[mythtv-users] GIGABYTE GA-MA785GM-US2H

[Brent Bolin]

On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Patrick Doyle <wpdster at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is anybody (else) using this motherboard for a frontend or
> frontend/backend system?
>
> I'm running Mythbuntu 9.10.
>
> I am having nothing but trouble trying to get this motherboard to
> work.  I've tried various combinations of open source, proprietary
> .deb., proprietary-install-it-yourself-from-ATI video drivers, current
> ALSA drivers, latest ALSA drivers, analog and digital audio, 32 bit
> and 64 bit installations.
>
> I thought I'd be able to figure this out on my own, but reached the
> point where I decided that the chipset on the mobo was new enough that
> perhaps I needed to wait a month or two for the drivers to catch up.
> So I went out and bought a 1/8" stereo to RCA jack cable and decided
> to go with the vanilla (unaccellerated) open source video driver and
> vanilla analog audio.  But it seemed that the audio didn't work until
> I power cycled the box.  Then I finally had (analog) audio through my
> TV.
>
> Today I turned the TV back on, no longer have audio, and am at my wits end.
>
> So, now I'll ask if anybody else has used this motherboard, or the
> chipset on the motherboard (AMD 785G Northbridge and SB710
> Southbridge).
>
> --wpd
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I am using this motherboard for my backend server.  It is also
configured as a frontend, but I really don't use it very much.  Just
something to watch liveTV news or something in the back ground.

As I recall I tried using proprietary ATI drivers, but got no display
on my Acer LCD 17 display.  Thought it was just the monitor being old
and didn't spend any time on it.

I am also just using the 1/8" stereo jack connected to a pair of Bose
Companion 2 speakers with no problems to report.

Motherboard works like a champ as a backend.