maybe im an idiot

[stant093]

http://www.baber.com/baber/products/creativect7160.htm
sorry for the language, but how the hell do you get this damn card to work???


out of all my time messing with computers, ive honestly never had a correctly working dvd player....are they more a pain in the ass than worth or what????

do i need another addon card to the one i have already ?? what am i doin wrong here...

[Atomic Rooster]

"*Note - this DVD Inlay decoder is only approved to work
with the following chipsets: 3Dlabs Permedia II;
Cirrus Logic GD5446, 546x & 548x; S3 Trio64V2 DX/
GX, Virge DX/GX; ATI 3D Rage II, Rage II+, 3D Rage Pro;
Trident 3DImage 975; Oak Tech OTI-217, OTI-317; nVidia
Riva 128. Compatibility with other video cards is
not known."

Is your chipset in that list?

[stant093]

this damn computer, its a hp pavillion 6573Z mobo/cpu with integrated video...if i could ever manage to find the drivers for the damn mobo (im not having a good time trying to set this stupid thing up) i mihg tbe able to find that info out...


this is the mobohttp://www.softwareandstuff.com/h_mb_asusmewvm.html

EDIT* and it doesnt look like its supported

[Atomic Rooster]

Yup. Looks like you're right. I doesn't look like your mobo is compatible with that card.

[stant093]

ok, another stupid question and we can let this thread die, you have to have a dvd decoder card to have a dvd drive? i ask this because i go the case in its original condition, just a dvd player and no dvd decoder card, no shouldnt that tell me that its possible to watch a dvd using the dvd drive, through my monitor?

[Atomic Rooster]

Correct. I would think that the only other thing you need to view the DVD is the correct software or codecs.

[XxCowOfChaosxX]

most have decoders on-board the drive methinks
if not, most DVD watching software will have a software decoder