Author Topic: Unofficial HTPC users thread: Tips, Tricks, and everything HTPC (Read 231056 times)

ninjababez® · « **Reply #300 on:** Dec 07, 2009 at 01:31 PM »

Quote from: air ween on Dec 07, 2009 at 01:01 AM

guys, repost ko lang po.. salamat po sa mga magrereply..

hello po.. its been awhile since i last posted here sa thread.. my last post as far as i can remember was when i asked for an advise if ill be getting this units:

22 inch AOC LCD Monitor
q6600 intel quadcore 2.4ghs for every core
geforce 9600gt 1ghz
2gb ddr2 RAM
gigabyte motherboard
320 sata drive
HEX Power Supply

for 20k, which I did but we settled 25.. now, balak ko na sya ibenta.. i will be including an original OS (Windows Vista Home Premium), additional 2g DDR2 RAM and an external DVD writer. mga magkano ko po kaya sya pwede ibenta? I settled with E-great nalang kasi and I'm planing to buy a laptop nalang to free-up space sa room. actually nanghihinayang din akong ibenta pero gusto ko talagang maglaptop nalang eh since di ko naman namamaximize yung power nya for gaming, since may ps3 naman ako and more on browsing/downloading lang, or as HTPC..
thanks po sa magiging inputs. Wink

check tipidpc.com para magka-idea ka kung magkano presyo nyan ngayon.
btw for 20k pwede na, pero di parin murang-mura

Dowals · « **Reply #301 on:** Dec 09, 2009 at 04:18 AM »

Does anyone have experience with Tosh Satellite Turion X2 2.0Ghz's? i'm having issues with 1080p's

ninjababez® · « **Reply #302 on:** Dec 09, 2009 at 08:08 AM »

Quote from: Dowals on Dec 09, 2009 at 04:18 AM

Does anyone have experience with Tosh Satellite Turion X2 2.0Ghz's? i'm having issues with 1080p's

ei bro, are you using the special recipe while trying this out?

Dowals · « **Reply #303 on:** Dec 09, 2009 at 02:49 PM »

Quote from: ninjababez on Dec 09, 2009 at 08:08 AM

ei bro, are you using the special recipe while trying this out?

yes bro, special sauce configured properly, as far as i know this particular tosh unit has onboard ATI 3100

di nya kaya talaga kaya?

ninjababez® · « **Reply #304 on:** Dec 10, 2009 at 01:56 PM »

Quote from: Dowals on Dec 09, 2009 at 02:49 PM

yes bro, special sauce configured properly, as far as i know this particular tosh unit has onboard ATI 3100

di nya kaya talaga kaya?

it should work. what is the OS again?

Dowals · « **Reply #305 on:** Dec 11, 2009 at 04:08 AM »

OS is Vista, i will try to tweak the special sauce further this weekend using the guide from project htpc.

there must be conflict somewhere, 1080p's video is delayed

ninjababez® · « **Reply #306 on:** Dec 11, 2009 at 04:41 AM »

Quote from: Dowals on Dec 11, 2009 at 04:08 AM

OS is Vista, i will try to tweak the special sauce further this weekend using the guide from project htpc.
there must be conflict somewhere, 1080p's video is delayed

64bit with 4gb of ram or 32bit with 2gb ram?
with this concern i believe it would be better to run in classic mode first. add page file.
effecient naman yung sauce natin so dapat gumana ..

Dowals · « **Reply #307 on:** Dec 11, 2009 at 05:21 PM »

Quote from: ninjababez on Dec 11, 2009 at 04:41 AM

64bit with 4gb of ram or 32bit with 2gb ram?
with this concern i believe it would be better to run in classic mode first. add page file.
effecient naman yung sauce natin so dapat gumana ..

I can't tell if its the 32bit or 64bit, it has a 3gb ram pre installed(?), unit was purchased overseas
I will try it tonight. what value should be ideal for page file size for my purpose?

Thanks ninj

ninjababez® · « **Reply #308 on:** Dec 12, 2009 at 04:53 AM »

Quote from: Dowals on Dec 11, 2009 at 05:21 PM

I can't tell if its the 32bit or 64bit, it has a 3gb ram pre installed(?), unit was purchased overseas
I will try it tonight. what value should be ideal for page file size for my purpose?

Thanks ninj

im using around 4048mb (4gb)
btw make sure that your power is in performance mode and plugged in.

