<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 9:57 PM, Greg Hermsen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:g.hermy15@gmail.com">g.hermy15@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 9:50 PM, Johnny <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jarpublic@gmail.com" target="_blank">jarpublic@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div>> This is not the type of cable you can plug to any svhs connector and<br>
> expect to get the proper output, it only work with the card using<br>
> those specific connector: typically the same video card<br>
<br>
</div>I am able to use a regular S-video cable straight out of my 8400GS. It<br>
goes in the same DIN connector that the component output connects to.<br>
So there certainly are many of the 8xxx cards that support this type<br>
of connection.<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div>The driver is recognizing the card now. I tried numerous things to fix my problem...upgrading...uninstalling driver and reinstalling driver through envy, synaptic and download and recompile from ATI/Nvidia directly.<br>
<br>Through multiple gyrations, I had a couple times where the proprietary drivers listed the driver as in use, but I was stuck in low graphics mode. I have the system truly using the driver now, so I don't want to mess with it too much.<br>
<br>I'm going to shut down and carry my computer to a different TV that has an Svideo input and see if will boot up and display with a direct (no svideo-to-composite adapter) connection.<br><br>I'll post the result.<br>
</blockquote></div>SOLVED: 8600 svideo problem<br><br>I did a little experiment last night. I moved the computer to a TV with an Svideo input and the 8600GT svideo/tv out worked fine. sonofzev stated that the pin configurations on the 8600 might be different than the FX5200. I think that is the case and I think that's why the svideo-to-composite adapter worked on the FX5200 but not on the 8600GT. I found this on EVGA's (8600 manufacturer) web site:<br>
<br><a href="http://www.evga.com/support/faq/?f=58435">http://www.evga.com/support/faq/?f=58435</a><br><br>Question / Issue<br>Does my video card support s-video to component/rf modulator?<br><br>Answer / Solution<br>EVGA graphics cards that have a 7 pin HDTV connection support HDTV through the 3 wire component breakout cable and SVideo through directly connected to the port on the card. No RF Modulators or SVideo to Composite cable are supported.<br>
<br>Thank you everybody who helped me with this.<br><br>Greg<br>