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?

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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, 201213 yr by Fuzzwood

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.

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.

 

Thanks for the reply.

My dvi cable looks like the DL-DVI-D cable.

What does this mean?

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.

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

Didn't work.

problem is still not solved

Sorry to hear that!

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.

Still not fixed guys and im out of ideas. Any help?

Tower make model, video card, . . .

Acer Aspire M3970

Intel graphics

Samsung syncmaster bx2335 monitor

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!

I can't find nothing weeeman . . . . sorry!

No problem mate. Thanks anyway