Dowals · « **Reply #309 on:** Dec 12, 2009 at 04:59 AM »

I've confirmed this Tosh unit is running on a 32-bit Vista SP2, Turion X2 2.0Ghz with 3gb ram

1. Initially I've removed CoreAVC, re-installed & tweaked using the guide from Project HTPC.
2. Disabled Windows Aero, used windows classic ~ (flawless 1080p) improved overall performance
3. Reverted to VISTA Basic ~ seems to be flawless also in my limited testing
4. Did not change pagefile yet

Thanks to all who contributed

Dowals · « **Reply #310 on:** Dec 15, 2009 at 07:33 AM »

please guide me in connecting desktop's audio to an LG32LH20

1st Desktop - connecting hdmi audio jumper cable of my Palit 9500GT to my Emaxx ANF82HD-PRO

2nd Desktop - connecting audio of Emaxx AMD780G-PRO+ with a Powercolor HD4770

Clondalkin · « **Reply #311 on:** Dec 15, 2009 at 09:41 AM »

Quote from: Dowals on Dec 15, 2009 at 07:33 AM

please guide me in connecting desktop's audio to an LG32LH20

1st Desktop - connecting hdmi audio jumper cable of my Palit 9500GT to my Emaxx ANF82HD-PRO

2nd Desktop - connecting audio of Emaxx AMD780G-PRO+ with a Powercolor HD4770

Your HD4770 has integrated audio controller, so plug and play lang dapat via the HD4770's HDMI ang sound solution. You just have to tweak CCC to your preferred audio settings.

Dowals · « **Reply #312 on:** Dec 15, 2009 at 10:38 AM »

Quote from: Clondalkin on Dec 15, 2009 at 09:41 AM

Your HD4770 has integrated audio controller, so plug and play lang dapat via the HD4770's HDMI ang sound solution. You just have to tweak CCC to your preferred audio settings.

the Powercolor 4770 i have has 2 dvi's only, no hdmi. there's an DVI-HDMI adapter though, will it transmit audio also?

Clondalkin · « **Reply #313 on:** Dec 15, 2009 at 01:01 PM »

Quote from: Dowals on Dec 15, 2009 at 10:38 AM

the Powercolor 4770 i have has 2 dvi's only, no hdmi. there's an DVI-HDMI adapter though, will it transmit audio also?

Ay hindi puidi DVI-HDMI to output audio Bro.

Dowals · « **Reply #314 on:** Dec 15, 2009 at 01:07 PM »

Quote from: Clondalkin on Dec 15, 2009 at 01:01 PM

Ay hindi puidi DVI-HDMI to output audio Bro.

duda ko na nga kanina $:-\$

ninjababez® · « **Reply #315 on:** Dec 15, 2009 at 01:14 PM »

Quote from: Clondalkin on Dec 15, 2009 at 01:01 PM

Ay hindi puidi DVI-HDMI to output audio Bro.

yung bagong revisions bro pwede

btw Dowals di ko na sasagutin pm mo ha .. andito na mga kasaguta..

pm bobs of tipidpc.com iirc he already tried it

Dowals · « **Reply #316 on:** Dec 15, 2009 at 04:17 PM »

Quote from: ninjababez on Dec 15, 2009 at 01:14 PM

yung bagong revisions bro pwede
btw Dowals di ko na sasagutin pm mo ha .. andito na mga kasaguta..
pm bobs of tipidpc.com iirc he already tried it

bobs of tpc from GenSan?

san sya may experience 9500gt or 4770?

Dowals · « **Reply #317 on:** Dec 15, 2009 at 04:51 PM »

These are the photos of the 9500GT jumper cable & the nVIDIA based Emaxx board

which part of the spdif pins do i connect the black & red wire?

the black wire has a GND print

Clondalkin · « **Reply #318 on:** Dec 15, 2009 at 05:23 PM »

Uy pareng Dowals, mukha ngang may kakayahan ang ating series 4 na ATI cards to output audio via DVI. Your card came with that ATI DVI-HDMI converter right?

Mapaglaruan nga sa bakasyon.

Dowals · « **Reply #319 on:** Dec 15, 2009 at 05:31 PM »

bro Clondalkin, found this limited discussion on the 4770's HDMI audio capabilities, I get a cable tomorrow and test.

