Acer XC105 A4

[dusdat]

Hello everyone!

I just purchased last week the Acer XC-105 A4 (specs: http://www.mediamarkt.nl/mcs/product/ACER-Aspire-XC-105-A4,10259,482729,903928.html?langId=-11)

Now on the backside of the desktop there are 2 HDMI outputs, on the graphicscard and another one (but not connected to the grapicscard).
The one connected to the graphicscart works fine, but the other doesn't do a thing!
Also I can't find any settings of the 2nd HDMI output in the AMD section or in the Control Panel.
I tried searching for the problem including the Acer site, but can't find the solution!
Can anybody help me with this?

By the way the fan on the graphicscard (AMD Radeon HD8470 2GB) is working bit too loudly, it really bugs me out.
I assume there isn't a possibility to solve this problem or to even turn this fan down (because I don't use it for heavy graphic processes, like gaming or such).
I was thinking about replacing it for my old 8800GT but then I would lose one of my HDMI ports, so that's also a reason that I'm asking about the 2nd not working HDMI port.

Regards!

 

[americanbrian]

one is for the integrated GPU. As far as I am aware you can switch it on in the bios. I have no idea if you can run the integrated GPU and the PCI-E card side by side or not?

 

[dusdat]

Just tried to adjust the settings in the Bios (by clicking 'restart now' in the UEFI Firmware Settings option in the PC settings panel, just like I'm supposed to do) but it just restarts to a black screen without any options.
Only thing I can do from there, is to turn the PC off and Win8 just loads in into the normal mode, without me being able to acces the UEFI Firmware Settings.

 

[americanbrian]

like I said, not sure about running both side by side. if you switch to the iGPU you need to move the monitor cable onto it....

 

[dusdat]

Just accesed the BIOS, can't find any type of setting regarding the HDMI outputs though...

 

[americanbrian]

The bios just allows you to enable or disable the iGPU. look under advanced settings for anything related to integrated GPU.

 

[beegmouse]

It's not handled by the BIOS with APUs
It's handled in the drivers. Plug a monitor into both, if you can't enable it in settings, the IGPs socket is dead.

I'm surprised you have a graphics card with it. That one is only a little better than the APU, and crossfire on such a weak setup is silly.

Fan control is also within the driver. But If you don't need it for gaming, take the graphics card out.
The APU alone overkill for normal desktop functions and video. You'll use less power and it it will be quiet.