S-Video...black screen...

    Dell Inspiron 8600
    Windows XP SP3
    nVidia FX Go5200 video card

    Res is bottomed out.

    I plug my S -Video in and get nothing but black screen. I've tried restarting in different configurations (tv on/plug in cable/start pc, all off/plug in cables/tv on/pc on, etc). Get the same thing all the time.

    If I use a VGA-to-s video adapter I get black/white/static with the image cloned half a dozen times in horizontal overlapping segments. The adapters suck...I know...but it proves I'm getting S-Video input on the TV.

    When I plug the cable in, turn the tv on, then turn the PC on after a second I get a flicker on the TV screen...like it saw power come on but no signal followed.

    What do I need to check?

    Yes, the TV is set to the proper input. Yes, I hit fn-F8. I use this same computer on VGA-equiped TV's all the time.

additionally...when I run the S-Video to another computer monitor, I still get only black screen.

gpu shot?

No.  I got it figured out.  nVidia has it's own little setup thing you have to go through.  Found it completely by accident.  Now I just have to get the picture quality fixed.

Quote from: makenzie71 on January 12, 2011, 10:06:30 PM
No.  I got it figured out.  nVidia has it's own little setup thing you have to go through.  Found it completely by accident.  Now I just have to get the picture quality fixed.

ah yeah, same thign with this minipig ( my 6200 turbocrash err turbocache )