Typhoon Problem

GX and Typhoon hardware, this includes, displays, cables and accessory cards.

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KazMax
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Typhoon Problem

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I bought a Typhoon and it arrived today. Have installed it into the PC, and then installed Vista Ultimate onto bare metal.

I can see the Typhoon in the device window, and the Typhoon has a pink display with the letters GX displayed, so it is basically working. But try as I might it will not allow a driver to be associated with the device.

I downloaded the drivers from the Matrix web site. They install okay, but do not associate with the Typhoon.

So I'm stuck up a gum tree without a paddle. Anyone got any suggestions?

Andrew

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Post by Ray »

Does the device show up in the device manager?

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Post by KazMax »

Ray wrote:Does the device show up in the device manager?
Yes it does. I have attached a screenshot of the Device Manager showing the situation.

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Post by KazMax »

KazMax wrote:
Ray wrote:Does the device show up in the device manager?
Yes it does. I have attached a screenshot of the Device Manager showing the situation.

Andrew
Hmm, in taking that screenshot I noticed the Irda device which appears to be built in. That's news to me!

Anyway, I disabled it and was then able to (nearly) install the driver for the GX hardware. I say nearly because the damn thing won't replace a file on the hard disk. And being Vista the security says I need admin privileges - which my logon has got!

I hate Vista with a vengeance.

So the device still isn't working. Trying desperately hard to get this sorted now.

Andrew

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You should be able to right click it, point it to the matrix orbital folder in program files and you should be all good to go?

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Ray wrote:You should be able to right click it, point it to the matrix orbital folder in program files and you should be all good to go?
As it is a brand new installation I reformatted the hard disk this evening and dropped Vista back onto it. Everything is working fine now. Leastways, everything I have tried thus far.

I hadn't realised that another Irda device could cause a problem of this nature. I bought the Antec case last year and never realised it had Irda built in! That was never advertised or referenced in the user guide that came with it.

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Post by Ray »

the IRda and lcd driver are seperate they shouldn't interfere with each other.

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