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PLease help iv got windows xp and wanted to do the pc/tv thing but not sure if i ave graphics card/video card sound card i know what wires are needed but its where the wires connect 2 pc, can i check with out opening pc i can see and watch films and games and i got 2.1 woof speakers sounds good so take it i got somert somewhere confussedxx
peex
That's a confusing post, but I think you are asking how to use TV-out (to watch video files on your tv).
If so, can you tell us what video card you have? You can find out by going to Start > Run, type DXDIAG, press enter. On the display tab, under device, you'll see the name and chipset of your video card. Post back with that and someone will be able to help further.Please let us know if you found someone's advice to be helpful.
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"i know what wires are needed but its where the wires connect 2 pc"
If you know what wires are needed, you should know how to connect them.
Generally, the PC will have some sort of video-out port (could be S-video, yellow RCA, or even VGA/DVI) for TV & the sound card will have an 1/8" jack for audio-out. You *may* have to use adapters to convert to the correct audio-in/video-in ports used on your TV.
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"Chipset VIA/S3G UNICROME PRO IGP"
That info is useless. What ports do you have on the rear of your PC? Do you know the difference between S-video, RCA, DVI, etc?
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I was told to post the chipset back no sorry i dont no the diffrence. On the back of my pc i dont have the round 6 pin where the wire from tv goes to pc if that helps.
peex
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"VIA/S3G UNICROME PRO IGP" is not a chipset it is the on-board grahics chipset, therefore doubt you have any TV/RCA/Video Out.
2.1 Woof is not clear, there are 2.1 systems for both PC and HiFi and the connectors are usually different.
Time for a good GOOGLE !!
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All you have to do is look at the back of the PC. Have a look at this pic...on the left is an S-video port, in the middle is a VGA (aka D-sub) port, & on the right is the DVI (digital video) port.
http://www.3dnews.ru/documents/1285...
Your monitor is most likely connected to a VGA port.
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Thanks the pic was great help no i dont ave that at the back of pc...could i get a VGA S-video converter adapter to watch tv on pc and pc on tv? or am i best getting what the pic showed me? if so whats it called? sorry im not much help.
thank you very much for helping me
peex
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You currently have IGP (Integrated Graphics Port), which means the video is built into the motherboard. To do what you wanna do, you'll have to buy an actual video card with the proper video-out ports. You're gonna have to find out which upgrade slot you have available so that you can get the right type of card...either standard PCI, AGP or PCI-Express.
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"Chipset VIA/S3G UNICROME PRO IGP"That info is useless.
[/Quote]Not entirely. At least it told us that we were dealing with on-board graphics.
Pauline,
I'm having no luck finding your computer model. It seems Zoostorm build both desktop and laptop computers (more laptop models than desktop). Which is yours?Please let us know if you found someone's advice to be helpful.
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Mine is a desktop pc i bought it in feb 07 model7910-1025. How do i find out if its PCI OR AGP?? Does this mine my pcs rubbish?
thank you for taking time to help me i would go to my local pc shop but they want £60 just to look at it :c
peex
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Belarc Advisor will tell you all you need to know about your hardware. It's free, so just download, install and run it.
Please let us know if you found someone's advice to be helpful.
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