A6-PACK ☆ ISK 300-90 picoPSU HTPC A6-3500 Very Silent!

(2012-05-08 05:25)Beer40oz Wrote:  The only thing I never installed was the Realtek drivers dont need them..... only the HDMI audio out witch comes with the Catylast...... glad it all worked...

Sometime you need it, especially when you configure it to bitstream HD audio. I suggested Realtek to CptHook too, because his HTPC never bitstream correctly with just AMD CCC and many others had the same problem.......

Thanks for the heads up guy's. Now i know what to update first when i get my apu. Plus did everyone have this problem that the hdmi did not work out of the box

(2012-05-08 17:00)MrKay Wrote:  Thanks for the heads up guy's. Now i know what to update first when i get my apu. Plus did everyone have this problem that the hdmi did not work out of the box

It's a known issue. You need to update to the newest Bios, or at least 1.02 I believe to get HDMI to work out of the box.

(2012-05-08 17:00)MrKay Wrote:  Thanks for the heads up guy's. Now i know what to update first when i get my apu. Plus did everyone have this problem that the hdmi did not work out of the box

Just test out first see if HDMI works..... it did for me out of the box and it had the latest bios.

Thanks will do. Since i don't have a monitor and only have a tv and projector i thought that maybe i will be stuck but my projector does have a vga socket so if the hdmi does not work the vga will work right. Sorry to ask this question but how do you update the newest bios if your have a old bios. Do you do that inside windows 7

(2012-05-08 17:59)MrKay Wrote:  Thanks will do. Since i don't have a monitor and only have a tv and projector i thought that maybe i will be stuck but my projector does have a vga socket so if the hdmi does not work the vga will work right. Sorry to ask this question but how do you update the newest bios if your have a old bios. Do you do that inside windows 7

VGA works fine.

Thanks KraziJoe

(2012-05-08 17:59)MrKay Wrote:  Thanks will do. Since i don't have a monitor and only have a tv and projector i thought that maybe i will be stuck but my projector does have a vga socket so if the hdmi does not work the vga will work right. Sorry to ask this question but how do you update the newest bios if your have a old bios. Do you do that inside windows 7

VGA will work fine, and you can use this instruction to update bios- ASRock BIOS Upgrade Instruction

Thanks blu

(2012-05-07 22:20)Sdpbc Wrote:  I used these instructions without issue ...

http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/...-OCZ-SSD-s

Odd that your computer won't recognize it.

Turns out it was trying to make a bootable USB from PowerISO rather than pendrive. That did the trick for the first update, but after that initial update, linux refused to connect to the internet. *sigh* So whatever firmware I am at will be it for now.

Another annoying thing, is I applied to get that $15 rebate for my drive and they denied it saying I did not include a copy of the invoice. However, when I look at the copies of the documents they received and scanned, they have a copy of my invoice with the drive circled!

Rebate offers are a goddamn scam. I expect my other two rebates from this build to be declined as well for some BS reason.
Still for the $350 I spent, not including cash back on my credit card or fatwallet, this is a great HTPC for the money.