weeeman Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 I have a HDMI to DVI cable to play ps3 on my monitor which works great. When i come to using it on my tower to my monitor with hdmi in tower and dvi in monitor it goes weird. The boot loader appears on screen as usual but when i boot into windows or ubuntu the monitor goes black and it looks like it recieves no signal. I know its random but i need help. Anybody?
Phi for All Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 ! Moderator Note I'm moving this from The Lounge to Computer Help. If you don't get the help you need, I'll move it back. Good luck.
Fuzzwood Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 (edited) If there is another screen attached, the OS might sometimes think that the other screen is the main one and won't provide picture to the HDMI one. Cycling power on your monitor might sometimes work as your OS can then rediscover the device, like it would with USB devices. Edited February 28, 2012 by Fuzzwood
weeeman Posted February 29, 2012 Author Posted February 29, 2012 no other screen is attached. I have tried the on and off fix does not work. I have also tried using another monitor to see if it is detected in control panel but it isn't.
Xittenn Posted March 1, 2012 Posted March 1, 2012 Make sure you are using the correct DVI for the job there is DVI-I and DVI-D. Also some get confused when the output or input device can do both but you are using DVI-I cables. Otherwise, I have no idea.
weeeman Posted March 1, 2012 Author Posted March 1, 2012 Thanks for the reply. My dvi cable looks like the DL-DVI-D cable. What does this mean?
Xittenn Posted March 1, 2012 Posted March 1, 2012 I don't know exactly but I think you will have to do something like what is suggested in this off-board thread post #7 http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic32253.html If the output from the computer is DVI-I try getting a DVI-I cable. I haven't had this problem myself and was only aware of the difference in connectors because I had previously been considering connecting my PC to an LCD TV to play video games.
weeeman Posted March 1, 2012 Author Posted March 1, 2012 Thank you for the link i will try it out asap and report back with the results. Will be tomorrow so fingers crossed. It isn't the cable for sure. thanks
weeeman Posted March 2, 2012 Author Posted March 2, 2012 Ah no worries mate. I've also contacted my tower manufacturer so hopefully they can also give me help. I cant think what else it could be coz the cable and monitor work so it must be the tower.
weeeman Posted March 6, 2012 Author Posted March 6, 2012 Still not fixed guys and im out of ideas. Any help?
weeeman Posted March 6, 2012 Author Posted March 6, 2012 Acer Aspire M3970 Intel graphics Samsung syncmaster bx2335 monitor
Xittenn Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Grab a Radeon HD 6570 for fifty bucks . . . . . 1Gig 650MHz. Aside from this I'll do some quick research tomorrow night see what I can find. I never rely on built in graphics personally!
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