Media Center shows a green screen, no TV

I recently got a computer with Vista Ultimate and went into Media Center to
watch some TV but it doesn't work. The screen shows either green or blank and
there is no sound. My video card drivers are up-to-date (Nvidia 8800 Ultra)
and DVDs play fine. My TV tuner is a Hauppauge PVR PCI II. Any help or
steering in the right direction would be much appreciated. Thanks.

JW
Mon Nov 05 06:02:05 PST 2007

Many users having 4GB of Ram and running Ultimate have reported similar
problems.
How much Ram does your system have and does all of it show up as available?

"gidrew102" <gidrew102@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:76C2D60F-AFC6-453E-ABD4-A10BC2D99588@microsoft.com...
>I recently got a computer with Vista Ultimate and went into Media Center to
> watch some TV but it doesn't work. The screen shows either green or blank
> and
> there is no sound. My video card drivers are up-to-date (Nvidia 8800
> Ultra)
> and DVDs play fine. My TV tuner is a Hauppauge PVR PCI II. Any help or
> steering in the right direction would be much appreciated. Thanks.

gidrew102
Mon Nov 05 10:51:00 PST 2007

8 gigs and all 8 register. Although there seems to be a performane decrease
with 8 rather than 2... Asus Striker Extreme motherboard, with most current
bios if that helps at all. Thanks.

"JW" wrote:

> Many users having 4GB of Ram and running Ultimate have reported similar
> problems.
> How much Ram does your system have and does all of it show up as available?
>
> "gidrew102" <gidrew102@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:76C2D60F-AFC6-453E-ABD4-A10BC2D99588@microsoft.com...
> >I recently got a computer with Vista Ultimate and went into Media Center to
> > watch some TV but it doesn't work. The screen shows either green or blank
> > and
> > there is no sound. My video card drivers are up-to-date (Nvidia 8800
> > Ultra)
> > and DVDs play fine. My TV tuner is a Hauppauge PVR PCI II. Any help or
> > steering in the right direction would be much appreciated. Thanks.
>

Walter
Mon Nov 26 07:32:20 PST 2007

Has anyone found a solution?

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_____________________________________

Walter B
waltblanch[at]tampabay[dot]rr[dot]com
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"JW" <JW@nospam.nspam> wrote in message
news:CD62862E-BE07-468E-8FAC-71BEA64A8981@microsoft.com...
> Many users having 4GB of Ram and running Ultimate have reported similar
> problems.
> How much Ram does your system have and does all of it show up as
> available?
>
> "gidrew102" <gidrew102@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:76C2D60F-AFC6-453E-ABD4-A10BC2D99588@microsoft.com...
>>I recently got a computer with Vista Ultimate and went into Media Center
>>to
>> watch some TV but it doesn't work. The screen shows either green or blank
>> and
>> there is no sound. My video card drivers are up-to-date (Nvidia 8800
>> Ultra)
>> and DVDs play fine. My TV tuner is a Hauppauge PVR PCI II. Any help or
>> steering in the right direction would be much appreciated. Thanks.
>

gidrew102
Mon Nov 26 10:46:01 PST 2007

As it turns out and as I understand it, Vista has trouble running Media
Center TV with anything more than four gigs of RAM so three or less fixes the
issue. I found this out through Hauppauge (tuner manufacturer) and the person
I talked to said that Microsoft knows about it and is working on it.

"Walter Blanchard" wrote:

> Has anyone found a solution?
>
> --
>
> _____________________________________
>
> Walter B
> waltblanch[at]tampabay[dot]rr[dot]com
> _____________________________________
>
>
> "JW" <JW@nospam.nspam> wrote in message
> news:CD62862E-BE07-468E-8FAC-71BEA64A8981@microsoft.com...
> > Many users having 4GB of Ram and running Ultimate have reported similar
> > problems.
> > How much Ram does your system have and does all of it show up as
> > available?
> >
> > "gidrew102" <gidrew102@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:76C2D60F-AFC6-453E-ABD4-A10BC2D99588@microsoft.com...
> >>I recently got a computer with Vista Ultimate and went into Media Center
> >>to
> >> watch some TV but it doesn't work. The screen shows either green or blank
> >> and
> >> there is no sound. My video card drivers are up-to-date (Nvidia 8800
> >> Ultra)
> >> and DVDs play fine. My TV tuner is a Hauppauge PVR PCI II. Any help or
> >> steering in the right direction would be much appreciated. Thanks.
> >
>
>

