i hope this is the right forum.. if not, apologies in advance i have an acer aspire 500 and have recently attempted to connect it via hdmi to a pioneer pdp-x506. the system will not even attempt to boot unless i disconnect the hdmi cable i have been able to connect the pioneer using a scart lead and once booted, can connect the hdmi lead and view the system correctly.. i have played around with the phoenix bios parameters but cannot see anything that would allow me to get over this problem any ideas? Thanks Wayne
Hmm.. It is possible that your system booted up fine, but instead of displaying to your monitor, it's displaying to the Pioneer PDP-X506.
it is definately not getting past the initial boot sequence, i have spotted a few other posts where other people have hit the same problem. i have also tried plugging in a sony bravia lcd via hdmi and it does boot ok.. so it must be something specific in the way that the pioneer talks to the boot process thanks for your interest Wayne
Oh, I see. Hmm.. I can't think of any reason why it should not boot up when connected to a plasma TV...
apologies.. the plasma code is pdp-506xd Acer support have said they dont know anything about Pioneers and told me to discuss with Pioneer! i have explained it is the BIOS that acer supply that is having the problem.. Wayne
Ah, I see, ok. Well, it is only a guess, but there's a problem with the firmware of some LCDs and Plasmas about their HDMI- handshake being just too slow. Many ppl trying to connect their XB360 via HDMI are running into this lately ... Maybe it's something like this in your case, too.
