Can´t boot XBMC Live 8.10 from USB-stick on Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2H

Thanks!

I installed the F6 Bios, now it boots from USB stick

I´ve connected the PC to my plasma with VGA and HDMI.
After I´ve chosen 1 for Nvidia, the picture turns black with a "_" in the upper left corner.

If I switch the plasma to HDMI, no picture at all.

What could be wrong?

Br, Daniel

dannybullit Wrote:Thanks!

I installed the F6 Bios, now it boots from USB stick

I´ve connected the PC to my plasma with VGA and HDMI.
After I´ve chosen 1 for Nvidia, the picture turns black with a "_" in the upper left corner.

If I switch the plasma to HDMI, no picture at all.

What could be wrong?

Br, Daniel

I have the exact same problem but with a Gigabyte GA-EG45M-DS2H motherboard. I suspect there is something fishy with the video drivers on the live CD. I get the same problem with both an integrated intel, and a ATI graphic card. Installing Ubuntu manually the video works fine.

miked2024 Wrote:you're probably not doing anything wrong. i have the same mobo and everything worked fine out of the box with the F6 bios. i updated the bios to the latest (F7) and it would no longer boot from usb. i had to go back to the F6 bios for it to work.

i tried every possible combination of F7 usb/boot settings and nothing worked.

It works with the F6 BIOS

Thanks!

dannybullit Wrote:It works with the F6 BIOS

Thanks!

How did you manage to get picture on HDMI from the motherboard?

I´ve tried a number of BIOS settings, after selecting 1. for Nvidia I only get a black screen and a "_" in the upper left corner.

xbmc wont launch with vga or hdmi

Br, Daniel

sesam Wrote:I have the exact same problem but with a Gigabyte GA-EG45M-DS2H motherboard. I suspect there is something fishy with the video drivers on the live CD. I get the same problem with both an integrated intel, and a ATI graphic card. Installing Ubuntu manually the video works fine.

Hi,

I´ve created a new usb installation on my htpc (just installed a DVD-unit)
When booting from USB stick I´ve tried with the VGA or HDMI cable (not both at the same time)

I only get picture with the VGA cable. I tried to add Modes "800x600" to xorg.conf, problem remains

Description of problem:

1. Boot from usb stick
2. Select option 1 for Nvidia
3. loading...
4. "_" on black screen
5. xbmc logo
6. Loading please wait
7. Plasma looses signal (it looks like, screen flashes), black screen
8. ctrl alt f2 - can be used to login


Confused, what can I try?

are there different sections in xorg.conf for different outputs (vga/hdmi)?

hdmi output is overall dead

help is needed. I bought thos motherboard because other people gotit working fine with xbmc live: http://www.xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=42167

Br, Daniel

I took my htpc to a friend and connected it to his plasma and lcd, tried both hdmi and dvi. No picture from power on. Still only picture when using vga

I´ve resetted cmos, makes no difference.

This has to be hardware error on the motherboard.