*Official* Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H Thread (NVIDIA 9400 mATX HDMI 8 channel LPCM) - Page 6

Hi again,

for everybody who's interested in and have the same problems with the format changes. (For XP)

Switch to Audio System config (In Windows Control Panel) and there switch to Stereo Desktop Speakers in advaned configuration. Now there's no format Change when switching TV Channels or Music Tracks. Of Course you just have 2 Channel PCM Now but this can be scripted. I will try to find out how to switch from Desktop Speakers to 5.1 (or 7,.1) Speakers via commandline. Then you can easily change this via Remote Control. I'm sure AutoIt can do that easily. I come back to you when found out how.

Regards,

Alex

I have the same HDMI audio issue with my Onkyo SR-604. I'm pretty sure it's an NVIDIA driver problem. I didn't have trouble with my previous board, which had an ATI chipset.

Yep - it is a known issue with nVidias I believe (think it is referred to as the Silent Stream?)

There is a twin approach to HDMI audio.

1. Constantly output 5.1 or 7.1 and leave stereo as just 2.0 within these (with silence in the other 3.1 or 5.1 channels left - or output left and right to all left and right channels inc side/surrounds?) This will avoid any switching issues - but can cause issues if you are trying to extract Dolby Surround from a 2.0 stream in an external amp (as it will see a 5.1/7.1 not a 2.0 output from the PC and thus not treat it as a 2.0 source and ProLogic decode)

2. Switch output format between 2.0 and 5.1/7.1 based on application outputs - but this can cause the clicking and drop-outs.

However - in addition nVidia also have issues I think on top of this.

The same challenges face TV broadcasters with 5.1 and 2.0 audio on different shows...

Can you explain how to do this? I'd like to give it a try and see how it works on my system. Thanks!

You don't get a choice - it is dictated by the writers of the OS and/or drivers... There are two distinct approaches that can be taken - but we don't get to chose as end users - unless I'm missing something.

Dossent any body care that the igpu only suports 128mb onbord gfx unless running in hybrid-sli?

If you set the iGPU frame buffer control to manual your frame buffer size options are 64,128,256(default),512M or disabled. If you leave the Frame Buffer Control set as Auto the Bios automatically sets the frame buffer size as required. You can only choose 256 or 512 when Hybrid Sli is enabled. Thats from the manual.

If you have other information post a link so I can take a look at it.

I know this is off-topic - it's only related in so far as it would be going into my GA-E7AUM-DS2H.

I'm thinking about putting a TV tuner card on my wish list. It must be low-profile and support QAM. Dual tuners is preferred. I'm running Vista 32-bit. It should probably not run hot with the PCIe X1 is right next to the GPU heatsink.... (I'll bring up my thermal issues in another post....)

What's my best best? The AVerMedia AVerTV Combo PCIe MCE or the Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250 Media Center Kit? Or is there another option I should consider?

Thanks!
Brett

i have this board and the avermedia pcie card. it tunes analog just fine in media center, although it's a little ghosty and the picture is pretty flat looking. unfortunatly, i think that media center doesn't support clear qam. i found some other thread that posted a link to a clear qam utility for the tuner but i haven't gotten it to work with my cable (comcast in pa). so i read that you can use mythtv in linux and do digital tuning. the only problem there was that the latest linux kernel doesn't have support for pcie tuners yet (or so i've heard). i'm going to test the latest version of ubuntu later on to see if that's true. i'm also thinking about just getting another card (pci based) so i can boot into linux and watch hd signals.

If you want to see a screen cap of the avermedia in action let me know.

The AverTV 780 works just fine with QAM. You have to download the beta drivers from Aver, and run the QAM tool (or have TV Pack installed). Another (cooler) method would be to get the HD Homerun, which gives you two QAM channels and it operates over your network. I have both, and both work great.

How many QAM channels you get in the clear (unencrypted) is really dependant upon your cable provider. You should, at the least, pull in the locals in the clear.

Somewhere along the line on the Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H while loading software I seem to loose the ability to see the bios while loading. It's a black screen now when I boot up until Vista 64 loads. Any ideas?

I set up a partition to use Xpress Recovery2 but I can never see any of the POST information. Since I can't see this I can't get into the bios either. It seems to happen somewhere along the line while loading the programs but I'm not sure which one takes it out. Help!

