2009-07-02, 10:39
Here is a little guide of everything that I have learnt when setting up my Revo, all the info was gathered from various posts on here
Just thought id put it all together as if i had found this post i would have saved me HOURS !!! lol..
1) Add an extra 1gig of RAM: (Crucial 1GB DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 Laptop Memory)
You need to unfortunetly viod the warrenty sticker and remove the one philips head screw to fit the ram. Once this is out, you can then pull off the whole side panel....
2) Bios Settings:
Enter the Bios and disable "Use RevoBoot", then set the dedicated Memory to the GPU from AUTO to CUSTOM and then below set it to 512meg
3) Addings Nvidia Drivers to the XBMC-Live Installer:
First you need to download XBMC-Live and then add the Nvidia drivers to the ISO. You can either do this yourself with an iso editer (UltraISO) or download this ISO of XBMC Live 9.04.1 with the updated NVIDIA.185_18_14 drivers allready added: http://www.fusedimages.com/xbmc.zip (thanks Duplo)
4) Installing XBMC Live on the Revo:
As the revo has no optical drive, you will have to buy/borrow a USB Drive. Burn your ISO to a CDR using Imgburn (http://www.imgburn.com/ and then load into the USB drive.
Turn on the Revo and when it is booting press F12 to load the boot menu. Choose your USB Drive.
When XBMC Live boots you will see options to either run it from the CDR or install to the HARD DRIVE or a USB device.
I choose to install to hard drive as there was nothing else worth keeping on the revo drive. Choose your Hard drive, and then Yes to confirm.
** You are confirming that EVERYTHING will be erased from the hard drive / USB stick you have choosen!
After it has installed, your revo will turn off, unplug the USB drive and reboot to XBMC (fingers crossed)
5) Video and Audio Settings in XBMC:
XBMC should load up nicely and your Revo should correctly report the GPU as ION
VIDEO: Setting > Video > Play:
Set Render to - VDPAU
AUDIO: Settings > system > audio hardware >
Audio output (digital) - Digital
Audio output device - hdmi
Passthrough output device - hdmi
Downmix multichannel audio to stereo - ON
If you would like to Setup your remote control or get the menu sounds working you will need to edit a couple of files.
These files can be accessed by an FTP client. I used WinSCP on a windows PC.. You enter your IP and username and password (I set a secure root password) and then browse the files.
So setup the menu sounds create a blank notepad file and enter into it:
pcm.!default {
type plug
slave {
pcm "hdmi"
}
}
save it as asoundrc.txt
Then FTP it over to you revo, into USER / XBMC folder. Once its in there rename it to .asoundrc
Good Luck
Just thought id put it all together as if i had found this post i would have saved me HOURS !!! lol..
1) Add an extra 1gig of RAM: (Crucial 1GB DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 Laptop Memory)
You need to unfortunetly viod the warrenty sticker and remove the one philips head screw to fit the ram. Once this is out, you can then pull off the whole side panel....
2) Bios Settings:
Enter the Bios and disable "Use RevoBoot", then set the dedicated Memory to the GPU from AUTO to CUSTOM and then below set it to 512meg
3) Addings Nvidia Drivers to the XBMC-Live Installer:
First you need to download XBMC-Live and then add the Nvidia drivers to the ISO. You can either do this yourself with an iso editer (UltraISO) or download this ISO of XBMC Live 9.04.1 with the updated NVIDIA.185_18_14 drivers allready added: http://www.fusedimages.com/xbmc.zip (thanks Duplo)
4) Installing XBMC Live on the Revo:
As the revo has no optical drive, you will have to buy/borrow a USB Drive. Burn your ISO to a CDR using Imgburn (http://www.imgburn.com/ and then load into the USB drive.
Turn on the Revo and when it is booting press F12 to load the boot menu. Choose your USB Drive.
When XBMC Live boots you will see options to either run it from the CDR or install to the HARD DRIVE or a USB device.
I choose to install to hard drive as there was nothing else worth keeping on the revo drive. Choose your Hard drive, and then Yes to confirm.
** You are confirming that EVERYTHING will be erased from the hard drive / USB stick you have choosen!
After it has installed, your revo will turn off, unplug the USB drive and reboot to XBMC (fingers crossed)
5) Video and Audio Settings in XBMC:
XBMC should load up nicely and your Revo should correctly report the GPU as ION
VIDEO: Setting > Video > Play:
Set Render to - VDPAU
AUDIO: Settings > system > audio hardware >
Audio output (digital) - Digital
Audio output device - hdmi
Passthrough output device - hdmi
Downmix multichannel audio to stereo - ON
If you would like to Setup your remote control or get the menu sounds working you will need to edit a couple of files.
These files can be accessed by an FTP client. I used WinSCP on a windows PC.. You enter your IP and username and password (I set a secure root password) and then browse the files.
So setup the menu sounds create a blank notepad file and enter into it:
pcm.!default {
type plug
slave {
pcm "hdmi"
}
}
save it as asoundrc.txt
Then FTP it over to you revo, into USER / XBMC folder. Once its in there rename it to .asoundrc
Good Luck