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- Aggserp4
I got an Nvidia GT 220 1GB graphics card. It was installed a few years back by a computer technician I used to take the computer to. Since then I've noticed something very strange: he didn't connect the VGA cable to the VGA port on the card; instead, he connected it to the DVI port via a DVI to VGA adaptor. I tried attaching the VGA cable to the VGA port and got a black signal so I just plugged it back on the adaptor and moved on with my life...
...until yesterday when I got an HDMI cable.
I shut the computer down, unplugged the DVI to VGA adaptor with the VGA cable, connected the TV and the PC with the HDMI cable, started it up, no signal. I tried looking in the computer's settings for an option to switch while having both the HDMI and the DVI-VGA cable connected with no results. I tried reinstalling the GPU drivers with no luck again; anyone know what I'm supposed to do? Is it possible that my GPU has a bad HDMI output? My PC suffered from an electrical surge 2 years back due to lightning; we had to replace a lot of parts but the GPU was seemingly intact. Could that be the cause of this problem?
...until yesterday when I got an HDMI cable.
I shut the computer down, unplugged the DVI to VGA adaptor with the VGA cable, connected the TV and the PC with the HDMI cable, started it up, no signal. I tried looking in the computer's settings for an option to switch while having both the HDMI and the DVI-VGA cable connected with no results. I tried reinstalling the GPU drivers with no luck again; anyone know what I'm supposed to do? Is it possible that my GPU has a bad HDMI output? My PC suffered from an electrical surge 2 years back due to lightning; we had to replace a lot of parts but the GPU was seemingly intact. Could that be the cause of this problem?