Radeon IGP 345M - Black and White TV out

[DJ]

Hi all,
I have a hp nx9010 laptop, which comes equipped with a Radeon IGP 345M video
card.

I have linked this to my tv via an s-video cable for watching dvd's etc. However
the display is always black and white on the tv. I have correctly set the region
(PAL I for the uk) in display settings for the tv. I know the s-video cable i am
using is ok as it works with another pc.

Any other ideas?

DJ.

 

[Vellu]

Perhaps the TV doesn't support s-video? How are you connecting to it? If
through an actual s-video in, then this is not the case. But if through
SCART you might need to select a proper (s-video) AV-channel.

 

[DJ]

I am connecting to my video recorder via and svideo/scart converter. I know the
config should work as it already works with my desktop PC.

DJ.

 

[DJ]

Think i have found the problem.

The registry key that holds the format for the ATI IGP is held in the key:

KKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ATI Technologies\CDS\0000\0\Video Out
There are 2 values which can be set:

Crystal Frequency And Standard.

After setting the region on my card to PAL-I, the 'Standard' value in the
registry stays at "NTSC (0x00000001)".


Anyone know how i can manually change this to the correct region ie PAL-I?

Does the crystal frequency need to be changed too?

Cheers .