hdmi output

[Chalenge]

I havent taken one apart yet but I would bet the only difference in a monitor that has HDMI and one that does not is the presence of speakers. I think its like the same effect you feel after washing your car and putting a good wax job on it. There is no difference in reality but you "feel" like it drives better because you want it to and not because its cleaner and has wax on it.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

side question:
has anyone ever put together a new computer and had what seemed like a funky burning smell the first 2 or 3 times they started it up? I did, and am some what worried, although the smell has seemed to gone away.... and thinking it was coming from all the new parts.... hoping it was, everything seems to be running just fine..... visual inspection of all components and wiring looks ok.....

TC

For your sake I hope it was the thermal pad of the cpu heatsink 'curing in'. If the funky burning smell was that of a condenser then expect rapid failures on random items, especially if the source was the power supply.

[Chalenge]

Condenser? Please post a picture for me. 

[zack1234]

I think my  Gtx550 ti is moody its causing boot up problems, read somewhere about upping voltage on GPU might sort out problem.

[TequilaChaser]

For your sake I hope it was the thermal pad of the cpu heatsink 'curing in'.

I used artic Silver 5, the heatsink/fan is a corsair A70 with dual 120(135?) mm fans on an AMD phenom II 975 3.6ghz quadcore

power supply is a PC Power & Cooling 80% silver certified 950 watt Siliencer II

everything brand new........ smell is gone........ all voltages look perfect........

is there any other testing or possible software I might could use to monitor or troubleshoot the different components...... I am starting to think it was that everything was brand new...... Case, CPU, PSU, Memory, Vidcard, Case fans, BR Burner, BR player, media card reader, MB, HD etc........

Thank You for the replies.... I hope to get AH loaded today to see how it performs.......

TC

[Masherbrum]

Doubt you'll see a difference between DVI and HDMI, as Skuzzy mentioned above HDMI was basically built on top of the DVI standard.

[Soulyss]

Here's a link to some good articles about HDMI and other cables, bear in mind it is a cable vendor who published these but in general I find them to be a pretty good explanation of where HDMI came from, how HDMI works, and some of it's shortcomings.

http://www.bluejeanscable.com/articles/index.htm

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Condenser? Please post a picture for me. 

Lol sorry translational brain fart, meant capacitor obviously

[Chalenge]

is there any other testing or possible software I might could use to monitor or troubleshoot the different components...... I am starting to think it was that everything was brand new...... Case, CPU, PSU, Memory, Vidcard, Case fans, BR Burner, BR player, media card reader, MB, HD etc........

Yes... probably you wont need to though. You can get a cheapy PSU tester but they are the equivalent of an idiot gauge on your car. The only real method of testing PSUs is with an oscilloscope. What Ripley is describing  is a capacitor that has leaked. That could happen I guess but in the case of PCP&C it would be unlikely. Probably what you smelled is the pasty substance used during a soldering process of assembly. I would test the PSU for dead lines or ripple but in the case of ripple you would almost certainly be able to hear it over your sound card. If a visual inspection of the MB doesnt reveal any swollen capacitors then your good to go. If you start to see problems with data loss then replace the PSU.

[100Coogn]

                                             Speccyy
I've posted this software before, in the Hardware/Software section. 
It tell's real-time temps of your MotherBoard, CPU, Graphics card and Hdd.
At least you'll have a pretty good idea of what's getting hot, if anything.

Coogan