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<blockquote data-quote="kirk1" data-source="post: 1021655" data-attributes="member: 69640"><p>Hey Guys,</p><p> </p><p>I'm usually pretty good at figuring out what is going wrong, but this has me a little stumped and need to bounce some ideas around.</p><p> </p><p>System:</p><p>Media Portal 1.4 with TV Server</p><p>Catalyst Driver 13.4 beta (also tried 13.3 stable)</p><p>MSI FM2-A75IA-E53 Motherboard</p><p>AMD A8 6600K 4-Core Processor</p><p>G.Skill Sniper F3-14900CL9D-8GBSR 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3</p><p> </p><p>Connected via USB:</p><p>Kaiser Baas Dual DVB-T Tuner</p><p>Western Digital 2TB external drive</p><p>USB IR Receiver</p><p> </p><p>My issues are:</p><p> </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">When connected via HDMI the HTPC will not soft boot (restart)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hard Boot works 100% of the time</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Soft boot seems to get past post but doesn't boot windows (well windows isn't getting to desktop as the power button powers off and doesn't initialize a shutdown)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Plasma display appears to restart when the PC is rebooted as the display shows <HDMI> then when the HTPC restarts it shows <HTPC 50hz></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">MePo pauses during direct x initialization and give Direct3D error (I have only replicated this on VGA once)</li> </ul><p></p><p>When my HTPC is hooked up via VGA I have no issues and have only been able to replicate the Direct3D error once. I put a 10sec start up delay on MePo and in 10 boots did not error once.</p><p> </p><p>My questions are:</p><p> </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Why am I only having this issue on soft boots? Is it because HDMI hasn't completely lost it's 'handshake'?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Is there a GPU driver version that is known to work with MePo?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">My first assumption would be a driver issue, but would a driver stop a boot process only on restart? I would assume if the driver isn't going to work it would be the same on a cold boot.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Am I looking at 2 issues, maybe driver related to the direct3D and BIOS related on the restart?</li> </ul><p>Tests I will try tonight:</p><p> </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Unplug HDMI during the shutdown and plug back in during and after post. Hopefully that will tell me if there is a 'handshake issue'</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Unplug all USB devices that may be preventing bootup</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Double check BIOS settings to see if I have missed a display setting</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rollback GPU drivers</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rollback to MePo 1.3</li> </ul><p>Any thoughts? Anything I can try before I get to the rollback stage?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kirk1, post: 1021655, member: 69640"] Hey Guys, I'm usually pretty good at figuring out what is going wrong, but this has me a little stumped and need to bounce some ideas around. System: Media Portal 1.4 with TV Server Catalyst Driver 13.4 beta (also tried 13.3 stable) MSI FM2-A75IA-E53 Motherboard AMD A8 6600K 4-Core Processor G.Skill Sniper F3-14900CL9D-8GBSR 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 Connected via USB: Kaiser Baas Dual DVB-T Tuner Western Digital 2TB external drive USB IR Receiver My issues are: [LIST] [*]When connected via HDMI the HTPC will not soft boot (restart) [*]Hard Boot works 100% of the time [*]Soft boot seems to get past post but doesn't boot windows (well windows isn't getting to desktop as the power button powers off and doesn't initialize a shutdown) [*]The Plasma display appears to restart when the PC is rebooted as the display shows <HDMI> then when the HTPC restarts it shows <HTPC 50hz> [*]MePo pauses during direct x initialization and give Direct3D error (I have only replicated this on VGA once) [/LIST] When my HTPC is hooked up via VGA I have no issues and have only been able to replicate the Direct3D error once. I put a 10sec start up delay on MePo and in 10 boots did not error once. My questions are: [LIST] [*]Why am I only having this issue on soft boots? Is it because HDMI hasn't completely lost it's 'handshake'? [*]Is there a GPU driver version that is known to work with MePo? [*]My first assumption would be a driver issue, but would a driver stop a boot process only on restart? I would assume if the driver isn't going to work it would be the same on a cold boot. [*]Am I looking at 2 issues, maybe driver related to the direct3D and BIOS related on the restart? [/LIST] Tests I will try tonight: [LIST] [*]Unplug HDMI during the shutdown and plug back in during and after post. Hopefully that will tell me if there is a 'handshake issue' [*]Unplug all USB devices that may be preventing bootup [*]Double check BIOS settings to see if I have missed a display setting [*]Rollback GPU drivers [*]Rollback to MePo 1.3 [/LIST] Any thoughts? Anything I can try before I get to the rollback stage? [/QUOTE]
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