gazza107

We have S-video x 2, Scart x 2, and a coax ariel in. My TV is old. However bigger problems have arisen. Motherboard swap didnt help the old motherboard didntwork at all so tried to reinstall windows and managed to just about get it into safe mode. Gave up on that a moved back to the newer motherboard did a quick rebuild and reinstalled wwindows xp and whenit did its first restart booted backup and crashed now i get nothing more than safe mode if i try anything else it crashes

wot about updating my bios wot does that actually envolve coz i dont know how to flash it or anything never really played with that before

No but he does have my old motherboard and processor so i am going to try and reinstall everything on that in a bit to if that works that way i can eliminate if it is a problem with the card or not. If that fails then i dont know - a new graphics card will be the next solution.

But i feel bad he has spent a lot of time on this i would have made you guys all brews by now if i didnt think they would be cold by the time you got them He does have a spare graphics card we tried this morning but when we went to plug the s-video 4-pin cable in i realised it was an s-video 10-pin (vivo connector) which unfortunatly does not fit a 4-pin cable so that was that plan out of the window.

No i have checked other monitors it is just mine that it a little green completey seperate issue involving me the monitor and a set of stairs, i must stress though this was an accident i am not usually a violent guy. I hope that clears up my green monitor issue The mainboard i bought was second hand and off of my neighbour my normal PC guru "but i dont think he will talk to me after this" well i have been making plenty brews and sandwiches whilst he has been at it scratching his head. I believe he has installed all the lastest drivers and chipsets from the manufactors website. I have been looking at updating the bios but not too sure wot to look for, i am using AMI BIOS version 3.31a i think dont know if that helps

I would be happy if i could get just the tv working and not themonitor you see i am in the land of just gone digital and could not really afford a new tv with digital. So i went out and bought an inexpensive digital tv turner card "HypemediaCentre" which worked lovely with my set up before, but since the change to my motherboard, i dont have any tv at all and i cant even watch downloads or iplayers or even DVDs since all these function though my PC. I could use my monitor for all those functions but the screen is a little green and facing away from the rest of the lounge so it would not allow me and the rest of the household to enjoy a movie whilst we have dinner

internal power supply to graphics card is plugged in i have both the monitor and tv switced on and connected b4 turning on the pc and have tried pluggong them in after as well and then activating them but still i got no joy this way. My monitor has a built in VGA out and my TV is connected by S-Video, i do not have a dvi connector of any sort so i can not check this solution thanks anyway TooTech

Dont have any yellow cables just double ended 4-pin s-video cable I have published my details on this link for you i think it should give more info then i can type CPU-Z Validator 3.1

"It maybe the issue you are using the newer version have you tried an older version?" Of which bit i have tried many different versions of ATI Catalyst from 6.2 to 9.3.1 owever 9.7 didnt recognise the device "Do you gave Crossfire turned off ?" I am only using 1 graphics card so wont crossfire be automatically turned off or unavailable either way i dont know, i will look for that in 1 mo Going though the display settings from control panel and then into the advance tab is where i got o before when i couldnt even get the card to recognise that it had someting pluged in then i put on force detect which would allow me to change the tv settings in control panel > display > settings > advance > displays but still i have no joy

Dont get anything on tv at all not even thhe slight discolouration like i get when i plug my laptop in before i put it on dual screen. Tried 2 different 4-pin s-video to 4-pin s-video they both work fine with the laptop also i have tried AV2S and AV3S on the TV bot work fine with the laptop, but nothing will work whilst i am using the PC The bit that really frustrates me is before i changed the case, processor and motherboard it all bloody worked.

tried setting it up in both windows and catalyst at every different available resolution, tried doing both at the same time incase there was a confliction between them but still no joy. I was wondering if you think the rather large axe i have might help you know if in doubt hit it. No only joking but i am sure you understand wot this is doing to my mind

Do you think maybe an older catalyst control centre this 1 does look a lot newer than wot i remember??

no matter which settings i treid

i have force detected the tv in catalyst which then allowed me to select the tv and adjust its settings, but still no image would appear on the tv???

no problem any time you give me is very genourous, thanks for your help so far. I read in a similar link that i had to reinstall all drivers for the card with my language settings in U.S. so i tried this but it still didnt work. I am using "american megatrends inc. version 07.00t" bios and was looking for a manual online to see if it was something in there, like i was saying i am convinced it is a bios setting, but i am struggling to find even that. The only other thing i can think is tat i damaged the card during installing to the new motherboard. Cheers Anyway

Ya had a look but cnt find much really This 1 has really got me sscratching my head

reinstall drivers Its good idea but I have already tried that a couple of times now. Do you think that bios could be telling my machine that it does not have a s-video port Cheers Gazza

PLEASE SOME1 I NEED HELP I AM LOSING SLEEP Ok so here it is. I have been using a dual display set up for a few years now, but lastweek decided to update my motherboard and processor, (was this a bad idea, i ask myself). So my setup has 2 monitors 1 being an old Relysis monitor(VGA connected) the other being the TV (S-Video connected). So after replacing my bits i set the machine up all ready to go tried to turn on the TV though display properties as i have done for so many years now. And nothing, it appears that my s-video port does not recognise that there is a cable plugged into it. Now i have done a few checks obviously cables all work (i have checked with laptop) the TV works as well. Now i am using an ATI Radeon 9800 PRO graphics card which surports S-Video (i know it does coz it was working last week) i am also reasonably familiar with display properties, advance display properties and also Catalyst control centre but can i find out how to activate my S-Video. I believe it might have something to do with my BIOS settings for more info on my system please check: CPU-Z Validator 3.1 If some1 out can help me before i go into my fourth sleepless day i will be so so happy Cheers Gazza