Anyone get ATI Remote Wonder working on Win7 x64?

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Anyone get ATI Remote Wonder working on Win7 x64?

#21 soljarag

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Posted 27 August 2009 - 07:29 PM

Bilar Crais, on Aug 26 2009, 11:31 AM, said:

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a few rapidshare files in this thread are dead... so I"m not sure if I need them. and I can't find the remote wonder 1-40-**.exe

Here you are. X64 drivers, and ATI remote wonder version 2.5.

I use version 2.5 because when and if Windows explorer.exe crashes, the systray icon will recover; the RW version 1.4 does not.

First install the ATI software. Before rebooting, install the x64 driver. Reboot. The ATI driver package will throw a few errors after reboot, but just ignore them. The RW systray icon should now be present and the remote will be working.

http://cid-a5e73ea9bb83800e.skydrive.live....vers%7C_x64.exe
http://cid-a5e73ea9bb83800e.skydrive.live....0-0-english.exe

Thanks!! I'm swamped with work at the moment so I can't try it, so I'll check it out later (i saved all the files now)

#22 soljarag

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Posted 01 September 2009 - 10:32 PM

Hey guys,

Well, I tried those 2 files... no luck ...

First i installed the software, then the x10 drivers... restarted. Then i got a few ati errors like you said and windows asked what drivers to use to install.. so I tried to point to the drivers in C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\X10\DriverInstall\x64 Wireless Transceivers

but those didnt work....

then I tried to install the x10 drivers again.. no luck...

any other ideas????

Thanks!!!!!!

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Posted 01 October 2009 - 09:10 PM

So I used to have problems but I figured this trick out and I am running the Remote Wonder (not sure if it is I or II) under Windows 7 x64 (build 7600) with my old XP driver 3.04...

before you install any driver or update you need to add these to dll's to your windows\system folder:
MFC71.dll
msvcr71.dll

After this just install as you normally would under any OS.

BTW this is needed in XP x86 SP3 as well

QB

#24 mchong11

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Posted 25 October 2009 - 05:21 PM

QBtheKiller, on Oct 1 2009, 08:10 PM, said:

Where did you find MFC71.dll and msvcr71.dll?

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Posted 25 October 2009 - 05:25 PM

I think I found them already on my computer... just in different locations... I just copied them into the system folder. Maybe they were on a Windows disc... Either way they were not hard to find. Now I just have them saved in my driver folder for ATI for quick use whenever I format

QB

#26 mchong11

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Posted 25 October 2009 - 05:45 PM

I just searched my entire hard drive and the Win7 CD and couldn't find it. Can you share it somehow or find out which application had it?

Thanks

MC

#27 mchong11

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Posted 25 October 2009 - 06:01 PM

Actually, nevermind. I went through the steps from the earlier post and got remote wonder 2.5 to work on Windows 7 (64-bit). =)

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Posted 25 October 2009 - 06:10 PM

WinDVD might have been the application that uses those .dll's.......

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Posted 26 October 2009 - 04:26 AM

Hey Bilar,

Tnx man, it works like a charm! You made me a happy man

I hope the 2.5 drivers stays available through time. Tnx again

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Posted 05 November 2009 - 03:59 PM

Bilar Crais, on Aug 26 2009, 12:31 PM, said:

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a few rapidshare files in this thread are dead... so I"m not sure if I need them. and I can't find the remote wonder 1-40-**.exe

I am going to try this soon on my Win 7 x64 install and want to get it right the first time. Do you plug in the device from the start or do you plug it in at a later stage?

Thanks in advance for your help!

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Posted 20 November 2009 - 02:33 PM

Windows 7 Pro 64-bit
Intel i7 - ASUS P7P55D mobo

This worked for me (shortened version of what's up top)...

Download Remote Wonder software version 1.4 (search google for "remote-wonder-1-40-0-0.exe"). Supposedly, only this version works right.
Download ftp.x10.com/pub/applications/drivers/x10drivers_x64.exe (x10 drivers).

Make sure remote wonder is UNplugged.

Install RW-1.4. Reboot.

After rebooting, plug Remote Wonder into USB port. The Driver Wizard will search, find, and correctly install drivers.

Run "x10drivers_x64.exe." Reboot.

The Remote Wonder icon should now be among the hidden tray icons. Everything works. Only issue is randomly the remote response will drop from the computer, but this seems to be pretty infrequently and just requires a reboot.

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Posted 19 March 2010 - 05:43 PM

Badabing, on 12 August 2009 - 10:01 AM, said:

Well i did it like this.

Install the x10 drivers then the vista ones (without rebooting

and finally the 2.5 ati drivers. Might give u some errors, but reboot now. And hopefully it works.

