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I made a custom loop a year ago before going to college with my saved money of a ryzen 7 5800x and a 3080 it was going just ok till the other night when while I was playing modded Minecraft my pc unexpectedly just shutoff but the rgb fans etc kept running it said a dram error on my motherboard but when I reseated the memory sticks that error went away and it became a vga error code so I disassembled the whole loop and troubleshot each thing the only thing we could do to get a display to show was to put my buddies ryzen 5 3600 in the board is the cpu shot or could it still be working? We’ve updated the bios through q flash also I don’t think I can check my cpu in his motherboard since he has a b450 system specs b550 aorus pro ac 14e bios windows 10 ryzen 7 5800x msi ventus 3080 4x8 Corsair vengeance 1000w psu

Specs : Processor : I3 4150 ( 2 Core ), 3.50 Ghz Motherboard : Ga-H81M-DS2 Can i put MSI GTX 1660 Gaming on this PC Specs ? Is it useful ?

Hi there, i have a problem at work. I am a field service engineer (fancy word for service technician) and we service machines running a small windows machine. There are cases where i need acces to the bios. Most of the times the machines have internal screens connected via a vga port. Some machines have an external screen that i connected via a vnc. but that is useless when i want to do something in the bios. Now the question: is there a way to get the display output from vga with some kind of adapter in my notebook? Obviously there is no display input, so i hope ther is some kind of usb-in and some software to show it? I Dont want to carry around a screen just for this case. I hope someone has an idea! thanks in advance

Hi everyone, I have some weird problem with my computer. To be short after a year of using it without problems, the pc shut down one day and wont start again. Qcode 97 or b2 shows the mobo and the vga-lamp is on. I have testet multiple things: cmos reset, power off, reseating of parts, other cables, reseating cables, starting without ram, with one stick of ram, upgrading bios, downgrading bios, without gpu, with other gpu etc. Now to the weird part: The computer stopped working, so I swapped the gpu. My old 750Ti works in the machine with another dvi-display. So i thought, that it must be the gpu that is broken. After that i did a sanity check and put in my "broken" gpu and it just worked. I put my computer back together startet multiple benchmarks and gamed for some time and everything worked as intended. Then after 20 more minutes surfing the web I see that the vga-lamp of the motherboard turned on while i was browsing. I minimized the chrome window and the computer shuts down again and wont boot up since. Same qcodes as before. Right now i dont know anymore if the GPU is broken or if it is th CPU. I hope you can help me. Thanks in advance. Spec: AMD Ryzen 9 5950x 32Gb 3600Mhz Ram Asus X570 e Gaming Asus TUF RTX 3090 O24G 750W PSU

So here is how it all started. Last week I left my house, and I left my computer on, when I came back there was no video signal and I noticed that the VGA led status indicator on my Motherboard was on. This status led indicates that there is something not working properly with the graphics output/device on the machine. I would turn it off and then on, and the CPU LED would turn on and off to check if all was good, and then the DRAM led would turn on and then off as well to check that part and then it would get stuck in the VGA led on and I would get no post. At this point I decided to start diagnosing my computer, first I disconnected every USB device and tried turning it on, VGA LED would turn on regardless. Then I tried to put only one (of my 2 ram sticks) to see if that was the problem, I also swapped them, VGA led turned on regardless. I then tried putting my GPU into another PCIE slot, then again, stuck on the VGA led on. I tried using another GPU (an old one), stuck on the VGA led on again. After that, I tried removing my HDD, and turning, stuck on the VGA led again. Then I tried removing my nvme ssd out of the computer, and then again no post, with the same VGA led on. At this point I decided to lend a friend’s computer with a motherboard with the same socket for my CPU. All of the devices I had tested with my own PC worked properly, so thankfully my GPU was fine, my ssd and hdd was fine, and my ram was fine. Then I decided to try my CPU on my friend’s motherboard, I could not make it post with my friend’s motherboard, but the motherboard BIOS was not up to date to support my CPU so that is why it did not work (probably, i did not realize this until later, at that point i thought my CPU was not working). After that I (stupidly) decided to try my friend’s CPU on my motherboard, I turned on my motherboard to try it, and the LED’s started cycling between CPU, DRAM and then VGA (like 3 times, this lasted for 30 seconds), and then I realized that if my mobo is faulty I could kill my friend’s CPU thinking about what happened to my CPU. So I didn’t wait for it to post since I was afraid, so I turned off the PC and removed my friend’s CPU and put it back in his motherboard. At that point my diagnosis was that the faulty components could be either my Motherboard or my CPU or both. I decided to also measure my Power Supply voltages to see if there was anything wrong with the voltages, and apparently all of its voltages were perfect. I did not measure current nor wattage consumption (since I do not have the tools for that), but with the measurements I took I do not think that is the problem. I then realized my friend’s motherboard’s BIOS was not updated, so I decided to try my CPU on a cousin’s motherboard with the BIOS updated to support my CPU, when I tried my CPU on that friend’s MOBO (which is similar to mine) it got stuck on the same VGA LED after cycling through the other LED’s, this to me told me that my CPU was definitely faulty. Do you guys think my diagnosis on the cpu is correct? I already sent the RMA to use the 3 year warranty. Now I want to know if I also have to replace my Motherboard, since I am guessing that it could be either good or faulty, since those LED’s work fine (I say this because my cousin’s compatible bios motherboard i tried using did the same thing with those LED’s), and while I did not want to see if my motherboard would post with my friend’s CPU because I did not want to damage it, it did CYCLE through the LED’s as if it was initializing the CPU on my motherboard for those 30 seconds, I say this because when I put my cousin’s CPU on his motherboard back on, it did take a good 1:15 mins to post and these LED’s were cycling (cpu-ram-vga-cpu-ram-led) and then it booted and those turned off. If you have questions, I will answer all of them, and if you think it could have been the PSU by all means, tell me. Here are my PC specs (I have been using this PC for 1 year and 3 months) : Motherboard Aorus Pro Wifi b450 CPU Ryzen 7 3700x 8 cores 16 Gb RAM Corsair Vengeance LPX ddr4 3600MHz GPU Nvidia RTX 2070 Gigabyte 8 Gb de ddr6 SSD XPG Gammix s11 de 1tb 3,000-3,500 mb/s HITACHI 2TB HDD 7k rpm Gabinete NZXT H510 PSU Corsair CX850M Semi Modular My friend’s PC specs: Ryzen 5 2600 GPU Radeon RX 580 16 Gb RAM Corsair Vengeance LPX ddr4 3200MHz Motherboard asus tuf b450m-plus gaming My cousin’s PC specs: Ryzen 5 2600 GPU Radeon RX 580 16 Gb RAM (don’t know what brand) Motherboard ROG STRIX b450-F gaming

