pc HDMI - HDMI

ivrytwr3

ivrytwr3

ivrytwr3

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OK, i am lost again here!!!

My specs are:

AMD Phenom™ II X4 955 Black Quad Core Processor AM3 (3.20GHz, 8MB Cache)
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium with Service Pack 1, 64-bit - English
Midi Tower XGS Gaming Chassis - Black / Black Mesh + 550W PSU
ASUS M4A78 Pro Mainboard, AM2+/AM3 Phenom II- ATX
8GB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM - (4 x 2GB)
1TB Serial ATA 2 Hard Drive with 32MB Buffer
Samsung 22x Dual Layer DVD Writer Super Format +R/-R/RW/RAM
512MB Onboard ATI Radeon HD 3200 GPU
1GB ATi HD4850 Graphics accelerator - DVI, DirectX 10.1 PCI Express 2
7.1 High Definition onboard sound card - for 8 Channel Cinema sound
Logitech Cordless Keyboard & Cordless Optical Mouse [upg £ 20.00]
Battle Forge - EA Games - PC DVD Game - Rating 12+
1 Year Hardware Warranty - Return to Base Parts and Labour (UK Mainland only)
Fast Track: Ready to Ship - Next Working Day Delivery (RTS)

On the back of the pc 1 x card has 2 x DVI. So i can can connect a dvi - HDMI lead to one of the slots and my monitor is displayed on my 32" tv. All good so far.

However, I have looked on the back of the PC and there is a HDMI slot. So i have removed the dvi - HDMI cable and added a HDMI - HDMI cable (pc to TV) but i get "No video signal".

Any ideas where i am going wrong?
 
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Are you on correct TV channel. I have hdmi1-tv, hdmi2- xbox 360. Then others like, pc & AV1 ect.
 
checked ccc and i don't think it can even see the tv :(

Is there any reason the HDMI slot would be disabled on my pc? If so, how to i enable it?

(the vga slot was)
 
Think the setting on the 'Display Options' tab might be set to 'manual detection...'. Could change that or go into the 'Desktop Displays' tab & hit 'Detect Displays'
 
Had a problem with mates laptop hdmi. We got pic but no sound, & a setting fixed that. (cant remember what we did ! )
 
Right............update, as you can see by the specs i have a graphics card which has 2 x DVI outputs and 1 x svideo output.

The HDMI output is onboard and has therefore been disabled in the BIOS due to the possible conflict between the card and the onboard.

Can i re-enable the HDMI, is it worth it as it will bypass the graphic accelerator etc?

Bugger..........!!
 
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Why do it? The DVi-HDMI dongle on the add-in GPU works, why fix what ain't broke?

You might be able to get both onboard and addin card working if there is a BIOS option to have integrated VGA as the 'primary' VGA, as opposed to disabling it. But I don't see why you would bother, seeing as you have a working HDMI output on the add-in GPU anyway.

Just trying to follow the logic here, that's all.
 
i currently have 1 x audio cable pc - tv and 1 x cable pc dvi - tv. If i could do HDMI - HDMI, i could lose a cable and have better quality audio and picture.

I can't get the audio to come through the tv with this set up and so have sound coming through my PC 5.1 surround sound kit.

That's my thinking anyway!
 
ivrytwr3 said:
can't see it as on a works pc and it's blocked. But i bought a DVI - HDMI convertor.
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Pic's just of the same thing.

EDIT: HDMI is essentially DVI with sound i.e. quality is the same & you should have sound. Running latest GFX/mobo/Windows/etc drivers?
 
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Why do you want to use on-board graphics via the HDMI port when you're fine using the DVI port of your dedicated graphics card?

You should be able to get sound through the DVI -> HDMI adapter too, providing you attach the S/PDIF input on the graphics card to the S/PDIF socket on the motherboard using the provided cable (assuming you got one with your card like I did).
 
bugger that was a waste of £10 then for the HDMI - HDMI cable :(

OK then, if i keep using the DVI-HDMI connection how can i get audio through the TV?

The TV is a Toshiba Regza 32AV615DB 32-inch Widescreen HD Ready LCD TV with Freeview

No competitor links
 
DragonQ said:
You should be able to get sound through the DVI -> HDMI adapter too, providing you attach the S/PDIF input on the graphics card to the S/PDIF socket on the motherboard using the provided cable (assuming you got one with your card like I did).
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OK, i have read that DVI - HDMI is video only, no sound.

Can you explain a bit more what you are getting at? The card in my pc has 2 x dvi outputs and a round connector between the 2 (not sure what the round connector can be used for)

The card is:

1GB ATi HD4850 Graphics accelerator - DVI, DirectX 10.1 PCI Express 2
 
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