pc HDMI - HDMI

[DragonQ]

The round connector is probably for Component Video or something similar via an adapter that should have come with your graphics card.

Anyway, my nVidia GTS 250 came with a small lead with a 4 block connector at one end (which plugs into the "S/PDIF" pins on the motherboard or your sound card if you have one, might be called something else like "Digital Audio") and a 2 block connector at the other end (which plugs into the graphics card). This is all inside the case by the way, I'm not talking about the external ports on the back of your PC.

Once that cable was plugged in correctly, I was able to get audio through the provided DVI -> HDMI adapter. I assume it would need to be a specific adapter though if it's using some unused pins so a generic one might not work.

 

[asim18]

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

I don't see what the problem is.

Plug in the DVI-HDMI adapter which was included with the graphics card.

Then put one end of a HDMI cable into the adapter on the back of the graphics card.

Plug the other end in your TV.

I've done the same thing and it works perfectly. The sound is even better when I plug my headphones into the TV's jack. As opposed to plugging them into my sound card.

 

[hp7909]

ATI 4000-series cards output sound without the need of a SPDIF connector. Right-click on Volume icon on notification area the Playback Devices = ATI HDMI Output

As asim18 said, simply plug in your HDMI to HDMI cable into the DVI>HDMI connector

EDIT: Running latest drivers?

 

[DragonQ]

Ah well there you go. The only thing you might need to do then is to change your default audio playback device (in the Control Panel).

 

[yashiro]

Good grief.

You have an Ati card. Use the HDMI dongle you received with the card. Make sure you have the latest Catalyst installed. You will get video and sound on your TV without any messing around.

If you do have sound issues it's just a case of tweaking audio devices in the windows audio mixer. Use Windows Media Player to test your setup.

 

[ivrytwr3]

I'm back!!! Sorry for been a biff and posting links!!!

Anyway, i have tried Windows media centre; no sound from TV

 

[braveheart]

you have to choose which one onboard graphic or PCIE card, if you go for PCIe Card then disable the onboard graphic and you can plug the Belkin PureAV cable between DVI <> HDMI that give you nice picture which enable as 1080p (if your TV has 1080p) -- I used 2x Nvidia GF9600GT XXX and enable SLi with this belkin cable into my 40" Samsung TV - display showed 1920x1080 @ 60mhz plus sound as well.

 

[StevenRaith]

I'm back!!! Sorry for been a biff and posting links!!!

Anyway, i have tried Windows media centre; no sound from TV

Have you made sure you chose the ATI HDMI Output as your sound device? I expect it should pick it up automagically, but you might need to manually select it if you still have audio leads pluged into the PC.

Also, dont' worry about Windows Media Centre just now - just get it working in vanilla Windows so that you have all the control panel options to hand. if it works in that, then Media Centre aught to work too.

 

[ivrytwr3]

installed ATI HDMI audio, i now have an extra option in volume "realtek HDMI output", but there is a red down arrow on it and it say's "ATI HDMI audio not plugged in".

FFS! loool!

 

[whiskycycle]

installed ATI HDMI audio, i now have an extra option in volume "realtek HDMI output", but there is a red down arrow on it and it say's "ATI HDMI audio not plugged in".

It's also dependent on which DVI output the DVI>HDMI adaptor is plugged into, as one of them definitely doesn't pass sound.... can't remember which one though and can't confirm which one without looking at my HTPC.

 

[ivrytwr3]

ah ok!, i'll try the other slot.

 

[ivrytwr3]

tried a different slot; didn't work

 

[asim18]

There really shouldn't be any difficulty with this whatsoever.

It's as simple as installing the normal catalyst drivers and plugging your TV in.

If it isn't working then something is wrong with your hardware. Either the graphics card, HDMI cable or TV is broken.

 

[ivrytwr3]

OK, would this make any difference?

My graphics card and sound card is onboard. However, where i plug in my HDMI is in the Graphics card accelerator. Does this mean that the graphic card accelerator does not produce sound?

 

[hp7909]

It should produce...

The RV770 series (4850, etc) GPU also supports xvYCC color space output and 7.1 surround sound output (LPCM, AC3, DTS) over HDMI

With my laptop (NVIDIA though) the sound automatically switches to GFX one & outputs through the HDMI port.

Suggest you uninstall drivers including mobo (chipset), as in start afresh. You can use this to clean-up in Safe Mode before reinstalling (install mobo ones first)