4770 HDMI Audio

kaya lang there's an ATI Audio driver? parang the driver CD doesn't have that

Clondalkin · « **Reply #320 on:** Dec 15, 2009 at 05:36 PM »

Quote from: Dowals on Dec 15, 2009 at 05:31 PM

bro Clondalkin, found this limited discussion on the 4770's HDMI audio capabilities, I get a cable tomorrow and test.

4770 HDMI Audio

kaya lang there's an ATI Audio driver? parang the driver CD doesn't have that

Check ATI's site. Im currently reading some reports that they simply used the ATI adapter, then enabled/set HDMI audio within CCC. Baka makuha sa simpleng kapa-kapa sa CCC. Please try.

Dowals · « **Reply #321 on:** Dec 15, 2009 at 05:58 PM »

I have that adapter

I've check my ATI based desktop, unfortunately Realtek HD audio lang ang installed, silipin ko CCC a bit later

***************

can't find any audio setting for my CCC, graphics tab lang

ninjababez® · « **Reply #322 on:** Dec 16, 2009 at 12:31 AM »

Quote from: Dowals on Dec 15, 2009 at 05:58 PM

I have that adapter

I've check my ATI based desktop, unfortunately Realtek HD audio lang ang installed, silipin ko CCC a bit later

***************

can't find any audio setting for my CCC, graphics tab lang

check the adapters revision/version. newer adapters should output audio via dvi/hdmi

Dowals · « **Reply #323 on:** Dec 16, 2009 at 04:21 AM »

pending my purchase of an hdmi cable, i hooked up the nVidia desktop to the LGTV via vga-dvi adapter, worked fine, 1360 x768 resolution

however, im getting "invalid input" for the ATI Desktop, will work up to 40 secs to a minute after boot up, then screen blacks out. used the same vga-dvi adapter that work with the first desktop. what did i do wrong kaya?

ninjababez® · « **Reply #324 on:** Dec 16, 2009 at 07:18 AM »

Quote from: Dowals on Dec 16, 2009 at 04:21 AM

pending my purchase of an hdmi cable, i hooked up the nVidia desktop to the LGTV via vga-dvi adapter, worked fine, 1360 x768 resolution

however, im getting "invalid input" for the ATI Desktop, will work up to 40 secs to a minute after boot up, then screen blacks out. used the same vga-dvi adapter that work with the first desktop. what did i do wrong kaya?

try lowering the refresh rate

Clondalkin · « **Reply #325 on:** Dec 16, 2009 at 07:42 AM »

Quote from: Dowals on Dec 15, 2009 at 05:58 PM

I have that adapter

I've check my ATI based desktop, unfortunately Realtek HD audio lang ang installed, silipin ko CCC a bit later

***************

can't find any audio setting for my CCC, graphics tab lang

Bro, sa CCC you normally dont see the setting option for a particular connector unless you actually connect it. Your ATI would detect the connection and then present you the "new/added" options within CCC. That's how my ATI cards work.

Dowals · « **Reply #326 on:** Dec 16, 2009 at 09:28 AM »

Quote from: ninjababez on Dec 16, 2009 at 07:18 AM

try lowering the refresh rate

i should adjust this before connecting to the LG32?

ninjababez® · « **Reply #327 on:** Dec 16, 2009 at 12:59 PM »

Quote from: Dowals on Dec 16, 2009 at 09:28 AM

i should adjust this before connecting to the LG32?

yeah lower everything else including the resolution. then raise it slowly, leave the refresh rate at 50hz.

Dowals · « **Reply #328 on:** Dec 16, 2009 at 01:20 PM »

thanks bro

rain021 · « **Reply #329 on:** Dec 21, 2009 at 07:24 AM »

Hey guys, I need help on some parts sa binubuo kong HTPC

1. Cheapest "cube" case. Anong mai-recommend niyo dito? Parang maganda yung astone sff(I have an mATX board btw) though proprietary ata yung PSU and medyo mahina for my taste, so sayang naman PSU ko.

2. Soundcard that has optical out. Coax out lang kasi yung built-in sa mobo ko. Asus Xonar U1 or Turtle Beach Riviera sana kaso wala naman ata available locally. Another option would be a coax-optical converter, which isn't available locally too.

3. Remote for Windows Media Center/XBMC/MediaPortal. I'm eyeing for the cdrking remote though I'm not sure kung gagana ng maayos kapag nakabili na ako ng Harmony. Or isa pang option ko dito is using the Wii Remote connected to the PC using bluetooth.

Well that's pretty much it.