Mirko_22

Hi all,

I have been fighting this for some time now I am kind of loosing it. I am running Gateway M-153XL laptop with Radeon Mobility HD 2600 card (HDMI card with integrated HD audio chip) on 32-bit Vista
- for HW specs follow this links
ATI Mobility Radeon? HD 2600 Specs
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Did anyone managed to get this GPU to output HDMI audio on Vista?
I yes, please let me know which combination of Catalyst/ATI HDMI audio driver/Realtek HD audio codec gets the job done

Currently when I connect HDTV (Panasonic TX-P42S10) pic is nice (1920x1080p) but sound is missing, as far as audio is concerned TV supports 2-channel, 16-bit LPCM at following sampling rates 32/44 and 48 kHz (below is decoded EDID)

..the problem is that immediately when HDMI is detected audio goes to mute (and here I mean ATI HDMI output device), so ATI HDMI output in sound devices is correctly detected and switched on but it's muted.
After I unplug HDMI sound goes back to laptop speakers (SigmaTel card) and all is OK.
(I will post few pics of playback devices/HW devices later) in short configure tab of the
ATI HDMI output device is not responding on click at all, also I am missing those green volume indicators when testing sound for ATI HDMI output, enhancements and volume tabs are empty etc so it must be drivers issue, I just can't get it right so any help what so ever is very appriated, many tnx!


Monitor
Model name............... Panasonic-TV
Windows description...... Generic PnP Monitor
Manufacturer............. Panasonic
Plug and Play ID......... MEIA07D
Serial number............ n/a
Manufacture date......... 2008, ISO week 0
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EDID revision............ 1.3
Input signal type........ Digital
Color bit depth.......... Undefined
Display type............. RGB color
Screen size.............. Undefined or variable
Power management......... Not supported
Extension blocs.......... 1 (CEA-EXT)
-------------------------
DDC/CI................... n/a

Color characteristics
Default color space...... Non-sRGB
Display gamma............ 2,20
Red chromaticity......... Rx 0,640 - Ry 0,345
Green chromaticity....... Gx 0,291 - Gy 0,635
Blue chromaticity........ Bx 0,163 - By 0,093
White point (default).... Wx 0,288 - Wy 0,296
Additional descriptors... None

Timing characteristics
Horizontal scan range.... 15-68kHz
Vertical scan range...... 23-61Hz
Video bandwidth.......... 150MHz
CVT standard............. Not supported
GTF standard............. Not supported
Additional descriptors... None
Preferred timing......... Yes
Native/preferred timing.. 1920x1080p at 50Hz (16:9)
Modeline............... "1920x1080" 148,500 1920 2448 2492 2640 1080 1116 1121 1125 +hsync +vsync
Detailed timing #1....... 1920x1080p at 60Hz (16:9)
Modeline............... "1920x1080" 148,500 1920 2008 2052 2200 1080 1084 1089 1125 +hsync +vsync

Standard timings supported

EIA/CEA-861 Information
Revision number.......... 3
DTV underscan............ Not supported
Basic audio.............. Supported
YCbCr 4:4:4.............. Supported
YCbCr 4:2:2.............. Supported
Native formats........... 2
Detailed timing #1....... 1920x1080i at 50Hz (16:9)
Modeline............... "1920x1080" 74,250 1920 2448 2492 2640 1080 1148 1158 1124 interlace +hsync +vsync
Detailed timing #2....... 1920x1080i at 60Hz (16:9)
Modeline............... "1920x1080" 74,250 1920 2008 2052 2200 1080 1084 1094 1124 interlace +hsync +vsync
Detailed timing #3....... 1280x720p at 50Hz (16:9)
Modeline............... "1280x720" 74,250 1280 1720 1760 1980 720 741 746 750 +hsync +vsync
Detailed timing #4....... 1280x720p at 60Hz (16:9)
Modeline............... "1280x720" 74,250 1280 1390 1430 1650 720 725 730 750 +hsync +vsync
Detailed timing #5....... 720x576p at 50Hz (16:9)
Modeline............... "720x576" 27,000 720 732 796 864 576 581 586 625 -hsync -vsync

