No HDMI Sound on Diamond Radeon 2600XT

On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:39:47 +0000, NoSpam.DeleteThis@dot.com wrote:

> That ATI HDMI Audio driver on the ATI website is for ATI Radeon HD
> "2900" Series for Windows XP Professional/Home Edition (I don't have
> those operating systems). The HDMI Realtek download hangs my computer,
> forcing me reboot.
>
> I have the ATI Radeon HD "2600" Series and the operating systems I have
> is Windows MCE 2005 Dual booted with VISTA HOME PREMIUM 32-bit. I can
> not get it to work in both operating systems and both are fully updated.
> I also, followed the instructions carefully to enable the HDMI audio.
>
> It just doesn't work. : <
>
>
>
> "Dima" <dima-r.DeleteThis@videotron.ca> wrote in message
> news:W%Pjj.7738$ID3.2505@weber.videotron.net...
>> Here's the driver for HDMI audio,
>> http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx?p=xp/hdmiaudio-xp
>>
>> Another driver (havn't tried this one)
>> http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?
Langid=1&PNid=14&PFid=24&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false
>>
>> Change your sound card in Control Panel Multimedia, Playback / Audio to
>> ATI HDMI (someth like that).
>> Hope it helps.
>>
>> "NoSpam@dot.com" <freesky2.DeleteThis@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>> news:YRMjj.88234$YL5.12635@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net...
>>> "Built-in HDMI with multi-channel 5.1 surround audio". I have the ATI
>>> Radeon HD 2600 PRO.
>>>
>>> Yeah right! I could never get that to work. Yes, I bought the special
>>> HDMI/DVI adapter and HDMI cable, connected to my brand new HDTV and
>>> enabled the Digital Output Device (HDMI) in windows, NO sound at all.
>>> And my HDTV is set to auto on the HDMI port to receive audio.
>>>
>>> Also, There is nowhere on the ATI/AMD website you can download a file
>>> for this function.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Chuck Forsberg" <caf.DeleteThis@omen.com> wrote in message
>>> news:Ap6dnW1wEs9VARHanZ2dnUVZ_tDinZ2d@giganews.com...
>>>> This card has an HDMI socket between the DVI and VGA sockets. The
>>>> box claims built-in HDMI with Multi-Channel 5.1 surround audio.
>>>>
>>>> The ATI help system gives a procedure for selecting the card as the
>>>> sound device but the output selection is stuck on the motherboard
>>>> audio device. Rebooting with the motherboard audio disabled in the
>>>> BIOS yields no sound device at all.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way to get this card to output sound through the HDMI
>>>> connector? Using XP Home.
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>

I downloaded an ATI HD audio driver and was able to get audio
out the 2600's HDMI connector. Just stereo, no multichannel
as promised on the box. That's useless, I can get stereo
out of the SPDIF output. I want multichannel without having
to use audio cables in a geek's delight kludge.




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I've got another related problem here

My PC do not recoganise the 'ATI Radeon 2600' as a sound device. When
inserted first time it was dected as a VGA card and ATI Radeon HD 2600
diver was installed, then both my monitors were dected and dirvers
where automaticaly installed and finaly a PCI device was dectected and
'Microsoft UAA High Definiton Audio' driver was installed.

In my device manager I cannot find any such thing as 'ATI HDMI Audio
Device' nor under Sound properties-> Playback devices....however my
onboad sound device Realteck97'AC is visible in both Device manger and
Sound properties and wroking fine.

Under sort by connection on Device manager the hardwares connected on
PCI-E slot are ATI Radeon HD 2600 and Microsoft UAA High Definiton
Audio.

I get first class HD video signals on my TV, but I would love not to
use the audio cables to connect ot TV on top of the HDMI cable....

Was my pc meant to dectect anymore hardware devices when the card was
inserted first time.

MY CONFIG
Windows XP Home SP2
Catlyst Controller 8.1
ATI HDMI Driver Installed
Microsoft UAA High Definition Audio Driver Installed
ATI Radeon HD 2600 Driver installed