Comments on: C’mon man! Do you really think your technically inclined customers aren’t going to catch on?

By: praack

praack — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 19:50:58 +0000

aww crud, i never can get
aww crud, i never can get them right- it better be bright orange and red with flashy lights

because otherwise it will be on another card

or i will have to stop buying amd…..

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 01:54:18 +0000

Are they insane? I've got
Are they insane? I've got sound through an ordinary DVI->HDMI cable from Amazon going from an nVidia-based card to a TV. What possesed them to make it difficult? Have nVidia patented the idea of passing sound to the output device through a simple cable?

By: ea1985

ea1985 — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 16:06:04 +0000

In reply to Anonymous. EEPROM = 'special hardware'
EEPROM = 'special hardware'

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 13:47:59 +0000

Here is a thread form
Here is a thread form AVSForum.com dated 31/10/08
http://www.avsforum.com/t/1080627/atis-magic-dvi-to-hdmi-dongle

Hey guys, i’m just tidying up my first HTPC build and with my current cabinet setup i had been looking at using a DVI to HDMI cable to connect my Sapphire 4670 to my Sony HSS1300 Speakers as I dont have alot of space so needed a compact solution.

Obvioulsy just jumping straight in I bought a 1.3 spec DVI to HDMI cable and swapped out my current DVI Dongle to HDMI cable and thats when I realised i was getting no sound.

I’ve done a bit of trawling round the t’internet and found out that the supplied dongle is actually special in a sense that it specifically enables the sound to be passed out and without using it a standard DVI to HDMI cable will not work.

I was just wondering if anyone knew exaclt what the dongle did and would it be possible to adapt a standard DVI to HDMI cable or is there some special hardware in the Dongle? I’m hopng its just a cross wiring of one of the pins.

By: lima

lima — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 12:55:09 +0000

I'm certain AMD doesn't make
I'm certain AMD doesn't make money on this adapters so there must be something else here. It doesn't make much sense, what AMD got from this?

By: snook

snook — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 08:12:47 +0000

My question is who is paying
My question is who is paying you off this time Jeremy? hehehehe INTEL!

By: BukkakeShampoo

BukkakeShampoo — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 07:31:01 +0000

Now this is a rant I can get
Now this is a rant I can get behind.

By: Fetzie

Fetzie — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 06:48:13 +0000

So use a display port to HDMI
So use a display port to HDMI adapter instead; the cards all have at least one DP output.

By: pdjblum

pdjblum — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 06:08:21 +0000

Just don't lose the one they
Just don't lose the one they gave you or just don't mix it up with all the other ones you have. Not nice amd, really.

By: ea1985

ea1985 — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 05:22:52 +0000

Could they be planning on
Could they be planning on peddling the adapters now that the output config on the new cards have changed? Still makes no sense. Do the older AMD-shipped adapters have the EEPROM or only the newer ones going forward?