Monitor/unknown problem. Pretty urgent!

Brain_in_a_vat · 23 Jan 2012 at 18:09

stulid said:
You currently have the monitor connected to this?

Yes.

stulid · 23 Jan 2012 at 18:10

The one below in that picture is the same as the one above, your just seeing the other end of it.

So do you have one?

Brain_in_a_vat · 23 Jan 2012 at 18:11

Yep. Excuse my cluelessness.

stulid · 23 Jan 2012 at 18:11

Brain_in_a_vat said:
Yes.

Well you need to connect the monitor to the GFX card then, or remove the GFX card and the onboard output (red circled ) will then work.

stulid · 23 Jan 2012 at 18:12

Brain_in_a_vat said:
Yep. Excuse my cluelessness.

Yes..... you have one of those adapters?

Brain_in_a_vat · 23 Jan 2012 at 18:19

I have one of those blue adapters that comes from my monitor and plugs in to a small blue connector on my back-plate. I currently do not have any type of adapter that will connect to the the graphics card (below the back-plate). The adapter you posted the image of has 15 pins and can only connect to the back-plate to the monitor, the GFX red connector has 24 pins.

stulid · 23 Jan 2012 at 18:22

Pull out the 6850

Then try.

stulid · 23 Jan 2012 at 18:35

What monitor are you using?

Brain_in_a_vat · 23 Jan 2012 at 18:50

Working. Do you definitely need another adapter to plug the GFX into the monitor? Didn't know that. Thanks a lot anyway!

stulid · 23 Jan 2012 at 18:55

Do you understand that to use the GFX card you must connect the monitor into it?

If you plug the monitor into the motherboard and the GFX card is still fitted then the onboard display of the motherboard is disabled.

Does your monitor have a DVI or HDMI input? if so, go and buy a DVI or HDMI cable and connect the monitor to the GFX card.

If the monitor is VGA/Dsub (the small blue one) only, then get a DVI to Vga adapter like in that picture.