JW
Mon Nov 26 11:32:08 PST 2007

AFAIK he problem you are referring to is unique to Hauppauge analog tuner on
their 150, 500, 1600 and 1800 cards.
The other card vendors have apparently worked around the problem in the OS.
It has been reported that Vista SP1 does contain the fix for the Hauppauge
analog tuner.

Some users have claimed that the following Hotfix also resolves the issue.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940105

The cause of the problem is related to the 4GB issue described in the
following KB article.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929605/en-us




"gidrew102" <gidrew102@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3E9528F7-8F59-48F6-9CA7-90BF2FAA27BB@microsoft.com...
> As it turns out and as I understand it, Vista has trouble running Media
> Center TV with anything more than four gigs of RAM so three or less fixes
> the
> issue. I found this out through Hauppauge (tuner manufacturer) and the
> person
> I talked to said that Microsoft knows about it and is working on it.
>
> "Walter Blanchard" wrote:
>
>> Has anyone found a solution?
>>
>> --
>>
>> _____________________________________
>>
>> Walter B
>> waltblanch[at]tampabay[dot]rr[dot]com
>> _____________________________________
>>
>>
>> "JW" <JW@nospam.nspam> wrote in message
>> news:CD62862E-BE07-468E-8FAC-71BEA64A8981@microsoft.com...
>> > Many users having 4GB of Ram and running Ultimate have reported similar
>> > problems.
>> > How much Ram does your system have and does all of it show up as
>> > available?
>> >
>> > "gidrew102" <gidrew102@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:76C2D60F-AFC6-453E-ABD4-A10BC2D99588@microsoft.com...
>> >>I recently got a computer with Vista Ultimate and went into Media
>> >>Center
>> >>to
>> >> watch some TV but it doesn't work. The screen shows either green or
>> >> blank
>> >> and
>> >> there is no sound. My video card drivers are up-to-date (Nvidia 8800
>> >> Ultra)
>> >> and DVDs play fine. My TV tuner is a Hauppauge PVR PCI II. Any help or
>> >> steering in the right direction would be much appreciated. Thanks.
>> >
>>
>>

Rod
Mon Dec 17 15:36:18 PST 2007

this fixed it - its a beta driver from Hauppauge.

i dont know if the ftp link below will work. if not just email haugppage and
they will send it to you. I have 6gb and vista 64 and live tv plays
perfectly now. NO green screen. ; >

ftp://wtv:Support07!@www.hauppauge.com/Support/HVR1600/1600_64fix.zip


"Walter Blanchard" wrote:

> Has anyone found a solution?
>
> --
>
> _____________________________________
>
> Walter B
> waltblanch[at]tampabay[dot]rr[dot]com
> _____________________________________
>
>
> "JW" <JW@nospam.nspam> wrote in message
> news:CD62862E-BE07-468E-8FAC-71BEA64A8981@microsoft.com...
> > Many users having 4GB of Ram and running Ultimate have reported similar
> > problems.
> > How much Ram does your system have and does all of it show up as
> > available?
> >
> > "gidrew102" <gidrew102@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:76C2D60F-AFC6-453E-ABD4-A10BC2D99588@microsoft.com...
> >>I recently got a computer with Vista Ultimate and went into Media Center
> >>to
> >> watch some TV but it doesn't work. The screen shows either green or blank
> >> and
> >> there is no sound. My video card drivers are up-to-date (Nvidia 8800
> >> Ultra)
> >> and DVDs play fine. My TV tuner is a Hauppauge PVR PCI II. Any help or
> >> steering in the right direction would be much appreciated. Thanks.
> >
>
>