component output not working

Hey all.. Enjoying the beta2 of the 64bit version. Still new, day 3 now.. Have a problem..
Noticed there are widescreen backgrounds, and thought, hey, lemme turn on the HDTV that's hooked up to this rig and check em out! Low and behold, no TV option. Downloaded the latest nvidia drivers (have a 7800GTX), think they are 88.61, rebooted, and now, it won't even boot. (does the loading bar and once it's done screens both flicker (LCD and the HDTV) once, and just stay black. Now.. If I turn off the TV, and hardware reset it(switch), Vista loads right back up like nothing ever happened. According to the nvidia PDF file, tvouts should be working fine, and I can't seem to find anyone else with this issue.. Any ideas on what's going on? Thanks for your time,
Rooster

When you say you "hardware reset it(switch)" does the "it" refer to the TV or the PC? If the PC then do the TV and the PC have a common ground connection so there is no possibility of a floating ground between them when the TV is turned on?
"Rooster" wrote in message

Hey all.. Enjoying the beta2 of the 64bit version. Still new, day 3 now.. Have a problem..
Noticed there are widescreen backgrounds, and thought, hey, lemme turn on the HDTV that's hooked up to this rig and check em out! Low and behold, no TV option. Downloaded the latest nvidia drivers (have a 7800GTX), think they are 88.61, rebooted, and now, it won't even boot. (does the loading bar and once it's done screens both flicker (LCD and the HDTV) once, and just stay black. Now.. If I turn off the TV, and hardware reset it(switch), Vista loads right back up like nothing ever happened. According to the nvidia PDF file, tvouts should be working fine, and I can't seem to find anyone else with this issue.. Any ideas on what's going on? Thanks for your time,
Rooster

I mean hitting the reset switch on the computer. Other thing I noticed, is my PC in XP has three outputs. DVI with my LCD on it, a second DVI (unused) and the component outs. Vista only showing 2 options, and it doesn't really say "which" they are..
Somehow this got posted multiple times, sorry for that, btw - When I was clicking submit, it kept saying there was an error and to try later. Seems they worked after all..
Got a suggestion to try booting up with the TV ONLY (LCD off), so I'll try that tonight and report back. If anyone else has had this problem, OR, if you have it working fine, lemme know!
"JW" wrote:

When you say you "hardware reset it(switch)" does the "it" refer to the TV or the PC? If the PC then do the TV and the PC have a common ground connection so there is no possibility of a floating ground between them when the TV is turned on?
"Rooster" wrote in message Hey all.. Enjoying the beta2 of the 64bit version. Still new, day 3 now.. Have a problem..
Noticed there are widescreen backgrounds, and thought, hey, lemme turn on the HDTV that's hooked up to this rig and check em out! Low and behold, no TV option. Downloaded the latest nvidia drivers (have a 7800GTX), think they are 88.61, rebooted, and now, it won't even boot. (does the loading bar and once it's done screens both flicker (LCD and the HDTV) once, and just stay black. Now.. If I turn off the TV, and hardware reset it(switch), Vista loads right back up like nothing ever happened. According to the nvidia PDF file, tvouts should be working fine, and I can't seem to find anyone else with this issue.. Any ideas on what's going on? Thanks for your time,
Rooster

I would not be surprised if your component out does not work with the generic Vista Nvidia driver. Isn't that part of the Vivo package? I think you might have to wait for a full featured Nvidia driver for that. I used to have the HDTV option for my card under XP, but did not notice it with the 88.61 driver.

"Rooster" wrote in message

I mean hitting the reset switch on the computer. Other thing I noticed, is my PC in XP has three outputs. DVI with my LCD on it, a second DVI (unused) and the component outs. Vista only showing 2 options, and it doesn't really say "which" they are..
Somehow this got posted multiple times, sorry for that, btw - When I was clicking submit, it kept saying there was an error and to try later. Seems they worked after all..
Got a suggestion to try booting up with the TV ONLY (LCD off), so I'll try that tonight and report back. If anyone else has had this problem, OR, if you have it working fine, lemme know!
"JW" wrote:
When you say you "hardware reset it(switch)" does the "it" refer to the TV or the PC? If the PC then do the TV and the PC have a common ground connection so there is no possibility of a floating ground between them when the TV is turned on?
"Rooster" wrote in message Hey all.. Enjoying the beta2 of the 64bit version. Still new, day 3 now.. Have a problem..
Noticed there are widescreen backgrounds, and thought, hey, lemme turn on the HDTV that's hooked up to this rig and check em out! Low and behold, no TV option. Downloaded the latest nvidia drivers (have a 7800GTX), think they are 88.61, rebooted, and now, it won't even boot. (does the loading bar and once it's done screens both flicker (LCD and the HDTV) once, and just stay black. Now.. If I turn off the TV, and hardware reset it(switch), Vista loads right back up like nothing ever happened. According to the nvidia PDF file, tvouts should be working fine, and I can't seem to find anyone else with this issue.. Any ideas on what's going on? Thanks for your time,
Rooster