tv tuner card problem

i have pinnacle pctv card on my system.it was working fine bt recently the software started hanging.i installed/uninstalled pctv vision/stereo many times bt when pctv assistant runs it shows device test failed.when i start pctv vision it shows that software has encountered a problem and need to close.i have even downloaded the recent version of pctvstereo from the net but that too didnt helped.ihave even downloaded seprately all the drivers required to run the application but it came to no use.
the device manager also shows an unknown device whose location is on "SAA7134 TV Card - Video Capture".the 'device instance id' is: STREAM\7134TVTUNER\5&11EC8734&0&0

wt is d problm.pls advice

Hi,

1. Uninstall the device and all its software
2. Power down and remove the card.
3. Clean the contacts and slot.
4. Power on without the card.............remove any "strange" devices
5. Reboot in safe mode and run scandisk and defrag
6. Power down
7. Reinstall the card and reload the software.

If it does not work after that, I would say that your card is fried?

Good luck
:)

Another thing to try....

Is go to the vendors site and get a driver update.

Sometimes an OS update or another application you have installed will knock out drivers...or install dll versions that are no longer compatible with the device driver version you are using.

MLF

i think my tvtuner card is fine.i have uninstalled the softeare but still my system detects it when i start my computer and prompts for a driver.probably i know the problem bt i dont know how to rectify.my tv tuner card is incompatible with directx 9c which was installed with a game.earlier i had directx 9b which got upgraded.now how can i reinstall directx 9b and remove 9c

Is there not an updated driver that will resolve the issue???

MS has a few versions on this site.

Add Remove software???

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

MLF