AV problem: Red Green?

[wade7575]

OK, I entered bios, but could not see anywhere to switch display to the motherboard, even though it does have an HDMI connector. Puzzling.

Have you checked to see if your cpu has onboard graphic's built into it,I think there were a few i7 cpu's that didn't come with onboard graphic's.

 

[FreeKnight]

Do you think the onboard video would be good enough for streaming?

If you mean playing Netflix or Amazon prime on the HTPC. Yes.
Depending on which CPU you have it could struggle a little bit for 4K, but that's not too likely.

If you mean streaming content from that PC to the web, or to a remote PC or HTPC client, it'd almost certainly struggle.

Have you checked to see if your cpu has onboard graphic's built into it,I think there were a few i7 cpu's that didn't come with onboard graphic's.

That's a good point. I doubt someone would chase down one of the 'F' (I think it was F chips) that don't have onboard graphics for an HTPC, but it's always possible.

 

[dadzilla]

So running it with no video card was the answer. Hdmi right off the board worked, but I had to set up separate speakers for sound, as the sound did not work to the TV. I suppose this means the PCI slot on the the motherboard (Asus Z87-K) is either dirty or is dying. I'll have to try some compressed air on it next time I get to town to buy stuff.
Anyway thanks for the help guys, I can now stream again on my media computer.

 

[wade7575]

If that doesn't work try reinstalling Windows if your good at it because something could have gotten messed up with Windows,I have ad a few screwball thing's like that happen to me as well.

My friends all dread the thought of reinstalling Windows but for me it takes about an hour and a bit to reinstall Windows and reinstall all my programs then pull updates after that,but then again I also download and save all my drivers.

I have a friend who I built a pc for and didn't save his drivers for whatever reason and I was at his place and said let me your pc for a bit he wanted to why and I told him I wanted download and save all his drivers to his portable hard drive and he said oh no don't worry about that and I said ok that's fine but next time you bring your pc to me wanting me to reinstall Windows for you come with 150 bucks in your hand for me as well,he wanted to know and I said because it makes my life a lot easier when I have your drivers right there ready to go after I have installed Windows instead of waiting for them to download before I can pull updates and install your programs,well lets just say when he heard there would be no more free service's from me he thought I smartest person to have ever walked on the face of the earth and couldn't get me in front of his pc fast enough.

 

[Izerous]

Removing the GPU and going to onboard video also reduced the power draw on the PSU so instead of just maybe a fault in the slot it self there might be GPU driver issues, failing power supply or bad slot.

 

[FreeKnight]

So running it with no video card was the answer. Hdmi right off the board worked, but I had to set up separate speakers for sound, as the sound did not work to the TV. I suppose this means the PCI slot on the the motherboard (Asus Z87-K) is either dirty or is dying. I'll have to try some compressed air on it next time I get to town to buy stuff.
Anyway thanks for the help guys, I can now stream again on my media computer.

Glad it's up and running. A dead PCIe slot isn't too likely *usually*, higher chance the card was dead, or the PSU has problems as Izerous mentioned.

I'd test another GPU and/or a different PSU before I commit to assuming the slot is dead. It's possible, but they're less prone to failure than other components. As Wade mentioned it could be a windows issue.

In an absolute worst case scenario, that Z87 is pretty old, you could probably get a newer chip and mobo with integrated graphics that will do as well streaming without a discrete GPU if you find it struggles streaming.

 

[dadzilla]

Looks like I declared it solved too soon. So, I'm happily watching - I hear the sound like a usb is connecting and....everything goes red/green again. Intel display driver updated, and everything stayed red/green. Rolled back the driver. No joy. So it wasn't either card or the slot after all. I don't know what it is, I guess. Maybe I have to invest in a new power supply and then it will be on to a new board, chip, and ram. Sigh.

 

[dadzilla]

And one more thing - I did a clean install of windows, and it's working again. Huh. Maybe it was just windows all along.

 

[Izerous]

In hindsight display driver Uninstaller i dont think was mentioned. Probably would have been a good thing to test.