Vista - Vista x64 TV Tuner with Comcast Digital Cable

sanderlebau · 06-19-2008

Hi. I have Comcast digital cable and until recently have been fine using my Hauppage WinTV PVR 150, and more recently 500. However, I upgraded to 4gb of ram and Vista x64, and neither card works. I am looking for a card that would let me continue using media center. I have also heard that with some cards you do not need a STB, is that true? thanks.

-Core 2 Quad, 2.4ghz
-4gb Ram
-Nvidia 8500
-Soundblaster Audigy
-Comcast Digital Cable

Prefer PCIe, but PCI is OK

**johngalt** · 06-19-2008

Have you taken out the memory and seen if the cards work again? If so then there might be a BIOS setting / update that might make 4 GB RAM work with the cards....

vaca232 · 06-30-2008

Quote: Originally Posted by sanderlebau

Hi. I have Comcast digital cable and until recently have been fine using my Hauppage WinTV PVR 150, and more recently 500. However, I upgraded to 4gb of ram and Vista x64, and neither card works. I am looking for a card that would let me continue using media center. I have also heard that with some cards you do not need a STB, is that true? thanks.

-Core 2 Quad, 2.4ghz
-4gb Ram
-Nvidia 8500
-Soundblaster Audigy
-Comcast Digital Cable

Prefer PCIe, but PCI is OK

send an email to Hauppage and tell them about your situation. They'll send you beta drivers for systems with 4GB of RAM. My HVR-1600 didn't work right in Vista64 with 4GB of RAM until I updated my driver to the beta version

06-19-2008	#1 (permalink)
sanderlebau Vista x64 1 posts	Vista x64 TV Tuner with Comcast Digital Cable Hi. I have Comcast digital cable and until recently have been fine using my Hauppage WinTV PVR 150, and more recently 500. However, I upgraded to 4gb of ram and Vista x64, and neither card works. I am looking for a card that would let me continue using media center. I have also heard that with some cards you do not need a STB, is that true? thanks. -Core 2 Quad, 2.4ghz -4gb Ram -Nvidia 8500 -Soundblaster Audigy -Comcast Digital Cable Prefer PCIe, but PCI is OK
My System Specs

06-19-2008	#2 (permalink)
johngalt Vista Ultimate x64 MAK, OpenSolaris 5, Gentoo 2008.1.... 3,848 posts	Re: Vista x64 TV Tuner with Comcast Digital Cable Have you taken out the memory and seen if the cards work again? If so then there might be a BIOS setting / update that might make 4 GB RAM work with the cards....
My System Specs

06-30-2008	#3 (permalink)
vaca232 Vista Ultimate x64 1 posts	Re: Vista x64 TV Tuner with Comcast Digital Cable Quote: Originally Posted by sanderlebau Hi. I have Comcast digital cable and until recently have been fine using my Hauppage WinTV PVR 150, and more recently 500. However, I upgraded to 4gb of ram and Vista x64, and neither card works. I am looking for a card that would let me continue using media center. I have also heard that with some cards you do not need a STB, is that true? thanks. -Core 2 Quad, 2.4ghz -4gb Ram -Nvidia 8500 -Soundblaster Audigy -Comcast Digital Cable Prefer PCIe, but PCI is OK send an email to Hauppage and tell them about your situation. They'll send you beta drivers for systems with 4GB of RAM. My HVR-1600 didn't work right in Vista64 with 4GB of RAM until I updated my driver to the beta version
My System Specs

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