CE video data (timings supported)
1920 x 1080p at 50Hz - HDTV (16:9, 1:1) [Native]
1920 x 1080p at 60Hz - HDTV (16:9, 1:1) [Native]
1920 x 1080i at 50Hz - HDTV (16:9, 1:1)
1920 x 1080i at 60Hz - HDTV (16:9, 1:1)
1920 x 1080p at 24Hz - HDTV (16:9, 1:1)
1280 x 720p at 50Hz - HDTV (16:9, 1:1)
1280 x 720p at 60Hz - HDTV (16:9, 1:1)
720 x 576p at 50Hz - EDTV (16:9, 64:45)
720 x 480p at 60Hz - EDTV (16:9, 32:27)
720 x 576p at 50Hz - EDTV (4:3, 16:15)
720 x 480p at 60Hz - EDTV (4:3, 8:9)
720 x 576i at 50Hz - Doublescan (16:9, 64:45)
720 x 480i at 60Hz - Doublescan (16:9, 32:27)
720 x 576i at 50Hz - Doublescan (4:3, 16:15)
720 x 480i at 60Hz - Doublescan (4:3, 8:9)
640 x 480p at 60Hz - Default (4:3, 1:1)
NB: NTSC refresh rate = (Hz*1000)/1001

CE audio data (formats supported)
LPCM 2-channel, 16-bit at 32/44/48 kHz

CE vendor specific data (VSDB)
IEEE registration number. 0x000C03
CEC physical address..... 0.2.0.0
Supports AI (ACP, ISRC).. Yes
Supports 48bpp........... No
Supports 36bpp........... Yes
Supports 30bpp........... Yes
Supports YCbCr 4:4:4..... Yes
Supports dual-link DVI... No
Maximum TMDS clock....... 190MHz

Report information
Date generated........... 23.9.2009
Software revision........ 2.30.0.797
Operating system......... 6.0.6001.2.Service Pack 1

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necrophyte

works well for me @ hp 8510p business notebook with mobility hd2600, although i dont use vistam but xp & 7. didnt try it with 7 yet, but i will.

i think your problem is one between the ati hdmi driver and your soundcard driver. how do you install the ati drivers? do you install the catalyst software suite or the components individually?

i would recommend downloading and installing the components individually (modifying the display driver using MM or manually) for the most recent version, 9.9.

however, looking at the specs of your notebook and the downloads available for it on gateway hp, i think the problem is the realtek software, as you should install a sigmatel driver!

take a look at this one - do you have it installed?

try getting rid of any realtek software since it could conflict with the right driver.

Mirko_22

Hello,

@necrophyte, tnx for reply...
below I'am posting couple of screenshots depicting my driver configuration:

as I mentioned HDMI audio is detected properly

properties tab (basicaly empty)

catalyst (I have installed this without modding all together)

Hadrware and devices

result - MUTE

I see that you have the MB as I. The thing that bugs me is your proposal to deinstall
Realtek (which is obviously not installed properly), I mean SigmaTel is onboard card
that has nothing to do with sound IC on ATI or? Untill now I thoght that Realtek provides
ATI with audio driver, enyway before I go ahead with new catalyst and removal of realtek
I would appretiate if you could post some screenshoth to compare it
with what I have (I know OS-s are diffrent but still it maid point me in right direction) many tnx!

necrophyte

im not 100% sure, but i think theres no need to install any realtek driver on your notebook, since there simply isnt any realtek product present, and ati handles the hdmi by itself. the rest is handled by the soundcard, which is sigmatel.

so imo. the realtek driver is the only problem - uninstall it and install the proper sigmatel driver, then everything should work fine.

here you can see that i only have 2 devices, and these are the ati hdmi controller, and my soundmax soundcard - no realtek, no anything else, and everything works great (this is win7, but that doesnt matter).

Mirko_22

Hi,

Well I just gave up. Tried reinstalling Sigmatel, no use (before that as you know Realtek HDMI audio, Realtek HD codec, various Catalyst and so on).

Finally I just disabled ATI HDMI output completely in device manager, connected 3.5mm at front side of laptop to amplifier (regular HiFi stereo) and HDMI to HDTV and all is well.

In general I still think that OEM take over of drivers is bad (especially if you have older laptop) for end user also I hope in future OS-s this HDMI audio setup will be much more user friendly than it is now.

Perhaps I will try to configure it when I will port to Windows 7 but for now I had enough.

Tnx for support