I tried this method after trying Bilar's x10 + 2.5 method a few replies later, but I still am unable to get the rw to work. I got an error, from I think the rw software, after restart, that it was unable to install device drivers or something like that. Then when I tried Badabing's method, above, after rebooting, the new hardware found driver install wizard (the default one in win7), reported that the device driver software did not install successfully.

I might try to uninstall and then reinstall the three things, vista rw plus x64 drivers, x10 drivers, and the 2.5 in a different order.

Under device manager the rw usb dongle shows up as a couple of unknown devices.

I'm using Remote Wonder II on Windows 7 x64

I will first though I guess try asteigrod's 1.4 method above after i break for a bit.

Badabing your rapidshare link earlier in this thread VistaWin7.rar is not working..

This post has been edited by kurmud: 19 March 2010 - 05:46 PM

#33 kurmud

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Posted 22 March 2010 - 02:50 AM

asteigrod, on 20 November 2009 - 02:33 PM, said:

Couldn't get this to work either. "After rebooting, plug Remote Wonder into USB port. The Driver Wizard will search, find, and correctly install drivers.". At this point it doesn't find and correctly install drivers. It reports that it found a usb composite device and recognized it successfully, but then finds two more unknown devices for which the driver installation was not successful. Even after installing the x10 drivers and restarting these 2 devices remain as unknown devices in device manager.

Are you using Remote Wonder II? (this is what I'm using)

I checked the rwII dongle and remote on xp, and they aren't broken or anything.

EDIT: i followed up with mugsy's method, [since, as you indicated, asteigrod, your method is encapsulated within his,] unfortunately to no avail! =(. Basically after it restarted the final time, it, (the rw 3.04 software), gave a few errors then gave an error saying it failed trying to install driver software.
Going into device manager there are still the two unknown devices generated after plugging in the dongle, and, after unplugging/replugging the dongle yet again, it is still unable to locate the drivers to install.

If anyone has any hints please let me know. If someone could let me know of the exact driver that was installed, through device manager or some similar manner, maybe I could force it to install a particular driver. I can manually select drivers from the x10 x64 set, but there are so many I don't know which is the right one. Other than that, I think it may have something to do with it being Remote Wonder II.

This post has been edited by kurmud: 22 March 2010 - 03:31 AM

#34 Bilar Crais

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Posted 23 March 2010 - 04:07 AM

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Other than that, I think it may have something to do with it being Remote Wonder II.

Are you trying to install a Remote Wonder II on Windows 7? It'll never work. While the RW I and RW II share common driver packages and software, internally, the RW II is a completely different animal. The hardware is made by Philips. AFAIK, there is simply no way of using it with Vista/Windows 7. If you still want to go with a Remote Wonder I, they can be had new-in-the-box on eBay for $20-25 bucks.

#35 kurmud

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Posted 24 March 2010 - 06:15 PM

"Are you trying to install a Remote Wonder II on Windows 7? "
yeah

"While the RW I and RW II share common driver packages and software,"
yea this is why i thought it may work

"internally, the RW II is a completely different animal."
yes, i was aware of this possibility, and thus the possible likelihood that it would be very difficult to get it to work.

"The hardware is made by Philips."
Zilog does the main controller chips for remote/receiver, though, yea, the USB interface in the receiver dongle is by Philips

"If you still want to go with a Remote Wonder I, they can be had new-in-the-box on eBay for $20-25 bucks."
It's kind of sad that this many-years-old device is still a popular choice for a win7 rf remote; then again, it's also kind of a testament to the quality of these remotes.

This post has been edited by kurmud: 15 April 2010 - 07:20 PM

#36 bizzybody

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Posted 25 March 2010 - 01:45 AM

Which Remote Wonder? There's three different versions. The original Remote Wonder isn't officially supported past XP, which is the main reason I put XP on my homebrew HTPC.

If the RW1 can be made to work in Vista, might be an OS change in the near future for that HTPC.

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Posted 27 March 2010 - 03:06 PM

bizzybody, on 25 March 2010 - 01:45 AM, said:

i believe the remote wonder 1 and remote wonder plus are supportable from xp through to win7 on 32 & 64bit, by following the advice from this thread.

This post has been edited by kurmud: 27 March 2010 - 03:07 PM

#38 panzemeyer

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Posted 01 May 2010 - 03:22 AM

Hi folks,

To my surprise, I got this good old ATI Remote Wonder to work under Windows 7 x64.

Here's my advice:

1. Unplug the USB reciever (or everything you do will be screwed up).

2. Install x10drivers_x64.exe (downloaded from the official X10 website).

3. Install remote-wonder-1-40-0-0.exe

4. Reboot. You shouldn't get any error message.

5. Plug in your USB reciever. Windows detects the USB device and... recognizes the ATI Remote. Looks good but... the ATI icon is still missing!

6. Reboot again. You should now see the ATI icon. Try moving your mouse cursor with your remote. It should be working.