So pretty much what the title says. I got a new GPU, installed it, and suddenly my pc doesn't start. So I check around and see that the DRAM LED is on. I google the thing and the answer is that my RAM is not being read. Which is odd, given the fact that I had been using this PC for about 3 weeks with the iGPU of my i7. Anyways, I remove the GPU and my computer boots normally into windows with the iGPU. So I try again with the GPU and the same happens. DRAM. So I reseat the sticks and try again; nothing happens. Somehow, I just restart my computer and for some reason, it boots. Takes some time going from the DRAM light all the way to the BOOT light but no other light shows and I get into windows. I actually managed to install the drivers but just as I finished installing them, the computer freezes and reboots itself. Then, the MOBO splash screen says "Please wait". So I left it overnight and nothing happened. When I woke up it was in the same screen. So I forced shutdown and pressed the power button again. This time, instead of the DRAM light turning on, the VGA light shows. So I reboot. Now the BOOT light shows. I reboot. Sometimes I can get into BIOS when I try to load default settings but just as I click the option, it freezes and the BOOT light turns on (even though it wasn't on when I booted that time) Here's what I've tried: -Resetting BIOS -Resetting CMOS -Unplugging GPU -Booting with only 1 RAM stick -Swapping 6+2 cable -Rebuilt my computer -Contacted Gigabyte in case it was a problem with my MOBO (they haven't answered yet though) And here are my specs: CPU: i7-11700 MOBO: H470 AORUS PRO AX (Q-Flashed, of course to work with intel 11th Gen) RAM: CORSAIR VENGEANCE PRO 32GB 3200MHz (4x8) GPU: ZOTAC RTX 2060 PSU: EVGA 600BQ SSD: WD BLUE 1TB Please help. I really want to use this thing and I don't think Linus would be willing to come to my house and fix it.

I connected my nintendo switch through an hdmi to vga adapter I bought today and for some reason this effect happens when I use it, any idea why that could happen? My monitor is overclocked to 75Hz, could that maybe be the problem?

hey I was playing a game when the black screen crash happened and I did restart my pc ( This didn't happen before for 2 months and before that it was about like per 10 12 hours usage once) here is the log of when crash happened https://ufile.io/20essvq9 when I log in . my memory and clock was stuck at low very low as you can see in log . I did mess around with drivers installing and reinstalling again and again ( one time I had it before and it got fixed using this method without any problem ) as you can see in the next log https://ufile.io/9z5o5lh1 and now things are little complicated since I somehow fixed it so it won't stuck at low clock all the time now but it drops like this log https://ufile.io/serdda7j I feel like when is like around 1936 clock my screen is some how a bit lagging and a 10 fps drop maybe my spec : cpu : intel core i7 7700k ------ ram: gskill tridntz 3200 2x8gb (F4-3200C16D-16GTZB) ---- motherboard: strix z270f gaming ----graphic: zotac 1080ti amp editon --power: antec HCG 750M--- cpu liquid cooler : cooler master masterliquid 240 lite ----- hdd: WD Blue 1 TB -- - ssd : 970 evo plus m2 Things that I did to solve my problem : 1 -reinstalling the driver using ddu 2- try the old driver 3- set power to max in windows and nvidia control panel 4- using msi after burner to limit the clock but somehow it manage to go 1900 again

