New PC Won’t Connect To Monitor - Help

Pamela gray · 3 Aug 2019 at 19:03

Hi there,

I’m quite clueless about PC’s and currently making the switch from Mac. I’ve just purchased a pre-built system from ********.

and I can’t seem to connect to my monitor which is a Samsung C24F390 Curved.

I have it connected via HDMI but nothing is appearing on screen and the corner just keeps changing between ‘hdmi’ and ‘analog’ and I don’t understand why.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Hyburnate · 3 Aug 2019 at 19:06

Please read the forum rules before posting, please remove both of the competitor links.

Are you plugging your monitor into the GPU or the on-board graphics?

Pamela gray · 3 Aug 2019 at 19:15

Oops sorry! I’m not sure, there is only one HDMI slot in the back of my case?

Andr3w · 3 Aug 2019 at 20:17

What is the machine specs? If it has a separate gfx card make sure you're plugged into that and not the mobo.

freddie64 · 4 Aug 2019 at 08:58

Echoing what has been mentioned.

Would help if you could list your components. CPU, Motherboard, RAM, GPU and PSU etc.

Make sure the HDMI cable is connected to the GPU if you have one.

Pamela gray · 4 Aug 2019 at 09:39

My components are:

Case: Be Quiet! Pure Base 600 Tempered Glass Edition Orange
Motherboard: Z390 Aorus Pro ATX
Processor: Intel Core i9
Memory: 32GB (2x16) Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro
Graphics: GeForce RTX 2080 8gb
PSU: Be Quiet! Straight Power 11 750W

my case only has one HDMI slot at the top so I assumed it would need to be plugged into there?

Dave Burton · 4 Aug 2019 at 09:47

try connecting to the actual GPU, not the one on the motherboard as this might offer a straight-forward remedy.

Pamela gray · 4 Aug 2019 at 10:46

You were right, turns out I was connecting it to the motherboard instead of the GPU. Whoops feel silly now. Thanks guys!

Andr3w · 4 Aug 2019 at 13:33

Everyone has done that before