ATI installers freezing at end of installation?

I've just removed an MSI TV@nywhere Master PCI TV tuner from my system. I
was sure to remove all software, drivers, etc. at the same time.

Now I've just installed a Sapphire Theatrix 550 Pro PCI TV tuner. When I run
the ATI installer for the drivers, it appears to do it's thing, asks to
reboot, and then when the installer is suppost to close down, it just sits
there. The same thing happens when I install the ATI GemStar Guide+
software. I've let the PC sit for at least an hour and the installer never
goes away. Task manager doesn't show any abnormal CPU usage.

Otherwise, the PC seems to be operating normally. I can still use the
computer while the installer is frozen. I have no problem with other
installers, such as the nVidia chipset installer, etc.

I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the ATI software, downloaded
multiple times, installed from different drives, swapped PCI slots around.
Still no joy.

Computer is a DFI LanParty UT nF4 Ultra-D with an Opteron 165 processor, 1
gig of memory, BFG nVidia 7600GT PCIe videocard and SoundBlaster Audigy 4
PCI card.

I'm really starting to think that it may be time to wipe this PC clean and
reinstall. I was hoping to avoid a reinstall for at least a few months so
Vista's bugs could be worked out further and I could find a decent scanner
that will work in Vista, and then just install Vista.

Any ideas why the ATI software is gagging at the end of the installation?

Noozer wrote:
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> I'm really starting to think that it may be time to wipe this PC
> clean and reinstall. I was hoping to avoid a reinstall for at
> least a few months so Vista's bugs could be worked out further
> and I could find a decent scanner that will work in Vista, and
> then just install Vista.

Before you do that, read the URLs in my sig.

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Noozer wrote:
> I've just removed an MSI TV@nywhere Master PCI TV tuner from my system. I
> was sure to remove all software, drivers, etc. at the same time.
>
> Now I've just installed a Sapphire Theatrix 550 Pro PCI TV tuner. When I run
> the ATI installer for the drivers, it appears to do it's thing, asks to
> reboot, and then when the installer is suppost to close down, it just sits
> there. The same thing happens when I install the ATI GemStar Guide+
> software. I've let the PC sit for at least an hour and the installer never
> goes away. Task manager doesn't show any abnormal CPU usage.
>
> Otherwise, the PC seems to be operating normally. I can still use the
> computer while the installer is frozen. I have no problem with other
> installers, such as the nVidia chipset installer, etc.
>
> I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the ATI software, downloaded
> multiple times, installed from different drives, swapped PCI slots around.
> Still no joy.
>
> Computer is a DFI LanParty UT nF4 Ultra-D with an Opteron 165 processor, 1
> gig of memory, BFG nVidia 7600GT PCIe videocard and SoundBlaster Audigy 4
> PCI card.
>
> I'm really starting to think that it may be time to wipe this PC clean and
> reinstall. I was hoping to avoid a reinstall for at least a few months so
> Vista's bugs could be worked out further and I could find a decent scanner
> that will work in Vista, and then just install Vista.
>
> Any ideas why the ATI software is gagging at the end of the installation?
>

If you use Everest or something similar, is the new card's enumeration info
showing up ?

If you have a spare disk, you could do a clean install on there, install
the ATI driver, and test the card that way. If it all works, then you'd know
it is a software or a registry issue. Using a spare disk would avoid wiping
your current one, for a quick test.

Paul

"Noozer" <dont.spam@me.here> wrote in message
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> I'm really starting to think that it may be time to wipe this PC clean and
> reinstall. I was hoping to avoid a reinstall for at least a few months so
> Vista's bugs could be worked out further and I could find a decent scanner
> that will work in Vista, and then just install Vista.

I finally gave in... My XP installation was about a year old and due for a
killing. Gave me the chance to upgrade a bunch of apps. PC seems a lot
snappier overall, but I've wasted more than a day and it's still not set up
just how I like it.

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