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cmmcnamara   10-25-2008 at 11:20:10 AM

Ok so I have the Gateway FHD2400 that I bought a few months ago and it rocks absolutely but there is a problem with it which annoys me to no end.

I do a lot of reformats/OS installs because I like to mess around with Linux and OS X. I have the monitor connected via a DVI to HDMI cable so I get the 1:1 scaling, but whenever I use the HDMI connection it always loses the signal during certain scenarios. For example if I boot my computer up and the monitor is not turned on, I cannot get the monitor to display something from the computer unless I reboot it with a hard restart. Also during different load times when booting from a CD I will get the same problem. Is there anyway to fix this or is this a problem inherent to HDMI?

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phreich   01-25-2009 at 01:01:31 PM
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It's still happening with ATI cards using the latest driver as of 1/22/2009. There is a little free program available that solves the problem by requesting the display be turned off and then on again -- forcing the ati card to reinitialize and getting the information needed from the hdtv hdmi or dvi port to reconnect to it. Take a look at the following link:
http://thydzik.com/hdmion-a-soluti [...] on-hd-tvs/

I set it up to be executed via a hotkey -- you can use any of a number of free hotkey programs -- in my case I used the keyboard driver for my cordless keyboard to assign the hotkey (logitech itouch keyboard).

Another method is to purchase a hardware device called "dvi detective", that retains the information so the card thinks the tv's port is still on -- but why spend the 60 bucks and have to buy another cable to hook it up (it goes between your video card and the hdtv) if you don't have to?

Cheers

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