU usage when the TV is running dropped to about 3%. This lower CPU usage makes the computer quieter....dropped 100rpms off the cpu fan speed.
My advice to an AIW owner......try out this older software. It works perfectly for me.....XP Sp2 completely updated, without the new media player 10.
One other thing.....the TV video and the TV audio are now perfectly in sync, which was not the case with the other software.
Plus.....all the recent versions of the MMC, have a "TV on demand" function that keeps the HD working, and makes my P4-3.4 run at about 20% usage when the TV is on. This of course makes the CPU heat up, and causes the fan to speed up.....not good.
Well after trying out every conceivable combination of video drivers, and the MMC, I found the right combination.
Video driver.....7.1, the current driver.
dao-mdac version 9-1-0-0
MMC version 9.03.
These last two files were released about February 2005 (5.2 version}. The "TV on Demand" can be disabled with this older MMC, and my CPU usage when the TV is running dropped to about 3%. This lower CPU usage makes the computer quieter....dropped 100rpms off the cpu fan speed.
My advice to an AIW owner......try out this older software. It works perfectly for me.....XP Sp2 completely updated, without the new media player 10.
One other thing.....the TV video and the TV audio are now perfectly in sync, which was not the case with the other software.