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BIOS not displaying through HDMI

bto126

bto126

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I have a MSI X370 Gaming pro motherboard and Gigabyte 1050ti graphics card.
The motherboard has no graphics sockets, the GC has 3 HDMI and 1 DVI.

I previously had it connected to a DVI monitor but now just use 2 HDMI monitors, and DVI is not connected.

But I cannot get the bios to display through HDMI. If I plug in an old DVI monitor I can see it.
I've tried resetting with the reset pin for a minute.
I've tried updating the BIOS.

Is there a way to force it to HDMI if there is no DVI connected. Or is it remembering that DVI was there and I haven't reset the bios after all?

I cant see any options in the BIOS for the motherboard, or in the graphics card control panel. Then again, all of this takes place before Windows boots anyway.

Any ideas?
Thanks
 
The bios boots in different resolution to windows. Im guessing your monitor doesn't support whatever reolution your card is pushing during bios.

I had same issue with my Panasonic tv and my old 280x. I could never see the bios because it was in some silly resolution like 380x440 and was not supported by my tv.
I did actually end up fixing this by running the hdmi through my home cinema system then into tv.
 
Thanks.
I dont think its a resolution thing.
I messed around a lot clearing the CMOS using the reset pins on the motherboard, as I hadn't realised it was going into BIOS but I couldn't see it, so I was trying to get it to reset.
On one of these occasions I was able to see the BIOS, and amend settings, but then on the next boot it had gone again.
So it can display on HDMI, it just chooses not to.

Perhaps it has remembered that I had a DVI monitor. Any idea if there is a better way to 'reset' the motherboard or graphics card and start again? Or would the graphics card have a setting for prefferred outout?

I've no idea if its the motherboard or the GC, but one of them wants to choose DVI over HDMI each time. Surely there must be a way around it?

Thanks
 
Well the best way to clear cmos I would think would be to unplug it all and take the battery out for 10 mins and also use power button while it's unplugged.

Still I think it sounds like a resolution/handshake issue between the card and monitor. Do you have anything else in the house you can plug your pc into? Maybe a tv or something just to test if bios is displayed on them via hdmi.
 
Do you mean that you can't even get I to the BIOS when plugged into HDMI (press the button but it skips skips into Windows) or that you can select the option but the display is blank or corrupted?
 
Hades said:
Do you mean that you can't even get I to the BIOS when plugged into HDMI (press the button but it skips skips into Windows) or that you can select the option but the display is blank or corrupted?
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Well from what he you wrote it sounds like he has nothing on the screen until windows?

So he can press the button to get into bios but will just get blank screen.

Is this correct?


Edited: replied wrong person.
 
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Input detection fault ... And is from my knowledge a GPU issue and monitor issue Had a few issues like this pop up , try a different GPU and should work . sometimes the display won't detect a digital signal until there is a handshake with HDCP. Usually a monitor I've found to be the culprit and no workaround I've found except switching GPU or monitor . so will be reading with interest
 
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