Problem with Powercolor Theater 550 tuner card. / Win 7

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ElijahTW

Discussion Starter · Oct 27, 2009

I can't seem to get this damn card to work. I put it in, installed the newest drivers (Which are only available for Vista, but should work fine in 7 anyway), rebooted, but in both Windows Media Center and the Includes PowerCinema software I get a "No tuner found" error. I'm thinking of installing XP and trying it there, but before I do that - any suggestions?

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Spyhop

· #2 · Oct 27, 2009

Not all Vista drivers will work on 7. Might need to wait for them to release 7 drivers.

That said, did you install these drivers with admin priviledges in Vista compatibility mode?

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masta.g.86

· #3 · Oct 27, 2009

Theater 550? As in ATI?

I have what is essentially the USB version and I couldn't get the Vista drivers to properly install either. I tried the XP drivers and they worked like a charm.

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ElijahTW

Discussion Starter · #4 · Oct 27, 2009

You mean the XP drivers on XP... right?

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masta.g.86

· #5 · Oct 28, 2009

No. XP drivers in 7. They work. Trust me.

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tuanming

· #6 · Oct 28, 2009

Check Windows 7 compatibility center to see if your hardware is supported...

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ElijahTW

Discussion Starter · #7 · Oct 28, 2009

I tried everything to try to get the card to work in 7 - got nothing.

Installed XP and it works great. For a $20 tuner, this thing has great picture quality.

Maybe I jumped onto 7 too early.

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tuanming

· #8 · Oct 28, 2009

Quality or popular brand names are usually the first to get supported when new tech or OS released. Like I said, go to Microsoft website and look to see if your hardware is supported.

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Phil

· #9 · Oct 28, 2009

I'm surprised that there is no native drivers for tuners

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Squall-Leonhart

· #10 · Oct 28, 2009

If the drivers actually install, then it is probably simply the PVR software not running properly.

Try a different PVR software, or the latest Dscaler Beta.

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ElijahTW

Discussion Starter · #11 · Oct 28, 2009

I've tried a few different pieces of software... PowerCinema, DScaler, BeyondTV...

I'm fine with XP though. I have no real need for 7.

@tuanming I just deleted 7 so it doesn't really matter anymore.

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