This weekend I uninstalled the RTM of Windows 7.
Whilst I could have probably got the glide pad and sound card working with Vista drivers (had I spent enough time on the Dell website lying about what system I had to find the current versions of drivers, rather than just the aged XP ones listed under Inspiron 9300), what killed it was my Kaiser Baas Dual DVB USB tuner wouldn’t play ball: driver appeared all ok, device recognised etc… but it just wouldn’t detect any TV channels anymore. And for a media centre PC that’s just not on. And with a limited window before it’d miss recording Play School and earn me the scorn of my sons, I pulled the plug and dug out the Vista RTM disk (yeah: do you think I could successfully download the with-SP2 version from MSDN this weekend? Of course not).
This is the only time in living memory I’ve upgraded a PC without pulling the old HD as a fall-back, and predictably it’s the one that bit me in the arse…
Mind you, a fresh install’s made it feel pretty snappy again, Vista or no.
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Not sure what went wrong here. Kaiser Baas do have an online support site where you can submit support requests (http://www.kaiserbaas.com/support), or alternatively you can call the support line on 1300 302 306.
Kaiser Baas Team
Yes I went to the support site, but neither I nor the site search engine could find any mention of updated Windows 7 drivers (any mention of Windows 7 at all).
Perhaps you might want to put out a statement regarding compatability (if it is supposed to work), so that others don't give up quite so easily... (I was a bit pushed for time).
oh, and top marks for listening.
What useful tech support, post to you blog to sprout their website, even though there is nothing about windows 7 on there. Did you ever end up getting it going?
Forgot to add in the above post, I have the same issue :)
Thought I would let you know I just got it working with on Windows 7, with Windows Media Center.
It would not work for the life of me with Cyberlink (which comes with it), I guess they wont put that info on the tech support site as they would have a commercial agreement with cyberlink (who would probably get upset).
Haven't had a chance to try again yet. Have a spare HD somewhere, so possibly give it another go later in the month...
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