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Typhoon Problem
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:12 pm
by KazMax
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
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 3:03 pm
by Ray
Does the device show up in the device manager?
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:54 am
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.
Andrew
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:17 am
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
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:33 am
by Ray
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?
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 3:08 pm
by KazMax
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.
Andrew
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 3:09 pm
by Ray
the IRda and lcd driver are seperate they shouldn't interfere with each other.