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Did PDI Deluxe come with installation cd?

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Okay, last year my computer was refurbished with the PDI card installed. The store that did it has since gone out of business. Now, recently my primary hard drive with the operating system is going bad. Most data was recovered but any programs need to be reinstalled on the replacement drive. The man at the store says he needs the CD for the PDI card so he can install the drivers. I don't remember such a cd and I don't know what to do.

UPDATE: Actually, it turns out my email to one of the former store employees worked. And he said those drivers should be available for download on their website which is pixelmagic.com.

Oh well. But if anyone has any other tips, I'd appreciate them.

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Knightmessenger said:

But if anyone has any other tips, I'd appreciate them.

Frankly, you should learn how to perform simple tasks like installing PCI cards, replacing hard drives and installing software and drivers yourself - rather than pay a store to do it for you.

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It wasn't just installing stuff, my computer wouldn't turn on after crashing and I didn't know what was wrong. Turns out my primary hard drive was going bad. Besides, once a friend who knows more about computers than I do (he built my video editing one) tried to install a hard drive on another computer and it crashed within a week.

But anyways, now the problem is that my DV capture box seems unable to recognize a firewire signal from my Canon ZR70 miniDV camera. It never really worked before but I rarely use miniDV so I didn't bother with it. It has always recognized composite and s-video. I figured it needed some drivers or installation but the guy at the store did get it to work once. But doing the same steps the next day would just make it turn off.
It is a Pyro A/V converter from ADS Technologies. I got it in late 2003. There's a analog/digital push button on it. Whenever I press play to turn on capture preview in Vegas, it goes to red indicating analog. But even with only a firewire cable hooked up, pushing it again will turn off preview instead of switching to the digital signal.
The guy at the store seems to think the capture box is not working properly.

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You don't need a DV capture box if you have a miniDV camera. As I understand it the Pyro A/V is an analog to digital convertor (correct me if I'm wrong). Since you have a miniDV camera it's already digital and you just need to connect the camera to a firewire port in your PC. You can use something like WinDV to capture DV. It's a nice small simple program.
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