Re: Cannot close Media Center, black screen

Sorry I provide no assistance with receivers since I do no have one and they all seem to work differently. Some user's route their video direct to their TVs and just the audio to their receiver.

"Roger Eriksson" <RogerEriksson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:C982ECFD-08CD-4408-BEA4-B7A9E35A3C3D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I will try your suggestion. I notice that I can set the resolution to 59 Hz
which in VMC is reported as 59.94 Hz, without having problems with the
pixelmapping on my screen.
To set the resolution to ~60Hz is though a bit strange in a part of the
world where everything is centered around 50Hz (including the TV-programs).
But I will try it out.

While I have you on "the line":
I the beginning tried to connect my PC to the TV through the HDMI-switch in
my Yamaha RX-V633 receiver (and thus get rid of some cables).
But every time I closed my TV, the Yamaha somehow told the PC I did not have
a monitor any more, and the PC consequently uninstalled the TV and defaulted
to some weird resolution I think the Yamaha has for its internal GUI.
Starting the TV again doesn't help. To me it appears as no handskaking takes
place, like it does between my stand-alone Sony Bluray and the
Yamaha/TV-kombination.
It this behavior something to expect for a Media Center PC (that Windows and
ATI hardware cannot interact with non-PC hardware), or do you know of a way
to make the handshaking take place so my TV comes back to 1920x1080 59,934 Hz?
Or to make my PC disregard the messages from the Yamaha and stay locked on
1920x1080 59,934 Hz regardless of what video-messages is reported back
through the HDMI-cable?
/Roger :-)


"Curious" wrote:

I notice from page 40 of your users manual that it appears that you should
be using PC mode over HDMI with 1920x1080 @59.934 and not TV mode @60.

"Roger Eriksson" <RogerEriksson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:48EE6C6F-FB17-44FC-AD5A-86224B619055@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> The TV is a LG 50PS8000. I have two cables running from the Graphics > card
> to
> the TV (VGA and HDMI). Both are set to the same resolution and color > depth
> (1920x1080 60Hz 32bit). The VGA connection is usually disabled to avoid
> HDCP-problems while playing Bluray, but if it is enabled I use extended
> desktop for the same HDCP-reason.
> I do not think we have a resolution issue here. It seems to me the > problem
> occurs because the system is doing something in the backgroud (which of
> course can be a resolution issue). I have noticed I can get the same
> problem
> but in a more severely fashion if I try to doing anything to soon after
> waking the system up after sleep. I must wait 1-2 minutes. I'm using TV
> Pack
> for uppdating the EPG, I live close to the border of another country > also
> sending TV using DVB-T (colliding channel numbers!) and have Avast
> antivirus.
>
> "Curious" wrote:
>
>> Since the problem apparently started happening when you got you new TV
>> help
>> us to understand your configuration better.
>> What make/model is the new TV? What make/model was the TV you >> replaced
>> and
>> which you also used 1920x1080@60 Hz over HDMI to?
>> If you are running with two displays are you using Clone Mode or >> extended
>> desktop mode? And do I understand correctly that the new TV is the
>> primary
>> display?
>> If two displays are you also sending 1920x1080@60 Hz to the non TV
>> display.
>>
>> "Roger Eriksson" <RogerEriksson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>> message
>> news:D0B10BB5-9104-41DE-8D12-4BBA04955D02@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > I am using 1920x1080 60HZ and never change resolution
>> > /Roger
>> >
>> > "Curious" wrote:
>> >
>> >> What resolution are you sending over HDMI to your new TV? Are you
>> >> sure
>> >> it
>> >> is one that it will accept over HDMI such as 720p or 1080i?
>> >> If the TV is the only connected display then you can use an F8 Safe
>> >> Mode
>> >> Boot to change the resolution to be used with a normal mode boot.
>> >>
>> >> "Roger Eriksson" <RogerEriksson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>> >> message
>> >> news:922891F7-B206-44C8-A16C-E7BB165E8B73@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> > If only had known :-( As I'm fiddling around with the system all >> >> > the
>> >> > time
>> >> > I
>> >> > cannot pinpoint any specific change. Main suspect is though the >> >> > new
>> >> > ATI-drivers and with them the new ATI management tool. Another
>> >> > suspect
>> >> > is
>> >> > my
>> >> > new TV, wich I'm using as main monitor. My media center is not >> >> > all
>> >> > that
>> >> > comfortable with the HDMI 1.3-standard. Going back to an older >> >> > ATI
>> >> > driver
>> >> > is
>> >> > not an option yet. What I'm wondering is if this is a known >> >> > problem
>> >> > with a
>> >> > simple workaround?
>> >> >
>> >> > "Barb Bowman" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> so what changed? you mention all updates are installed. did this
>> >> >> start after an update? can you try a system restore to a point >> >> >> in
>> >> >> time before this issue started?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Mon, 7 Sep 2009 11:45:01 -0700, Roger Eriksson
>> >> >> <RogerEriksson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >I cannot close my Vista Media Center anymore. Not without >> >> >> >invoking
>> >> >> >the
>> >> >> >task
>> >> >> >manager, then the Media Center closes. If i go the usual way,
>> >> >> >using
>> >> >> >my
>> >> >> >remote
>> >> >> >going to Activites an selecting close (this is a free >> >> >> >translation
>> >> >> >from
>> >> >> >Swedish), I get a black screen and the revolving circle.
>> >> >> >I have a ASUS M2A-VM HDMI motherboard, with a Radeon 4670
>> >> >> >HDMI-graphics
>> >> >> >card, running Vista Home Premium. All updates are installed.
>> >> >> Barb Bowman
>> >> >> MS-MVP
>> >> >> http://www.digitalmediaphile.com
>> >> >> http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com
>> >> >> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
>> >> >>
>> >>
>>

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