Im putting together a small media PC to hook up to the ol tv via S-Video (and later DVI when i get my new LCD tv) for movies and emulaters. The case is the coolermaster one that fits full size ATX boards, but requires a riser (which coolermaster makes specifically for that case).
Had everything working fine, but the old GF2MX i was using is a bit flakey (tends to die at random times) and it doesnt have DVI for future upgrades anyhoo... so i order a 9600.
So i finally get my shiney new Radeon 9600 from newegg, pop it in... no video signal. OK... hook it up to the ol monitor with the vga cable... no signal. take it out, swap back in the GF2... gets a picture just fine with vga. Hook that back up to the TV... no picture over s-video.
What the hell? i refuse to believe i got a DOA card (mainly because i dont want to pay shipping to send it back and I still need to try the 9600 in a PC without the a riser), and the s-video seems to have magically stopped working.
advice on what to do next? the S-video not working is really pissing me off the most.
one thing i didnt think of was to check the cable for a bent pin, but that didnt occur to me at 11:30 last night.
Had everything working fine, but the old GF2MX i was using is a bit flakey (tends to die at random times) and it doesnt have DVI for future upgrades anyhoo... so i order a 9600.
So i finally get my shiney new Radeon 9600 from newegg, pop it in... no video signal. OK... hook it up to the ol monitor with the vga cable... no signal. take it out, swap back in the GF2... gets a picture just fine with vga. Hook that back up to the TV... no picture over s-video.
What the hell? i refuse to believe i got a DOA card (mainly because i dont want to pay shipping to send it back and I still need to try the 9600 in a PC without the a riser), and the s-video seems to have magically stopped working.
advice on what to do next? the S-video not working is really pissing me off the most.
one thing i didnt think of was to check the cable for a bent pin, but that didnt occur to me at 11:30 last night.
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