Problem with ATI X1900XT and LCD tv.

[JustinL]

Hi.

I wonder if anyone has had the same issues as me. I have just built a new system, working perfectly where I built it at work on a normal tft monitor. The system was built to act as a media centre, to connect to a new tv I just bought using a HDMI > DVI-D cable. I tested the tv could be used as a monitor by using my Dell XPS laptop with a Nvidia Graphics card worked perfectly.

However the GC (HIS X1900XT 512meg) seems to be having major problems connecting to the tv. When I connect it and boot up I get no post on the screen as if the tv is not receiving a signal. I am duel booting Vista RC2 and XP. Eventually after 5 minutes the tv bursts into life at the Vista log on screen. From then on it all works. I have done a quick google and it seems that ATI have implemented the EDID extremely badly, it seems to just affect ATI cards and not Nvidia.

Has anyone experienced this before? Looks like I might need to contact OC's and swap the card for a Nvidia. I am just wondering if anyone has seen this, before I swap the card.

Cheers for any advice

 

[hannibal2381]

mate had the same problem with my ati card and my 32" tv... the only weird thing is ati's card put my tv res at native which is 1920x1080(using hdmi-dvi) but i have rma's the ati card and got a Nvidia 6200 in which will only do res of 1024x768... i mean my x1900xtx i used to have it on 1280x720 because 1920x1080 the icons and stuff were too small. I try to force the resolution using the nvidia through vga and nothing, just loads of corruption on vista RC2 and xp pro.