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This is one of four major issues I am having with the Intel G35 chipset in my Asus P5E-VM HDMI motherboard. I am using it in my HTPC. Here is my setup. I am using all of the latest drivers and updates from the various manufacturers:  
 
*** Hardware ***  
Intel E8400 CPU  
Asus P5E-VM HDMI motherboard w/ BIOS 0405 (2008/01/02)  
OCZ 2x2GB DDR2-6400 SLI 5-4-4 memory  
Aver PCIe Combo (R780) Media Center Upgrade (SDTV, ATSC/QAM, S-video inputs)  
SMC 802.11a/b/g 108Mbps PCI wireless  
Epson Home Cinema 720p (1280x720 @ 60Hz)  
Creative Inspire 7800 (7.1 speakers)  
 
*** Software ***  
Windows XP SP2 + all updates (4/14/2008)  
Intel Graphics Driver v6.14.10.4935 (3/20/2008)  
Intel Chipset Driver v8.3.1.1009 (9/24/2007)  
Realtek Audio Driver v1.90 (2008/3/31)  
Aver R780 Driver v2.5.0.19 (10/03/2007)  
Aver MediaCenter v1.6.1.2 (10/03/2007)  
 
 
Video colour temperature is very hot when playing live ATSC in Aver MediaCenter. Playback of recorded ATSC was normal in Aver MediaCenter and Windows Media Player. In live ATSC mode, reds are crimson and blues are tropical. My test channel was CBC Ottawa (CBOT 4.1) in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada using an RCA amplified indoor antenna.
 
I reset the overlay settings in the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator driver to fix video washout and graininess. However, that did not fix the hot colours in live ATSC play, and tweaking cannot seem to fix it either. Note that I tried Nero ShowTime 3. It dropped too many frames from live ATSC to be useful, but the few frames it did show had normal colour temp.
 
Aver customer support pointed the finger directly at the GMA3500 driver. Intel customer support's response was they tested other tuners and found no problems. This means nothing since they did not test the same tv tuner. :cry:
 
Any help or information you can give me would be greatly appreciated.  
 
Where is the problem actually occurring? Is it Aver MediaCenter? The Intel GMA3500 graphics driver? Perhaps it is an isolated codec used by Aver MediaCenter for live ATSC and not recorded ATSC, and if so how can I find out? There are no options in Aver MediaCenter, it worked great on my old NVidia 6150 IGP, and I can't really point GSpot at a live ATSC application to find out what codec it is using. I am stumped on how to proceed.
 
 
IRQs be reconfigured in the BIOS? Are the IRQs hard-wired into the motherboard? Can they be changed in Windows?

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