Ahanix MCE701 (built in touch screen) mini review - Page 7

Hi Gsmith8451. I understand that you have insert an IR Module in MCE701.
Please can you send me some photo regarding of your setup ?
And please tell me how many problem how can have if I would like to add this IR Module or similar in MCE701 case.
Thanks in advance for your answer and support.
gordonflash

I bought the MCE701 HTPC
case from ebay store two weeks ago. The unit
finally arrived and I was trying to install
it last night.
One problem I ran into is I can't get the touch screen
lcd to work properly. I keep getting this "no signal"
message on the screen. I went through all Jack's posts
on the mce701 dot com site. Try all the possibilities, but still no
luck.
I have a ATI PCIE video card which has a VGA and a DVI
output, I can hook up two monitors to the card with
VGA and DVI cables. Both monitors work fine. If I
switch the VGA to the touch screen connector, neither
the touch screen nor the monitor works.The LCD tocuch
screen shows "no signal" and the monitor is not
responding at all.
I lowed my screen resolution to 1024 x 768, still
no luck.
I notice the brown wire on the end of the VGA cable
which connects to LCD controller card is loose, it can
be pull out and inserted back in to the hole. Can that
be the cause of the problem?
Any help is appreciated!

Were you able to get it to work? I am having the same issue.

I am just trying to isolate the problem, if your wiring is ok, and still got no signal, the card maybe defected

Hi,
first my english spelling is bad but I`ll try to help YOu.
I went trou this. nothing helped to get off that no signal sign. and no help from GOOGLE
My problem was that there was no signal and also When I conected lcd to my ati 2400tx card second output daied. and it did eaven the other end of lcd cabel was not conected to lcd`s board in case. so the problem was in cabel.

I took one of my monitors cabels cut in 2 peaces and resoldered to the conection for the lcd board. and now it runs on all resolutions.
the board has rady made place for monitor conection. ifYOu like YOu can solder that on board and have vga cabel without cuting.

if somthing is not clear just ask.

exactly my problem I had. try disconect the lcd cabel from board and YOu will see that it still kills the other output on video card. so its time to replace cabel

I justed ordered the black one from e-bay also. I hope I do not run into the same problem, but it looks likely. Did anyone else resolve the problem by replacing the VGA cable connected to the LCD screen? Is it easy to do, or should I just return the case? Thanks in advance!

Also, does anyone know if I should install Vista 64 or 32 bit edition? Anyone know if it has issues with 64 bit Vista? Thank You

So i recieved my MCE701 from colorcase on ebay friday. Spent most of friday night trying to get the stuff migrated from my old case to the new one. Couple of problems that i ran into.

1. Monitor cable going to the lcd board had a wire come loose, fixed it but may still be having problems more later in post.
2. Room really is tight with even 3 HD's
3. Card Reader does not seem to be functioning correctly. Well not at all really.

I had no problems getting my mb in. I have for reference

MSI K8N Platinum
Athlon 64 3200
1 gb DDR400
MSI Geforce 6600

The DVD drive was easy to get in and situated correctly for the front plate to be installed and with three hd's i was able to keep the mb clear though it came awfully close.

The biggest problem i am having is i think the monitor cable going to the lcd still. Any time i have my DVI out plugged in the Touchscreen monitor wont work, when i have the VGA to the touchscreen plugged in the DVI wont work . It's either one or the other. I finally resorted to just using the S-Video out / component cables to connect to my TV but with that i am only getting 1080i not the 1080p i want. I have contacted the manufacturer about getting the cable / card reader / and the fans replaced in the case. I'll let you know what he says.

I really wish there was an IR module in the case, would be nice not having my usb one sticking out. Wish there was a second bay for another cd-drive. Wish there was a fan blowing on the HD's. I did put a fan on the bottom vent of the case blowing in since every other fan i have is blowing out i hope it helps. Temp is running around 58 degrees on processor and 35 on nb.

I'll update soon.

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You should clone the desktop to other monitor.

Anyone have a link to working drivers for the touchscreen? The link to the egalax drivers on the first post is dead. If someone has a copy they can email me that would work great too.

Have you not read all the other forum posts on this? Cloning the desktop just gives you a really small desktop in the front that's really hard to see from your couch. It also doesnt allow you to use a front end on the separate monitor.

I have still had no luck in getting the company to send me a new monitor cable, will let you know how it goes.

I have read. but dint think sense I use projector 1280x720. and for me small touchscreen in that resolution looks just fine.

and do You get picture on touchscreen when the pc boots?

