Windows 7 64bit RTM on HTPC

[petdroo]

I Am new here and to configuring pcs so forgive me if I am missing something obvious.

PC
Thermaltake DH202 Case touch screen
Rest of spec in profile.

Problems
1, Windows media center.
Graphics
Case screen connected to gf8100 motherboard on board vga
Tv conected to Saphire ati pci express ultimate hd4650 onboard hdmi 1gig

1,When starting media center I can not get movies to play on TV screen,with out changing bios settings or having it in 1 screen mode. There does not seem to be any clone/duplicate mode.
In an ideal world i would like wmc to run on the case screen when tv is off, and Main Plasma screen when tv is on.

2,I have managed to rip dvds with clone dvd to my hard drive and they do play, but! It will not display dvd info! or once playing display menus,ie so I can turn subtitles on off.I have copied the menus and subtites.I do not want to install any 3rd party programs.
its fine with normall dvds and even mp3s and shows all info..So what am i doing wrong?
3,I hear alot of confusing info about Dolby/dts tru hd. Is it posible with out getting a sound card ie the new Auzen X-Fi HomeTheater HD to get true hd showing on my amp, it is conected via hdmi and my graphics card are supose to suport hd audio?I do get 5.1 dolby digital/dts.
4, Will window7 touch pack work with my thermaltake touch screen it seems a waste of the lovley touch screen. As the imon/medialab software is awful.
5,On start up touich screen sais unsuported/no synce, but still dispays ok?
6,Any tips on getting w7 to start up quicker.I realise its much better.

Many thanks for taking the time to read my problems, please try to answer in laymens terms Iwork as a Carpenter by day.

 

[petdroo]

Can Any one help with this?

 

[petdroo]

Update, I have solved the first 3 problems...still need help with no sync error, and ehrn playing bluray through power dvd the sound cuts out for a second every so often??

 

[zigzag3143]

Update, I have solved the first 3 problems...still need help with no sync error, and ehrn playing bluray through power dvd the sound cuts out for a second every so often??

Im not going to be much help but one thing I wanted to check is how much ram you have and are you overclocking?

Ken

 

[petdroo]

I have 2 x 2gig ram, I am not sure what overclocking is, so do not know on that one.thanks

 

[petdroo]

Fixed most problems now.
If i disable front view in imon manager the touch screen operates like a mouse..no need to put w7 touch on it.Works in wmc great.
Just one very important one I can not solve.
The Thermatake sg7 touch screen sais No sync just before it boots, but then boots ok, however once running the screen sometimes cuts out for 20mins or sometimes just seconds...
I have tried thermaltake customer support but they say search forums???
Can any one help??

 

[TripOG]

only prob iv seen with using windows 7 x64 on a htpc is mencoder proper does not work with x64 only x86

doesnt really have anything to do with your listed problems but thought id let you know

 

[petdroo]

Thanks, is that just a player?
Can anyone help with no sync situation?

 

[TripOG]

its part of dvrmstoolbox to encode mkv to dvrms so you can get your downloaded tv shows to come up under recorded tv plus metadata n what not.

 

[petdroo]

Can anyone help with this unsupporded / No sync problem?

 

[petdroo]

Ok for those of you with similar problems, the screen blanking out turned out to be the motherboard!
However I have new problem, can anyone help?

I have recently upgraded my ECS nvidia/gf8100vm-m5 to your GA-MA785G-UD3H (rev. 1.0) motherboard.
I have a few questions.
1) When I first started the system up everything seem to load up automatically, and I have not needed to reformat windows7x64. However the boot process is very slow compared to the ami bios I had before, and there does not seem to be any fast post option like the more simple ami bios. It seems to boot ok but then hangs slightly at DMI pool data, then boots into windows very slowly. On the old chipset it booted within 15seconds! And with the fast boot option you could skip the full system check.
2) So is there any fast boot option in the award bios?
3) I have reseated all conections, should I reformat windows?
4) I have two Hitachi sata HDT7210108SLA360 HARD DRIVES, What settings would suit these best, it all seems much more complicated in this award bios, as in the ami you could just set boot sata and disable ide. Making it boot slightly quicker. I notice there are many more options in the award, but it all seems very complicated.
5) Can I cross fire the on board ati 4200 graphics with the hd 4650 graphic card? And do I need to set this in bios?
Many thanks for tacking the time to read this mail, I look forward to your reply.
Peter Corti