2011-01-10, 19:47
Hello guys, new user here. Ive been running XBMC on windows for a little bit and love it, and love the idea of turning a media pc into the 'set top box experience'.
I have an Elonex artisan which is a clone media PC that looks like a piece of HiFi equipment. Inside im running a P4 3.6GHz, 1GB RAM. Theres not much else in there, ill come to the GFX in a bit.
I downloaded XBMC Live 10 and burnt the ISO to a cd. I planned to install the software on an 8GB USB Stick. After some errors along the way, I managed to get a complete install on the stick which, as far as I can see, went fine.
Im plugging this PC into my TV via HDMI. My problem is that when powering the PC on, I can see my POST screen and the next screen where it trys to boot off a device. Unfortunately, when it starts to read the USB stick, you can see it flashing as if its being read, but all I get is a black screen. I cant do anything, no terminal access as far as I can see, nothing.
Ive read all the posts about black screens and ATI cards, and I was running an ATI x1600 card previously. So i assumed this was the issue as ive seen how many issues they have had. I went out today and bought a nVidia 210 512MB Low Profile, hoping that it would fix the issue and give me some extra horsepower for HD decoding. The problem is that I still have the same issue. Nothing on boot up.
If I plug the USB stick into my main PC and boot off it there, it seems to boot fine, and I can get to the XBMC main screen, which makes me think theres something im missing. Ive done multiple reinstalls just in case but no difference.
I hope someone can help as its driving me mad and i really want to get using it!
Thanks for your help
I have an Elonex artisan which is a clone media PC that looks like a piece of HiFi equipment. Inside im running a P4 3.6GHz, 1GB RAM. Theres not much else in there, ill come to the GFX in a bit.
I downloaded XBMC Live 10 and burnt the ISO to a cd. I planned to install the software on an 8GB USB Stick. After some errors along the way, I managed to get a complete install on the stick which, as far as I can see, went fine.
Im plugging this PC into my TV via HDMI. My problem is that when powering the PC on, I can see my POST screen and the next screen where it trys to boot off a device. Unfortunately, when it starts to read the USB stick, you can see it flashing as if its being read, but all I get is a black screen. I cant do anything, no terminal access as far as I can see, nothing.
Ive read all the posts about black screens and ATI cards, and I was running an ATI x1600 card previously. So i assumed this was the issue as ive seen how many issues they have had. I went out today and bought a nVidia 210 512MB Low Profile, hoping that it would fix the issue and give me some extra horsepower for HD decoding. The problem is that I still have the same issue. Nothing on boot up.
If I plug the USB stick into my main PC and boot off it there, it seems to boot fine, and I can get to the XBMC main screen, which makes me think theres something im missing. Ive done multiple reinstalls just in case but no difference.
I hope someone can help as its driving me mad and i really want to get using it!
Thanks for your help
