Ongoing Silverstone LC16M - Problems - I need help please (1 Viewer)

[Daveoxo]

I’ve finally built my HTPC and got it running, just a couple of bugs to iron out, I could do with a little from you guys out there

1) Connection to my CRT TV
This is proving to be difficult. Firstly may I explain, I selected the motherboard mainly because of the mobile CPU and the HDMI facility
But I can’t afford a new TV yet so I’m trying to connect it to my CRT TV
Because of the limited connections on the PC I‘ve bought one of these
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VGA-PC-to-TV-...4375598QQihZ006QQcategoryZ72401QQcmdZViewItem
I get a picture but its not sharp enough for normal PC use (I am using it set on RGB connected to RGB scart on the TV so all should be fine) my problem is fuzzy picture
So what’s the fix
Just out of interest if I connected the computer to a HDMI enabled TV would I get really sharp image?

2) The USB card
The front of the LC16M case needs no less than 6 USB connections 4 front USB, 1 for the front control button and switches and one for the vfd/ir module. The motherboard has 4 connections so I bought the USB card detailed below as it has 4 USB ports externally and 1 internal +1 USB header (even though the package box says 4+1 USB)
Problem if I make the connections on the inside of the card the not all the features work on the control knob if I plug the connections externally they are recognized as plug and play and work. Have any of you any ideas?.


Case - Silverstone LC16M Case Silver
Power Supply - Zalman ZM460B-APS ATX Noiseless PSU 460W
Motherboard - Abit iL-90MV i945GT, S479, DDR2 533/667/400, SATA I, SATA RAID, MODT, uATX, VGA
Memory - Crutial DDR2 PC2-4200 • CL=4 • UNBUFFERED • NON-ECC • DDR2-533 • 1.8V • 128Meg x 64
Intel Core Duo T2500 Socket479, Yonah, 2.0GHz, 2MBCache, FSB667 Retail
250 Gb Samsung SP2504C SpinPoint P120, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 8MB Cache, 9.0 ms, NCQ
TV Card - Hauppauge WinTV HVR1300 Analog & Digital MCE PCI Kit c/w Remote and nVidia *Gold* DVD Decoder
Software - Microsoft OEM Windows XP Media Centre 2005 SP2B (Release 2) - 1PK
DVD - NEC AD-7173A-0B Labelflash Black 18x DVD±RW Dual Layer inc 12x RAM Oem
Newlink USB2 4+1 port Card
Software - Nero Burner with LabelFlash
Keyboard - Microsoft Media Centre Keyboard
Mouse - Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 - Moonlight Silver

 

[bbackx]

1) That's the best you can do for now, I think. Hdmi should give a much better image.

2) Perhaps, your card really is 4+1 and you can only use the internel usb port OR the header, not both at the same time... Luckely, I didn't had this problem, I removed the front-usb-ports and installed a card-reader instead. Much more usefull, I think

 

[skoov]

The front of the LC16M case needs no less than 6 USB connections 4 front USB, 1 for the front control button and switches and one for the vfd/ir module.

Haha! Sorry I have to laugh because I've just bought the same case and discovered the massive amount of USB leads on the case

My mobo only has 2 internal USB connectors, so I've not connected up the 4 front USBs for now. All my front buttons and VFD are working great though!

 

[hansdegit]

Does your graphics card support composity sync output? Most Ati cards do, you could try to build your own VGA-Scart cable. I did it once, astonishin PQ..

http://ryoandr.free.fr/