Dell hybrid (965) video driver does not detect Panasonic hdmi

[Anay_P_Intel]

Hi, Just bought a Dell Hybrid Running Vista Premiere with the latest driver on Intel site. Connected to Panasonic HDMI. (Panasonic Vierra 58 Plasma - bought last month). There is No video on the TV. Only solution which works: Connect DVI (Which has priority over the HDMI) which is connected to the same TV via PC VGA port, Bring up Vista, Go to Graphic Driver setup, after the setup screen comes up. select the same setup and hit Apply [1024 x 768]. close. Then Shutdown PC. Remove the DVI connection behind Hybrid and only leave HDMI connected. Power on PC - & Voila!! you have Video on the Panasonic HDMI with sound. This is Good until you shutdown the PC again. Then again you have to go through the DVI first boot, Setup, Shutdown and then remove DVI to get HDMI. Any ideas on why the Driver is not detecting the HDMI connection the first time around? Thanks in advance, Andi

[idata]

Hi

Just downgrade your bios firmware to 1.09 and it will work.

The problem is the new firmware 1.10, which does a check on hdmi activity on cold boot and deactivates gfx.. Got 2 mainboard replaced before i tried the downgrade.. wasted a good deal of time on this..

If you have problems finding the older bios version, then look for 010009-Windows.exe on the dell ftp site..

Regards

Mystal

[Anay_P_Intel]

Update --> great job by Intel & Dell in getting the problem resolved with latest BIOS & drivers. If you have HDMI issues with Panasonic,

please use latest BIOS 1.1.0 from Dell site & latest Windows7 drivers 32 bit from Intel site or dell site. Works like a champ now - Andi