help pc to tv ???

awhir

ok set my x1800xt up to the tv through super vhs but for some reason the ati catalyst program wont work on my pc since i overclocked (its back on stack now).so i dwloaded ati tray tools and when i go to displays (look at pic)it shows the tv as not connected so im confused on what to do now is there any better programs or any way to get catalyst working again ????

8T8

1) Download driver cleaner.

2) Make sure you have .NET 1.1 installed.

3) Download Catalyst 6.6.

4) Uninstall current ATI control panel & driver via add/remove.

5) Upon reboot ignore & dismiss prompts to install display driver.

6) Run driver cleaner & remove remnants of previous ATI drivers.

7) Run Catalyst 6.6 installer.

Hopefully that should sort it out and get the CCC working again, from there try the display configuration, remember to try low resolutions first like 640x480 or 800x600 when running the PC through s-video and see how far the resolution scales once it's working.

awhir

did not work will try the orignal cd.

Cuddlesworth

open up msconfig and check to see you didnt uncheck any driver componants from the startup. A lot of guides tell you this.

awhir

ok think i found the prob when i try to uninstall cat it comes up with this messege

error 1316 a network error occured while attempting ot read the file C:\WINDOWS\INSTALLER\ATICCC.MSI

but when i go into the windows folder there is no installer folder ??

awhir

anyone

8T8

Use the windows installer cleanup utility to remove the entry, then try proceeding after that with the Catalyst 6.6 installer.

awhir

tnx just found it before ya and it done the trick.

hmm seems that catalyst is diffrent on my bro lap so how do i get this working its not as straight forward ???

awhir

aww some pls help *Sob* *cry*

Redisle

I used to use the ati catalyst cc but i dont anymore. As far as I remember you must run a display setup wizard which guides you through everything. Alternatively, just right click your desktop and press properties, go to the settings tab,click on the big 2 and tick extend my desktop onto this monitor, then press apply. This will stretch your desktop to your tv and you can then drag windows over there. If you want fullscreen video etc on your tv drag a windowed version of your video player to your tv and then go into fullscreen mode. Hope this works for you!

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awhir

nope wont work on my tv im using channle s-av3 i persume thats the right 1 since its got the s any more ideas.

Redisle

That might or might not be the right av channel. Make sure your cables are connected properly(im assuming your using an s-video cable?) and go for the settings and tick that box and apply like I said. Then get the remote for your tv and press the av button a few times, scroll through all the av channels, it could be any of them, If that dosent work I dont know what will, Maybe you have some kind of hardware problem??

awhir

ok will try any other ideas.

krazy 8t8 ???

8T8

Sorry man cant think of anything, I don't have a box with an ATI card with me at the moment so I cant recall the exact layout of the TV/display config.

Have you tried lowering your desktop resolution or ticking the box to extend my desktop on the second display which if memory serves was sometimes treated as the TV out.

If the wizard for the TV out isn't working then I'm not sure what else it could be.

awhir

me confusssed ???

8T8

Okay as luck would have it a laptop just passed my way with an ATI X600 GPU in it so here is exactly what I did to connect to a TV with s-video and it worked first time.

Plugged s-video lead into TV out on laptop & into TV
Opened CCC
Enabled Advanced mode
Clicked on display manager section
Right clicked on display "2" and selected enable
Clicked on force detect displays
It found the TV and set it up as a second display
Brought up the S-video channel on the TV and it worked showing the desktop
Max resolution allowed for that TV was 1024x768 over s-video

That's it.

awhir

thanks did not work must be somthing up with the s-vidoe cable or my tv

thanks for all the help.

awhir

ok was talking to my bro and he said the way he done it was by making the tv the main distplay and just making the monitor blank so any ideas how to do this on ccc.

awhir

got it working tnx for the help 8t8 was a mix up in the s video adpater.