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#1
02-12-2008, 09:49 AM
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HP laptop + TV
Hey all;
My newest laptop that I have a (zd8000 series I believe) has an Adaptec dual TV plus FM radio tuner USB device that works perfectly fine with the computer. On the computer I'm running Windows Media Center. Now, I don't want that computer to be used for the TV anymore, so I installed Media Center on my older HP laptop (ze4125). Install there was fine, and then installed a PCM USB2.0 car for the tuner. I installed the TV tuner drivers from HPs website, and it keeps coming up to install drivers when I hook up the tuner. Anyone have any experience trying to get the tuner card or anything like that switching over. I don't see what the problem is, as the drivers (even taken right off the newer laptop) are where they should be and up-to-date. Any ideas here? It would be easier if I had internet at home so I can just do everything there. Right now, I download everything at work and take it home and play with it there then. Kind of a pain.
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#2
02-12-2008, 10:42 AM
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Re: HP laptop + TV
Actually I just found on HPs website a better driver install compared to the other ones I had. Hopefully this one will work. Actually self-extracts itself into a directory before it installs so maybe I can manually take care of it all.
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02-12-2008, 02:17 PM
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Re: HP laptop + TV
Good luck with that Dave. I was dicking with drivers for the company printer all morning. I HAT NETWORKS!!!
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02-12-2008, 02:40 PM
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Re: HP laptop + TV
Good luck with it dude, but I know it didnt work on my computer because the graphics card (or so my friend claimed) couldnt handle it. It would start up and as soon as I would get on a channel, it would freeze after 10-20 seconds and I'd have to restart.
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#5
02-12-2008, 02:45 PM
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Well I haven't even gotten that far yet. Still need the computer to recognize the hardware first. Hopefully the graphics card can handle it. I don't see why not.
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2013 Chevy Sonic 1LZ Daily Driver, 1.4L Turbo, 6spd 75 Monte Carlo SBC 400 6.6L, Aluminum heads, Hurricane Intake... 12 Chevy Sonic 1LZ 1.8L - Traded 01 Pontiac Grand Am SE - RIP 95 Eagle Talon ESi-T 5spd - RIP 88 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera- RIP
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02-13-2008, 08:46 AM
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Re: HP laptop + TV
Damn Thor you were right. Got the drivers in there and video won't work. SHIT! Haha, I forgot the laptop only has 32mb shared onboard compared to my newer one which has 256mb dedicated for video. Got to be some way around that.
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2013 Chevy Sonic 1LZ Daily Driver, 1.4L Turbo, 6spd 75 Monte Carlo SBC 400 6.6L, Aluminum heads, Hurricane Intake... 12 Chevy Sonic 1LZ 1.8L - Traded 01 Pontiac Grand Am SE - RIP 95 Eagle Talon ESi-T 5spd - RIP 88 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera- RIP
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02-13-2008, 11:50 AM
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Re: HP laptop + TV
Follow up for thor-man.
There's a reg hack that you do that will supposedly override some DX checking and make it work without freezing and errors. I'm going to try it when I get home later today and see what happens. Hope it works.
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2013 Chevy Sonic 1LZ Daily Driver, 1.4L Turbo, 6spd 75 Monte Carlo SBC 400 6.6L, Aluminum heads, Hurricane Intake... 12 Chevy Sonic 1LZ 1.8L - Traded 01 Pontiac Grand Am SE - RIP 95 Eagle Talon ESi-T 5spd - RIP 88 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera- RIP
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