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The thread discusses troubleshooting hardware acceleration issues encountered after upgrading from Windows Home Premium 32-bit to Professional 64-bit, affecting Windows Media Center's ability to use the graphics card for digital cable. The original poster resolves the problem by swapping the graphics card with a known working one from another computer. Contributors suggest updating drivers, BIOS, and hardware reinstallation as potential solutions, but the main resolution comes from testing a different graphics card. Overall, the conversation is helpful and concludes with the original poster successfully fixing the issue through hardware replacement.
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I just upgraded (clean installed) my system from Home Premium 32 bit to Professional 64 bit. While trying to get my digital cable to work, Windows Media Center is telling me I should get a graphics card that supports hardware acceleration. I was just using this card this morning prior to the reinstall, so I know it works. Any suggestions on how I can fix this. Note: I also have 4 GB memory installed, but only 3.25 is usable.

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I ended up taking my newer graphics card in the other computer where the test worked, and switched it with the older card. The test passed and I switched the older card back in. Now all is working. Thanks for the help.
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I updated my bios, so I now have the full 4.00 GB of memory but the hardware acceleration is still giving me problems.
 

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sounds like a driver issue on supporting 32bit not 64bit, had similar issues in the past with DVB-T cards, with the solution usually being a new driver from manufacter's website... or replace with newer mode with support.
 

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I ended up taking my newer graphics card in the other computer where the test worked, and switched it with the older card. The test passed and I switched the older card back in. Now all is working. Thanks for the help.
 

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