Here's my setup:
Toshiba 40H80
9A60 Transcoder
Duron 650 w/GeForce 2MX, Windows 2k
I've been through the definitive guide, and I've gotten some reasonable timing configurations (with absolutely hideous overscan) but whatever I do, I always get a color distorted bar that either scrolls or stays still, speed varying with the tweaked settings.
So I go back to ground zero: 640x480, no frills. Still same problem. Try Geforce 2Ti, same problem. Try my laptop w/Rage Mobility, and I get a perfect picture (still bad overscan, but PowerStrip doesn't work with my laptop). Also tried the MX in a different MB/CPU combo, and have the same problem.
Out of sheer frustration, I hook up the S-Video on the 2Ti to an S-Video in on the 40H80, and I discover that I'm getting a similar distorted bar - not a color distortion, but the picture is shifted to one side, still scrolling. (not a bad pictre at 800 x 600, considering it is s-video...)
The test with the laptop makes me think I don't have a cabling/transcoder problem, and the 40H80 seems to like a 480p signal when it is coming from the laptop. I have absolutely zero problem with 1080i coming from my SIRT-150 OTA STB. The cards work fine with 2 different monitors (Multisync FE950 & CTX 14").
I'm at my wits end...if anyone has any suggestions, I'd be glad to hear them.
Thanks,
Jeff
Toshiba 40H80
9A60 Transcoder
Duron 650 w/GeForce 2MX, Windows 2k
I've been through the definitive guide, and I've gotten some reasonable timing configurations (with absolutely hideous overscan) but whatever I do, I always get a color distorted bar that either scrolls or stays still, speed varying with the tweaked settings.
So I go back to ground zero: 640x480, no frills. Still same problem. Try Geforce 2Ti, same problem. Try my laptop w/Rage Mobility, and I get a perfect picture (still bad overscan, but PowerStrip doesn't work with my laptop). Also tried the MX in a different MB/CPU combo, and have the same problem.
Out of sheer frustration, I hook up the S-Video on the 2Ti to an S-Video in on the 40H80, and I discover that I'm getting a similar distorted bar - not a color distortion, but the picture is shifted to one side, still scrolling. (not a bad pictre at 800 x 600, considering it is s-video...)
The test with the laptop makes me think I don't have a cabling/transcoder problem, and the 40H80 seems to like a 480p signal when it is coming from the laptop. I have absolutely zero problem with 1080i coming from my SIRT-150 OTA STB. The cards work fine with 2 different monitors (Multisync FE950 & CTX 14").
I'm at my wits end...if anyone has any suggestions, I'd be glad to hear them.
Thanks,
Jeff