AMD Driver bug? (HTPC related)

[tential]

This surely can't be serious. So I know AMD drivers are finicky, well at least now I'm learning but this one is unreal.

Apparently when connected to an HTPC, for 7 series AMD cards, you get zero audio?

What I mean is when you connect your Graphics card, to an AV receiver, then to a PC, you get zero audio at all. You have disable Deep Sleep Mode in the registry in order to get this to work.

Is this real or just a joke because it's the only way people online have said they get their AMD cards to work with HDMI audio over their home theater system.

Worst part is it's an issue since version 12 of catalyst drivers apparently, and I've seen a thread spanning over a year in which AMD reps (supposedly) responded and still it hasn't been addressed. Find it quite surprising, but wanted to verify that it is in fact true.

Citation needed.
-- stahlhart

 

[Skullcrusher1.0]

I had a customer one time that tried to hook up his Nvidia gaming PC to an Onkyo A/V receiver and fried the receiver.

While I cannot verify whether or not this is true of the AMD driver, it does seem like a similar issue.

There are technologies in PC's that A/V receivers were just not built to support and kudos to the first A/V receiver manufacturer to start successfully supporting HTPC's and Gaming PC's and all their technologies without any problems.

Sound is not usually much of an issue with a good sound card and good audio receiver.

Video is another story. When an A/V receiver is designed to accept video via HDMI and up convert it to 1080p or possibly even 4K resolution.

What's to stop system builders from going out and purchasing a cheapy video card and up converting it through the receiver? Answer...probably both AMD and Nvidia. Why would they want to give us the ability to purchase a $50 video card and get 4K resolution?!

So driver bug or driver hack to prevent you from doing certain things?

You be the judge!

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[brandonb]

I have no issues with my HTPC with AMD. Not sure of the driver version though.

 

[Sable]

I see, you're not actually having the problem yourself, you just wanted to slate AMD. Gotcha.

 

[Jimzz]

My 7770, going through my reciever, and several versions of drivers disagree with your assessment.

 

[LoveMachine]

Digging up an old thread, but the OP is not an isolated issue. It seems that AMD had some issues with their HDMI driver when used with certain AVRs and TVs. My 7750 would not recognize my Onkyo AVR after the AVR turned off then on again. 12.6 worked fine, but everything after that didn't. With 13.6, everything is dandy again.

 

[BrightCandle]

I have a friend with the same problem, he couldn't get audio over HDMI into the AV receiver from his 7970 crossfire setup. In the end we ended up the same place with AMD reps telling us that is was a fault and they didn't know when the fix would be. He bought two 680's in disgust but I have certainly seen this bug before along with the way AMD is dealing with it (really badly). I believe I added it to my confirmed bug list.

 

[felang]

I had a customer one time that tried to hook up his Nvidia gaming PC to an Onkyo A/V receiver and fried the receiver.

Their is no way hooking a pc up to a receiver causes it to "fry". Their is nothing wrong with doing this. People have been using HTPC´s for years.

There are technologies in PC's that A/V receivers were just not built to support and kudos to the first A/V receiver manufacturer to start successfully supporting HTPC's and Gaming PC's and all their technologies without any problems.

Sound is not usually much of an issue with a good sound card and good audio receiver.

This doesn´t even make any sense. Like I said before, people have been connecting PC´s to Receivers for a long time...

Video is another story. When an A/V receiver is designed to accept video via HDMI and up convert it to 1080p or possibly even 4K resolution.

What's to stop system builders from going out and purchasing a cheapy video card and up converting it through the receiver? Answer...probably both AMD and Nvidia. Why would they want to give us the ability to purchase a $50 video card and get 4K resolution?!

So driver bug or driver hack to prevent you from doing certain things?

You be the judge!

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What??? Even Intel Integrated video supports 4K resolution, the problem is that you need an inmense amount of pixel pushing power to 3d accelerate anything at 4K, not to mention VRAM.

 

[Skullcrusher1.0]

I'm just going off what customer said, if you have issues with what he said take it up with him. He had 2 680's fed into Onkyo A/V receiver and it fried/burnt up/dead. Thank you for dismantling everything I said but YES it can cause problems, Google it!

 

[Skullcrusher1.0]

here's another one from web:

"I built a new Home Theatre PC which included ASUS Maximus V Formula/ThunderFX motherboard, Intel i7 3770K, and this EVGA GeForce GTX 680 4096 MB video card. New PC was connected via GeForce HDMI port using high-speed HDMI cable to Pioneer Elite SC-37 receiver which connects via HDMI to Mitsubishi WD-65838 HD 3D TV. PC is used to manage 14TB media library as well as record HDTV via HD HomeRun Prime through Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit using Windows Media Center.
First problems encountered were that this video card would not pass BIO screen. Once Windows sign on screen appears, no problem. Second issue that I have not been able to resolve is that this video card will not play HDTV that has been recorded through Windows Media Center by LAN based HD HomeRun Prime. LAN is hardwired CAT6 Gigabit network. I have 8 PCs on my LAN that all record from HD HomeRun but all have various models of ATI Radeon HD graphic cards, all connected to HDTVs, through various Receivers through HDMI and none have any issues. I removed this card and replaced with ASUS HD7770-2GD5 Radeon video card. Once HD7770 was installed, no problems. Obviously, the software support from NVidia has issues for HDMI using Windows 7 Media Center and HD HomeRun Prime, and yes, I did download the latest software from NVidia, still does not work. NOTE: I also used Intel CPU video from the i7 3770K using ASUS HDMI port off of the motherboard, no problems, just pixilation at times. HD7770 plays back all HDTV recordings with no pixilation...40+hrs of HDTV Olympics was flawless"

 

[Jimzz]

I'm just going off what customer said, if you have issues with what he said take it up with him. He had 2 680's fed into Onkyo A/V receiver and it fried/burnt up/dead. Thank you for dismantling everything I said but YES it can cause problems, Google it!

No, you're the one making the claims not someone else. Right now you look like a troll at best, at worst... well.

 

[stahlhart]

I'm just going off what customer said, if you have issues with what he said take it up with him. He had 2 680's fed into Onkyo A/V receiver and it fried/burnt up/dead. Thank you for dismantling everything I said but YES it can cause problems, Google it!

Support your own statements here, and don't put the burden of properly researching their validity on others.
-- stahlhart