Re: MCE full screen problem

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From: Andy Vanosdale [MCE MVP] (mceDEL_at_ETEvanosdale.com)
Date: 12/30/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 14:26:12 -0500

It may be the athe Asus can't handle the full screen DirectX 9 that MCE
uses. 

-- 
Andy Vanosdale
Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Media Center Edition
Student Ambassador to Microsoft - University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Microsoft Associate Expert
Expert Zone - http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/ExpertZone
"Adam Peder" <adam@notheresfax.co.uk> wrote in message 
news:%23gwBUGo7EHA.2516@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> I've got MCE 2005 running on a TV (S-Video no VGA monitor plugged in). 
> I've
> got a problem in that the screen goes black whenever I enter full screen
> mode. Sound still works, and I can alt Tab out and set it to window, where
> it works perfectly.
>
> I've found a few news group articles that describe the problem, but they
> were all using Nvidia cards, and the solution was to update the drivers. I
> am using an Asus X300SE and the latest Catalyst MCE drivers. I've got 
> Power
> DVD 6 installed.
>
> If anyone has any ieas I would be grateful.
>
> Adam
>
>
>

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