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    np8150 7970m hdmi dvi to hdmi question.

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by x32993x, Dec 30, 2012.

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    x32993x Notebook Evangelist

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    does anyone own a np8150 with a 7970m installed and can you get hdmi working with a dvi to hdmi adaptor. reason being I have it hooked up to a 3d tv that accepts hdmi and not dvi.

    thanks if you can fill me in!
     
    x32993x, Dec 30, 2012
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    anyone.................
     
    x32993x, Jan 10, 2013
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    king601 Notebook Consultant

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    I dont know if this will help you or not but usually Intel igpu is the one responsible for hdmi output and not 7970m as many people think. So I think the question really is is whether when you hook amd 7970m , the intel igpu will able to cooperate with 7970m and thus hdmi will work.
     
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  4. Support.3@XOTIC PC

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    I dont know the answer to your direct question but the NP8150 only supported 3D with Nvidia cards, AMD doesnt work.
     
    Support.3@XOTIC PC, Jan 10, 2013
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    dvi to hdmi does work, however only image and not sound throughput as far as i know. the 3D functionality could very well be taken care of of ur tv if it supports 2D to 3D conversion on its own.

    ps: igp is disabled on hm machines

    Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
     
    jaybee83, Jan 11, 2013
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    Yes, no matter what card you use in the HM machines the ports are wired to the MXM card.

    So as jaybee said you will get an image from the port but due to HDCP not quite working right you wont get audio, you can still output it from the audio ports of the machine however.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jan 11, 2013
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    hi,
    I used to have image & audio with my hd 6970m trough dvi/hdmi adapter, now that I upgaded to hd 7970 sound is gone, so the cause is the VBIOS of the GPU I think, don't u? I'll try different bios version to see if I can get uncompressed audio like before :)
     
    m2bgunjack, Jun 23, 2013
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    if its indeed due to the vbios please keep us updated ;)

    Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
     
    jaybee83, Jun 24, 2013
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    the different vbios I tried didn't do the trick, but hope you expert guys will sort it out, thanks for the help & advice :)
     
    m2bgunjack, Jul 7, 2013
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