My First HTPC

SN25P · 2008-04-13, 07:12

Ho Every1! I just finished my very first HTPC. I had it running for about 7 hrs straight its pretty stable. I currently have it hooked up on my Toshiba 72MX196 by HDMI at 1776x1000@60hz since 1920x1080 @60hz is over the margin. Im also using the SPDIF, but I could only get 5.1. Any Idea how can I get 6.1 or 7.1? Another problem is that I cant play DVD on media portal, but DVD works fine on MCE. My TV has a VGA input, but I havent tried to hook up my PC thru the VGA input. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

Toshiba 72MX196
Onkyo Receiver
Bose AM16
Antec NSK1380 Black/ Silver Steel MicroATX Cube
GIGABYTE GA-MA69GM-S2H AM2 AMD 690G HDMI Micro ATX AMD
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ 2.8GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2
4x1GB G Skill F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ
Radeon X1550 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Expres
SAMSUNG Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe - OEM
Vista 64 Ultimate
Media Portal

outlive · 2008-04-13, 15:12

use your vga input with 1920x1080@59hz (59 instead of 60 could fix your over the margin problem)

SN25P · 2008-04-16, 01:36

Any Idea how come I cant play DVD? I mean it plays but only audio no video. But works fine one MCE. Also any suggestions on audio card?

2008-04-13, 07:12	#1 (permalink)
SN25P Portal User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	My First HTPC Ho Every1! I just finished my very first HTPC. I had it running for about 7 hrs straight its pretty stable. I currently have it hooked up on my Toshiba 72MX196 by HDMI at 1776x1000@60hz since 1920x1080 @60hz is over the margin. Im also using the SPDIF, but I could only get 5.1. Any Idea how can I get 6.1 or 7.1? Another problem is that I cant play DVD on media portal, but DVD works fine on MCE. My TV has a VGA input, but I havent tried to hook up my PC thru the VGA input. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated Toshiba 72MX196 Onkyo Receiver Bose AM16 Antec NSK1380 Black/ Silver Steel MicroATX Cube GIGABYTE GA-MA69GM-S2H AM2 AMD 690G HDMI Micro ATX AMD AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ 2.8GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 4x1GB G Skill F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ Radeon X1550 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Expres SAMSUNG Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe - OEM Vista 64 Ultimate Media Portal

2008-04-13, 15:12	#2 (permalink)
outlive Portal Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Hamburg Posts: 22 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country: My System	use your vga input with 1920x1080@59hz (59 instead of 60 could fix your over the margin problem) Last edited by outlive; 2008-04-13 at 15:15.

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2008-04-16, 01:36	#3 (permalink)
SN25P Portal User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Any Idea how come I cant play DVD? I mean it plays but only audio no video. But works fine one MCE. Also any suggestions on audio card?