I recently put togather a htpc using the xfx 9300 motherboard. I'd read some good things about it and also that it was HDCP ready mean't I could hold off getting a dedicated bluray player until the price and choice got a little more reasonable.
Well I still haven't been able to watch a bluray movie via the hdmi interface. Cyberlink bluray adviser, see below
CPU : Intel Pentium III Xeon processor Yes
__dwItemID=1001__ : szLibCPUName = Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @
__dwItemID=1002__ : dwLibClockRate = 3008
__dwItemID=1003__ : dwLibFamily = 6, dwLibModel=23, dwLibStepping=6
__dwItemID=1004__ : dwLibNumPhysicalProc = 2, dwLibNumCorePerPackage=2, dwLibNumLogicalPerCore=0
__dwItemID=1005__ : dwLibCorePerPackage = 2, dwLibTotalLogicals=2
__dwItemID=1006__ : szWMIName=Intel Pentium III Xeon processor
__dwItemID=1007__ : szWMIManufacturer=GenuineIntel
__dwItemID=1008__ : dwWMIMaxClockSpeed=2999
__dwItemID=1009__ : bBatteryExist=0
__dwItemID=1010__ : szGuess=
CPU (Hardware acceleration) : NVIDIA GeForce 9300 / nForce 730i
System Memory : 2048 MB
Operating System : Windows XP Service Pack 2
Graphics Card : NVIDIA GeForce 9300 / nForce 730i
__dwItemID=1301__ : Adapter Compatibility: NVIDIA
__dwItemID=1302__ : VideoProcessor: GeForce 9300 / nForce 730i
Graphics card video memory : 512 MB
Graphics Card Driver : 6.14.11.7615
__dwItemID=1501__ : 2D Driver=6.14.11.7615
__dwItemID=1502__ : COPP=Yes
__dwItemID=1503__ : RGBOverlay=Yes
__dwItemID=1504__ : DEVICE=N/A
__dwItemID=1601__ : Driver 0:
__dwItemID=1602__ : [E:] HL-DT-ST BD-RE GGW-H20L
__dwItemID=1603__ : eHCMDrvType=0x01ac6fc7
__dwItemID=1604__ : CDRom=1 DVDRom=1 BDRom=1 HDDVDRom=1
Blu-ray Disc Drive : [E:] HL-DT-ST BD-RE GGW-H20L
Software Player : PowerDVD 9 9.0.1530.0
Video Connection Type : Digital (without HDCP)
Program version : 2.0.1001.0
System language : 0409 ENU English English
Time : Tue Jul 28 21:45:59 2009
Computer : Desktop
System Name : MEDIA-PC
Any ideas or is it a faulty board. I'd be best to find out as soon as possible so that the retailer has no wiggle room to get out of replacing the board. This has happened to me before and I'd rather not be stung twice.
Thanks.