Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD4350 512 MB PCI-Express Video Card GV-R435OC-512I

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   SuZQ on December 22, 2009 at 5:44 am

   I bought the Gigabyte ATI Radeon because it was one of the few inexpensive video cards with a HDMI output. I was looking to connect the computer to my Samsung HDTV and watch movies from Netflix. The video feed to the TV works fine. I have a 35 foot cable connecting the computer to the TV and I can stream instant movies from Netflix at HD quality. The problem is the sound. If you feed the sound to the TV through HDMI then sound will not play on the computer speakers. If you feed sound to the computer speakers then it will not play through the HDMI. I’ve updated the drivers and adjusted the “manage audio devices” to no avail. The problem may be Windows VISTA but I’m blaming the video card because ATI should provide a solution since the HDMI feed (video and sound) is through the video card. Right now I just play the sound over the computer speakers and watch the movie on the big screen. That seems to work pretty good.

   Here’s a hint that might save you some trouble. When you initially plug the HDMI cable into the video card and turn on the TV, your computer speakers will stop working. Just go into the control panel, select hardware and sound, then select “manage hardware devices” under Sound. Change the default from HDMI to Speakers. Apparently the video card automatically switched the default to HDMI. You might also have to go into the device manager and disable and then enable your sound card to get the computer speakers to work again (I did).