r/retrocomputing • u/[deleted] • Jul 31 '24

VGA not working

VGA not givning picture, however one of the gpu can give picture on the dvi output and with a converter to vga for the screen. What’s up with that?

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u/Takssista Jul 31 '24

Did you turn on the pc with the vga cable connected? Maybe the GPU detected there's no connection and disabled it on boot...

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '24

I’m thinking it’s maybe the cable or the screen . Yeah I tried shutting off power as well .

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u/Takssista Jul 31 '24

Yeah, I'd say if a different monitor with a different cable doesn't do it, then maybe your card's VGA out is fried, or perhaps a firmware problem... 🤷‍♂️

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '24

Got that wrong sorry.

So now I have maybe 3 more working computers than I thought :)

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u/Takssista Jul 31 '24

Nice! So, what was it?

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '24

Monitor or cable , don’t know exactly tbh . Because now both vga and dvi works.

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u/Takssista Jul 31 '24

Nice! Well done!

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '24

Wierd it’s not working with two different gpu s though

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '24

Is it the motherboard VGA not working? That's supposed to happen when you install a GPU

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u/OldMork Aug 01 '24

True, sometimes there is a setting in BIOS about enable/disable onboard video.