What touchscreen drivers is everyone using? I'm having a heck of a time getting it to work right.

search this thread for "egalax'

that's what I'm using and it works fine for XP and MCE2005. Haven't tried Vista yet.

Any chance you could email me those drivers, as I can't find them anywhere now. all links to them in this tread are dead.

Try this one

http://210.64.17.162/web20/eg/drivers.htm

if it doesn't work, their website is www.eeti.com.tw and it's under the support page.

Hey guys, good posts, but I hope I can get around replacing the cable for the LCD screen on this thing. we can get to the source of this problem and I think its the cable voltage or something. I purchased the MCE 701 case, and installed Windows Vista Home Premium, and ATI 3850 PCIx16 into the case with all other components. The LCD touch screen only wants to work by itself. It connects to the PCIx16 card with an adapter because that card has 2 DVI out + 1 s-vhs out. My 22 inch LCD will only work with it when I plug it in after I boot to Windows, but that is only sometimes. The S-VHS does not work with it either.
I also noticed that with the video card accelerator removed, when I plugged lcd touch cable to the onboard VGA out, the system shuts off! When I boot up, the LCD works, but the USB/ PS/2 ports in the back do not work at all. I tried this several times, it seems that the cable itself is shorting the board or something, because the keyboard and mouse stop working. I had to plug my mouse to the front USB just to work aroung and troubleshoot.

Does anyone else have this problem? SHould/can I install a 2nd PCI video card just for the front LCD? Thanks, greatly appreciated!

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UPDATE: I just received an email from mce701.com stating that he may send me a replacement cable for the case LCD monitor. So I will see how that turns out and keep you all up to date. zmm9644@hotmail.com

They work fine in Vista as well.

Swweet.. worked great! Makes a world of difference over the drivers that came on the disk!

One thing I don't get is why the Origen chassis, that are supposed to use the same 7" screen, can use it in 1920x1080?

I know it would be small, but I think it would be ok in MCE, and it would eliminate all the issues with cloning.

Hi All,

Could one (or more) of you that own the Ahanix MCE701 case measure the case depth for me? I have a real depth issue in my cabinet and just want to make sure the actual case depth is the same as that shown on the spec sheet. I have measured several cases at my local Fry's and was surprised at how many were larger than their spec sheets list.

Another measurement that would really help, if possible, would be a total depth including connectors. Basically from the front panel to video connector wire bent 90 degrees as close as possible to the case. The cabinet I have has a 2-3" slit opening for cables in the middle of the back panel. Therefore I need to figure out the depth of the case with the cables making a 90 degree bend to this opening. The cabinet has glass doors and the WAF doesn't allow me to cut the back of the cabinet.

Thanks in advance!

UPDATE:
Well I did a cardboard mock-up last night and found that it just won't fit. Even if the dimensions are correct, the connectors & cables will make it too depth for my cabinet. It looks like I must find a case that's 15.5" deep or less.

I have a MCE701 with the non working video, it wont boot, and the other display goes blank when the touchscreen is plugged in.

Jack sent me a new cable but still no good.

The thing works fine on a 6' VGA extension cable, but the cable I have dosn't pin #15 so the monitor shows up as "DEFAULT VGA", so monitor swapping dosn't work so very well.

I'm using a Sapphire HD 2600XT PCIE card.

Any ideas?

Thanks, Rick

I have a basic question that I did not want to assume the answer to...

Does the MCE701 come with an IR receiver builtin for use with a standard Windows Media Center Edition remote? It's not clear if the unit comes with a remote control or not. If it did I would not ask this question. I don't care about the remote itself since I'll be using a universal remote. I just want to know if the IR receiver is included.

Thanks.

No, it does not come with a remote control or an IR reciever of any kind.

I have a question, I'm wondering how the LCD actually connects to the video card? Also, what video card(s) work best with this LCD? Pictures would be great.

thanks

The case comes with a short VGA cable that sticks out the back. You just plug it into your video cable.

Any videocard with a VGA output should work fine. You are limited (without hacking) to 640x480 on the touchscreen anyway (or maybe it's 800x600, I forget now).

Anyone resolve the problem when only one screen works ? I can't get to work two screens at the same time . I plugged plasma tv via HDMI and lcd screen on MCE 701 but only one works when the other dies and vice versa. My graphic card is ATI 3850 .

no you're not. I run my at 1280x720.

It's your graphics card. update your drivers maybe.

Let me ask you this...when you first boot up, does the post screen show up on both monitors?