[mythtv-users] Audio Authority 9A60 blank screen?

[Jarod Wilson]

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On Wednesday 09 June 2004 13:58, John Sturgeon wrote:
> Gaelons Gaelons wrote:
> > I have tried the "The quick-and-dirty, might save you lots of time
> > route" in Jarod's Guide(http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/mythhd.php).
> >
> > I have the exact same ChainTech motherboard he uses, so I figured it
> > would work.

Bad assumption. This is *much* more dependent on the TV set than on the 
motherboard.

> > I see a completely BLANK screen on my Panasonic 32" 4:3 HDTV with the
> > Jarod's XF86Config file.
> >
> > Should I see something at all if the settings are NOT correct?

Quite possibly not. There were quite a few settings from other people's TVs I 
tried that produced zero video output on my TV. I've heard from several folks 
with 4:3 HDTVs that my mode didn't work for them, so I'm not surprised.


> > * I know that the QUALITY of the cable is not great (using just an old
> > COMPOSITE cable for now), so I don't expect to see a perfect picture,
> > but I expect I would see A picture.

Yes, you should at least see something once you a feeding a signal it 
understands. Did your 9A60 not come with cables? I could have sworn mine 
did...

> > I have tried hooking up the 9A60 to my existing ReplayTV's VGA port
> > (and yes, with the VGA port enabled), but still a blank screen.

But is that VGA port configured for HD output, or just plain VGA output?

> > I have a feeling it is a bad 9A60, but I want to verify it before
> > RMA'ing the thing.

I think you need to do a bit more testing before going the RMA route. I have a 
feeling you just haven't happened upon a mode that works. Note that I said 
"The quick-and-dirty, might save you lots of time route", but it isn't 
guaranteed to work with all sets by any stretch of the imagination. It has 
for a number of other folks, but most (if not all) of them had 16:9 sets, 
IIRC. Since that didn't work, you have to try another route, like search for 
another mode, or go the PowerStrip route. You can't assume its bad because 
that one mode didn't work.

> Do you get anything at all?  Even in console mode before X starts?  You
> should see at the very least, the VGA resolution screen.

I don't see much myself, and a basic VGA resolution never worked either. I see 
some rolling text from the BIOS, a brief hint of grub, some rolling text as 
the kernel starts to load, then rhgb kicks in and everything's peachy.

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Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE
jcw at wilsonet.com

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