[mythtv-users] GIGABYTE GA-MA785GM-US2H

Patrick Doyle wpdster at gmail.com
Fri Jan 1 13:51:00 UTC 2010


On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 10:41 PM, Brent Bolin <brent.bolin at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

Thanks for the info.  I'm not surprised at your description of its use
as a backend.  That has been my experience as well.  I'm just having a
terrible time getting the audio & video portions to work well enough
that I can say to my family "Here's your new improved
better-than-a-TiVo".

--wpd


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