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finsfree

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I have a 46" LCD Samsung TV and I'm getting an "Invalid Format" error message when I try to connect my PC to TV via DVI to HDMI cable.

The funny thing is that it will work if I use a VGA cable but not the DVI to HDMI cable.

Do I need to reduce the resolution? Or maybe I should download the lastest driver for the video card?

Any input?:confused:
 
I would definitely download the latest drivers for the card. Sometimes support for certain visuals are updated or even added altogether with each driver update. But it really depends on the card you're using. So that someone here at the forum may be able to help you better, what kind of video card are you using? Also, if you know it, which driver version is currently installed?
 
I'd confirm you're pushing the correct resolution through DVI/HDMI. That or just toy around with some other common resolutions. I know my LCD TV is very picky about what it receives. For some reason it doesn't like 1280x720 but loves 1920x1080. Realize it's a 720p TV so it runs at 1080i :P
 
Ok I got it to work!!! The whole reason for this was to play Age of Empire III. And guess what, it's not working. As soon as I load the game the 46" LCD saids "No Signal". Now we have a new problem.

Hardware:

-ATI Radeon X300 SE (PCI Express x16 128mb) (Driver Version 8.593.100.0)
-BFG Motherboard
-DVI to HDMI Cable
-Samsung 46" LCD 1080p

I know the card is not the greatest but all I wanted to do was play this stupid game.

Thanks for your help!
 
I think I know the reason.

While the game (Age of Empire III) is running, I went into the Task Manager and found that my CPU is just maxing out at 100%. Like a dead persons heart rate!

I think it time for an upgrade. The CPU I have is just a AMD Single Core 2.2GHz. But I was over the recommended specs. for the game.
 
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I had the same issue (sort of) with my Sony.

Bummer is, that I can't get it hooked up through HDMI. Says "No Signal"...
 
There are two generations of PCI-E x16 slots.

PCI-E x16
PCI-E x16 2.0

Cards and slots are backward compatible, meaning you can put a PCI-E x16 card into a PCI-E x16 2.0 slot, and you can put a PCI-E x16 2.0 card into a PCI-E x16 slot.

Doesn't matter, you just won't get the absolute full potential of the card, but you won't notice the difference.

It's like putting high octane fuel in your car compared to regular.
 
For instance, if you only have PCI-E x16 and buy a PCI-E 2.0 card, it won't use all of its "juice". PCI-E 2.0 mean double the bandwidth, but you won't see a huge performance increase, if you had PCI-E 2.0, maybe 10-15%
 
Matthew1990 said:
For instance, if you only have PCI-E x16 and buy a PCI-E 2.0 card, it won't use all of its "juice". PCI-E 2.0 mean double the bandwidth, but you won't see a huge performance increase, if you had PCI-E 2.0, maybe 10-15%
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Gotcha! I understand.

Thanks everybody...
 
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