Can someone please help me?

 

I have a Yamaha V2700 amp which includes HDMI switching, which I use with my Vista Media Center PC over HDMI for video.

I have had a problem with the receiver handshaking with the PC ever since I built the PC. Its now starting to bug the family big time and I think I may need to change the graphics card to resolve this.

My problem is the a receiver needs to be on before the PC boots otherwise the handshake won’t happen. Rather than turning the amp on after the PC has booted which is what we need to do in some cases. This causes a problem if the PC starts up in the night (whilst the amp is off) to record something and is then still on in the morning. We then switch the amp and TV on in the morning and get sound and no picture and then need to cycle the power on the PC to effect a reboot. Not good I know!

The graphics card in the PC is an “512MB nVIDIA GEFORCE 8500GT SUPER PCI-E SLi VIDEO CARD”
I have connected it to the amp with a DVI to HDMI lead (HDMI on the amp end).

Can someone advise if I need to change the graphics card to get automatic handshaking to work. If so what graphics card with 1080P over HDMI can be recommended to work?

This is purely a media PC no gaming required. Another fan less card would be great if possible.

 

Thanks

 

PS the Samsung F71 HDMI TV seems to handshake ok with the amp if I unplug the PC from the amp (It then shows the default Yamaha screen)

Have you checked with Yamaha for a firmware update?  A friend's Denon AVR-2308 has this issue but was fixed with a firmware update on the receiver.  From what you say it does seem like a driver issue but the firmware is worth checking as well.

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Yes I did, but Yamaha technical was far from helpful.  They said it was a PC issue.

 

If I remember rightly, I took the amp out of the circuit (a while back) to test the handshake direct with the TV but the issue was still there. Hence I also think it’s a PC issue that’s why I was asking about the graphics card?

 

 Thanks