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| Gothmyre Offer Upgrade  User ID: 4015882  United States02/01/2012 05:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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| Michael_ User ID: 1805432  Denmark02/01/2012 05:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | eh I think you should use the DVI if possible. Why do you only want to use the HDMI? the only advantage over DVI, is that it transport audio aswell. but yeah, if you insist on using HDMI, the above might help :o) Last Edited by Michael_ on 02/01/2012 05:43 PM |
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| Ballin' on Welfare User ID: 9927807 United States02/01/2012 05:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Aw shit..ive had this problem randomly when switching monitors or video cards before. I cant remember how i fixed it though...i usually google every problem i have and find a solution that works. So when you plug it in it doesnt say like Power Saving mode? It just doesnt find the signal at all? LIVE YOUR LIFE Follow God, Not a book. God is Love, God is Light. Love is the secret of the universe. [link to www.gizoogle.com] Fo all you beotches who wanna find shiznit. Google something for me called 2 kids 1 sandbox. Very cute video! |
| Gothmyre (OP) User ID: 4015882 United States02/01/2012 05:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | eh I think you should use the DVI if possible. Quoting: Michael_ Why do you only want to use the HDMI? the only advantage over DVI, is that it transport audio aswell. but yeah, if you insist on using HDMI, the above might help :o) well to be honest, i dont really know what is greater between hdmi and dvi. I always thought hdmi was the best. but like i said i dont know. ive always had a VGA monitor. |
| Gothmyre (OP) User ID: 4015882 United States02/01/2012 05:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Aw shit..ive had this problem randomly when switching monitors or video cards before. I cant remember how i fixed it though...i usually google every problem i have and find a solution that works. Quoting: Ballin' on Welfare So when you plug it in it doesnt say like Power Saving mode? It just doesnt find the signal at all? yea the screen looks for a signal. it will cycle up in the top right hand corner. VGA then DVi then HDMI. Then it will wait a second and then say no signal then go into sleep mode. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 2638312 United States02/01/2012 05:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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| Gothmyre (OP) User ID: 4015882 United States02/01/2012 06:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | May be you must have newest graphic card to use only HDMI. On pc's that i know HDMI can not be used as only option, better to use DVI - there are no problems. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 4739589 well im searching for a new card. im leaning toward this card. [link to www.newegg.com] |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 9973412 United States02/01/2012 06:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Aw shit..ive had this problem randomly when switching monitors or video cards before. I cant remember how i fixed it though...i usually google every problem i have and find a solution that works. Quoting: Ballin' on Welfare So when you plug it in it doesnt say like Power Saving mode? It just doesnt find the signal at all? yea the screen looks for a signal. it will cycle up in the top right hand corner. VGA then DVi then HDMI. Then it will wait a second and then say no signal then go into sleep mode. start with vga update drivers then use HDMI , basic shit. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 10006483  United Kingdom02/01/2012 06:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| GeekOfTheWeek User ID: 8795702 United States02/01/2012 07:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | this is your issue: I am currently only using my on board video which is an ATI Radeon HD 4290 512 mb. I am going to be upgrading that in a week or two. 1. First off, you can't upgrade an onboard video... it's soldered to the board. 2. Turn it off in bios, then it should pick up your added video card. I love physics. It bonds us eternally, it's what makes our computers work, it's what's in my morning cup of coffee, it's the thing that keeps the universe from vanishing due to lack of belief... |
| GeekOfTheWeek User ID: 8795702 United States02/01/2012 07:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You shouldn't need drivers for the monitor. Win7 is pretty good about installing what you need. Generally you NEVER need monitor drivers. I would suggest getting an Nvidia pci express video card, less issues and you don't need extra software to run it like with an ati card. I love physics. It bonds us eternally, it's what makes our computers work, it's what's in my morning cup of coffee, it's the thing that keeps the universe from vanishing due to lack of belief... |
| Michael_ User ID: 1805432 Denmark02/01/2012 07:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | why complicate it if it doesnt work with HDMI, go for DVI, if your card has 2xDVI output, try both. if both fails, plug in the vga and reboot theres no need to disable stuff in the bios, since the card works just fine with the old monitor. monstly a new monitor is just plug and play, but if the old monitor is a higher resolution than the new, you need to set a display resolution to one the new monitor supports. Last Edited by Michael_ on 02/01/2012 07:23 PM |
| GeekOfTheWeek User ID: 8795702 United States02/01/2012 07:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I think he is saying the new monitor has hdmi and he got a better card?? Or am I reading this wrong? I love physics. It bonds us eternally, it's what makes our computers work, it's what's in my morning cup of coffee, it's the thing that keeps the universe from vanishing due to lack of belief... |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 8261497 United States02/01/2012 07:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | this is your issue: Quoting: GeekOfTheWeek I am currently only using my on board video which is an ATI Radeon HD 4290 512 mb. I am going to be upgrading that in a week or two. 1. First off, you can't upgrade an onboard video... it's soldered to the board. 2. Turn it off in bios, then it should pick up your added video card. i think he meant via a normal pci card and discontinuing use of the on board gfx. To the OP if you still havent figured it out and have the ability, setup both monitors in your CCC( catalyst control center) software and run them both. In CCC you will be able to detect a display, set them both up and within CCC make sure you have your new monitor set as the default display, after that power down and remove the old vga monitor and see if it took to the settings. Good luck! |
| Michael_ User ID: 1805432 Denmark02/01/2012 07:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | hes using this:ATI Radeon HD 4290 and he swapped from Dell M991 - VGA output to this Acer 23' LED S232HL - HDMI/DVI/VGA so he is not upgrading the GFX card, and he does not need to install all kinds of crazy drivers for it. all that needs to be done is to plug in the DVI or the VGA, and just MAYBE a reboot. I have experienced that I had to reboot after I swapped monitors, where it wouldn't register the monitor when I made swap on the fly. if you plug it in via VGA, and boot it, it should display the BIOS / Boot info, if it stops working in windows, you might have set the original desktop resolution to a resolution the new monitor does not support, and you have to use the old monitor, and lower the resolution. Last Edited by Michael_ on 02/01/2012 07:28 PM |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 8261497 United States02/01/2012 07:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I think he is saying the new monitor has hdmi and he got a better card?? Or am I reading this wrong? Quoting: GeekOfTheWeek He has no pci card, using the on board GFX from his post. he said "I could use both monitors, but i dont really have use for using 2 monitors. I would just rather use the new one." So i assume he has a dvi hdmi and vga all onboard. Another caveat may be that your VGA port will display the bios and windows startup screen, your HDMI port may need drivers to be loaded while in windows to function properly. You may just have to turn the tower on and wait a few minutes to see if it is booting up but not displaying the pre-windows screens. I have seen a system setup like this but it was using a pci gfx card, and you had to swap the vga port to go into bios and such. This was a dvr in a business so i didn't have the ability to dig in and see why someone set it up like that. |
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