Problem with TV Out: Radeon x1950pro AGP

msim · Jan 8, 2008, 12:42 PM

Hi all,

System setup:
Visiontek Radeon x1950 pro AGP 256MB (New Install)
AMD XP-M 2500+ Barton @ 2400MHz
Asus A7N-8X-E Deluxe Mainboard
350 Watt Power Supply
Western Digital 500GB SATA HD (AAKS)
Western Digital 250GB SATA HD
Skystar 2 PCI DVB Satellite Card
1 GB Corsair Value Select DDR

Here's my problem.

I'm trying to get my x1950 to play nice... initially when I installed the card, I used driver cleaner, got rid of all the old drivers, removed the old card from hardware manager.
The x1950 installed fine, I used the latest Omega drivers, and things were working OK. Ran Bioshock/HL2 just fine. The card has muscles.

Unfortunately I could not find a way to extend my windows desktop on to my TV, which I hooked up with an s-video cable. Rebooting the computer with the s-video connector only, a picture appeared, verifying that there was nothing physically wrong with the card. I tried every setting in the Omega Drivers control panel and nothing worked.

Next I uninstalled the Omega Drivers, and installed latest Catalyst (7.12) and CCC. From the CCC I was able to get the TV out to function properly, BUT now every 3d application I tried to launch crashed to desktop immediately!

SO it seems: Omega Drivers : Games, but no TV
Catalyst: No games : TV

Ideally I'd like to get my tv working with the Omega drivers.

I have a suspicion about my power supply, could it be as simple as upgrading it?

please advise,
msim

kn00tcn · Jan 8, 2008, 09:33 PM

350w generic psu??

my 420 generic started shutting off my oldest maxtor drive, & 10mhz OC of the gfx = freeze (during load only)

my cpu stayed oc'ed though... which..... you appear to be doing what i'm doing.. hm doesnt seem to be power

something up with att/omega & recognizing tv

latest catalyst of course will fail on agp in 3d/d3d (the 2 games you mentioned were d3d, not opengl)

try 7.5 was it? CCC

should i try s-video out + omega 7.12 into a video cam (tried it ages ago) to see if i can recreate the no tv signal?

EDIT: right so, that looks like an ADD post hah

try going back to stock cpu speed
try borrowing a decent psu
try older cats

msim · Jan 8, 2008, 09:45 PM

Update

Latest omega drivers running fine.
Got the tv working, but only in clone mode.

I want to extend my windows desktop on to the TV like I used to...
That doesn't seem to work at all!

m

Jan 8, 2008, 12:42 PM	#1
msim DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Problem with TV Out: Radeon x1950pro AGP Hi all, System setup: Visiontek Radeon x1950 pro AGP 256MB (New Install) AMD XP-M 2500+ Barton @ 2400MHz Asus A7N-8X-E Deluxe Mainboard 350 Watt Power Supply Western Digital 500GB SATA HD (AAKS) Western Digital 250GB SATA HD Skystar 2 PCI DVB Satellite Card 1 GB Corsair Value Select DDR Here's my problem. I'm trying to get my x1950 to play nice... initially when I installed the card, I used driver cleaner, got rid of all the old drivers, removed the old card from hardware manager. The x1950 installed fine, I used the latest Omega drivers, and things were working OK. Ran Bioshock/HL2 just fine. The card has muscles. Unfortunately I could not find a way to extend my windows desktop on to my TV, which I hooked up with an s-video cable. Rebooting the computer with the s-video connector only, a picture appeared, verifying that there was nothing physically wrong with the card. I tried every setting in the Omega Drivers control panel and nothing worked. Next I uninstalled the Omega Drivers, and installed latest Catalyst (7.12) and CCC. From the CCC I was able to get the TV out to function properly, BUT now every 3d application I tried to launch crashed to desktop immediately! SO it seems: Omega Drivers : Games, but no TV Catalyst: No games : TV Ideally I'd like to get my tv working with the Omega drivers. I have a suspicion about my power supply, could it be as simple as upgrading it? please advise, msim

Jan 8, 2008, 09:33 PM	#2
kn00tcn DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 649 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	350w generic psu?? my 420 generic started shutting off my oldest maxtor drive, & 10mhz OC of the gfx = freeze (during load only) my cpu stayed oc'ed though... which..... you appear to be doing what i'm doing.. hm doesnt seem to be power something up with att/omega & recognizing tv latest catalyst of course will fail on agp in 3d/d3d (the 2 games you mentioned were d3d, not opengl) try 7.5 was it? CCC should i try s-video out + omega 7.12 into a video cam (tried it ages ago) to see if i can recreate the no tv signal? EDIT: right so, that looks like an ADD post hah try going back to stock cpu speed try borrowing a decent psu try older cats __________________ PM me if i dissappear from helping you in a thread XP - Athlon XP-M (Barton @ 2.4ghz) \| 2x1024 Mushkin ddr400 DC \| x800XT-PE + Zalman VF700-CU \| Abit AN7 \| Seasonic S12 E+ 550w 2K - Pentium4 (Northwood @ 2.3ghz) \| 2x512 OCZ \| 9800pro + Iceberq5 \| Asus P4S333-VM \| 300w (~20A) generic Last edited by kn00tcn; Jan 8, 2008 at 09:41 PM.

Jan 8, 2008, 09:45 PM	#3
msim DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Update Latest omega drivers running fine. Got the tv working, but only in clone mode. I want to extend my windows desktop on to the TV like I used to... That doesn't seem to work at all! m