What i dont get is, why is the frame buffer at 256 default when it can only put out 128?
I ran gpu-z and it tells me that my gfx is what ever size i chose and windows is missing the same amount of rams.
Why is this option at all available if the mobo can see there is no external gfx i wonder?
Well i better put it back to 128 manuely so i can at least have some more rams for vista insted of rams for nothing.

just set u resolution down to 800x600 and u will be fine.
Yes this means u have to do this every time u want to go into bios.
I think the reason for this is that, some mobos or gfx or what ever cant always see what u tv can show so it will just go down to low res.
Not sure but, its nice for people who has a tv that dose this every time they start up there system.

Could somebody who has this board do me a huge favor?

My case has limited room for a CPU cooler once the DVD drive is installed.

Could someone please measure the distance from the front of the board to the CPU socket and the back of the board to the CPU socket as marked by the crude orange lines in the attached pic?

I would be forever grateful.

Thanks

Thanks! I'll try that.

Anyone else hving color output issues through HDMI? It looks like it isn't sending 24/32bit, but more like 8/16bit.

The size of mATX is 9.6" x 9.6". Measure pixel values.

I always thought that was a weird way to do it when I put together my S16VB. I just installed this board last weekend and it runs fantastic. I did swap the passive northbridge heat sink for a Thermalright HR-05/IFX before installed (passive no fan).

My only complaint is the location and number of fan headers (2) and that it seems the CPU socket is closer on this board to the I/O panel than on my old Asus P5K Deluxe. The rear exhaust fans got in the way of the bracing on my Thermalright SI-128 SE cooler. This could just be a mATX spec thing (i've never owned one before). I took the fans out for now and haven't had any temp issues. Down the road I may get slimmer ones or just mount them outside to alleviate the issue.

Why the 2 legacy PCI slots? Limitations with the chipset? I would have loved another PCI Express or even better another 4-8x slot but oh well.

front to cpu = 12cm and back to cpu = 7cm.

I'm loving this board... none of my G45 issues.... as a testament, my HTPC case has the cover on !!!!!

Are there any progs/utils that can display the temps on this board? I'd like to know what the chipset temp is with the cover on... seems to work fine, and my E8400 is barely above ambient

Woah good to know, i had no idea they released a patch for MCE to allow qam. Thanks and sorry for being a noob!

So what's the version number of the beta drivers that you need to use to get qam to work in vista x64? I found some other forum which has a link to an ftp site with a bunch of versions, I have no clue which one I should get.

Is it reasonable to expect the silent stream bug will be fixed at some point?

SpeedFan or NVIDIA System Tools.

Awesome!

Thanks!

Anyone here manage to get a Shuriken to fit? I had some difficulty and used the stock heatsink instead. It seems like one of the heat pipes is just touching the chipset heatsink.

Somewhere along the line on the Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H while loading software I seem to loose the ability to see the bios while loading. It's a black screen now when I boot up until Vista 64 loads. Any ideas?

I set up a partition to use Xpress Recovery2 but I can never see any of the POST information. Since I can't see this I can't get into the bios either. It seems to happen somewhere along the line while loading the programs but I'm not sure which one takes it out. Help!


Update: I set the resolution in Nvidia to 800x600but I still can't see the bios when booting up. Any more ideas!

I have a Asus p5n7a mb and a 7.1 surround system. When I playback 8 channel audio, the rear and surround channels are reversed. This is on both a hk 354 and denon 988 receiver via hdmi. Using 1.0.37 of the Nvidia hdmi driver and Vista 32.

8 channel test file:http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...8/8Channel.exe

Wondering if you gigibyte guys have the same issue...

Hi,

I'm considering getting this board for a new HTPC build. I have 2 AverMedia PCI-E 1x combo TV tuner cards I'd like to put in. Obviously, I can use the 1x slot for one of these cards. But can I use the PCI-E x16 slot for my other 1x card?

If I do put in a card in the PCI-E x16 slot, will I still be able to use the onboard graphics to send audio/video out via HDMI? I remember reading with some other boards (G45?) that if you put something in the PCI-E x16 slot, it will disable the onboard graphics. So I was wondering whether this NVidia based board has this same issue.

I'm not quite sure what would happen since I haven't tried it, but there is a BIOS option to default to the integrated GPU instead of checking the PCIe slot first. If you set that prior to installing the second card, maybe it would work.

What is u bord connect to? tv or monitor?