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krys

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orbiter twitching/flashing
« on: November 06, 2008, 05:06:15 pm »
Got my core unit set up and running 7.1 and MCE set up went smooth but I havent had a network connection yet to download any updates. One thing I have noticed is that when I run the orbiter it has a strobe effect (flashing/twitching) I can still see and access the menu options, but something is obviously wrong. I selected KDE desktop to minimize the orbiter, sometimes when I go back to it it works just fine, mostly it strobes. I am using an ATI video card which I would assume is the problem, however when I am in the MCE Launch mgr and run the UI diagnostic tool everything seems to run fine. Either way do you guys think it is my video card? should I just run the basic UI till i spring for a Nvidia card?
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Krys

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Re: orbiter twitching/flashing
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2008, 05:58:05 pm »
ATI cards do not support the composite extensions we need properly. So you will either need to:

(a) move back to UI2 masked instead of blended/composited
(b) move back to UI1.

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Re: orbiter twitching/flashing
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2008, 07:29:36 pm »
cool, thats what I thought. Now I just have to find out how to move it back....
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Re: orbiter twitching/flashing
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2008, 07:33:36 pm »
Reboot the machine, when you hear the descending beeps, press shift. You will then hear a confirmation beep.

The AV Wizard will then start.

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