Hello, I recently found a VGA monitor model number W2071d, I wanted to replace my current VGA monitor as I use it along with a VGA to HDMI adapter on my PC which is plugged straight into my motherboards HDMI output. I had no problems displaying anything on my other monitor until it suddenly just died out so I went and looked for a new one and came across the one I just mentioned, seems to power up just fine and no screen burn in and such but when I display something using it as a secondary display, the image is vert stretched. I tried messing around with the display settings and the Intel/Windows display settings but I haven't found a solution, changing the resolution other than the recommended 1280 x 1024 75hz just makes the screen flicker and says for me to put it at 1600 x 900 60hz, strange it being I can't use any other resolution setting other than 1280 x 1024 75hz. Can someone help me fix this or does it have to do with something with the VGA to HDMI adapter?

I've had an Acer AL1916 monitor for a while but never used it, so I decided to use it as a second monitor. Bought an HDMI-to-VGA adapter, connected it, and no picture (monitor is detected, shows up correctly in screenshots (you can see attachment) but black screen). I can confirm the adapter works, as I tried on 2 other laptops (one on Win7 and one on Win10 1803) and it works perfectly there, therefore I think the problem is either my GPU or something else in my computer. I already clean-reinstalled GPU driver, no difference. Now, I'm going to try reinstalling windows and see if that makes a difference If you've got any ideas for a solution, please share. GPU: Geforce GTX 1660 Super (Gigabyte Gaming OC 3-fan version)

I have upgraded my PC: Xeon X5650 -> Ryzen 5 5600X Old Serverboard -> b550 Pro VDH WiFi Mixed 6x2gb Ram -> Kingston HyperX Fury 6x 8GB 2400MHz 15CL And kept my earlier upgraded Radeon Rx580 8gb and LC Power LC6550 550W Power Supply. I connected everything up in the case and if I start the system I get a VGA Led on the Motherboard, the GPU fans spin, but after some seconds it shuts down and starts again, I never came further than bios. What I tried: -Bios Upgrade via Flashback -old GPU(worked fine) -old Motherboard+CPU(worked fine) -replug(nothing changed) -only one RAM stick (nothing changed) -PCiE down to 3(nothing changed) -dedicatet GPU PSU

Well, as i said on the title my second monitor suddenly stop reciving signal, I have my main monitor connected by Hdmi and my second monitor connected with a displayport-vga adapter (display port from the gpu). It was all working fine but suddenly it stop working, is not the monitor because if i conected it with hdmi it works as expected, I have tried reinstalling win10 and updateing every driver and also uninstalling the gpu driver and getting them installed again but nothing seems to work, I just bought these monitors to work 2 months ago i cant afford a new one. (Have also tried the thing turning the monitors off and disconecting them but nothing)

Before I used to have a nvidia 780, with 2 monitors, one connected to the dvi port directly and another smaller one connected to an hdmi to vga adapter, because it only has a vga port, then I managed to buy an nvidia 3070, and connect the large monitor with displayport ( It is a BENQ of 27 ") and the little one wanted to connect it through the hdmi to vga adapter, but the card does not recognize it. With the nvidia 780 it works fine, but with the nvidia 3070 not, do I need any additional configuration?. the photo is the adapter I have.

Hello, so I just recently build my first PC. Before I had an old laptop connected to monitor via vga (monitor) to hdmi adapter (laptop and the adapter is an active one). Everything worked just fine but now that i have new PC (b450m steel legend, R3 3100, 5500XT) my monitor doesnt output anything. When I plug my monitor with the same adapter to the PC (it is plugged to the graphics card and not the motherboard) my graphics fans ramp up to the max and nothing happens. If i connect my PC with just the HDMI cable to the TV it works as it should. So I connected it to the TV updated all the drivers but when I plug it to the VGA monitor again it doesn’t work. Its weird because graphics fans should not spin unless graphics is under heavy load. I would be glad if somebody could help me with this. Kind regards. Nik

so i'm trying to connect my ps4 to monitor1 that has HDMI(it also has VGA and DVI) and then i'm trying to connect monitor1 to monitor2(only has VGA) with a VGA(monitor1) to DVI(monitor2) would this mess with the connection from the HDMI port, or would it be fine

I am new to the type C port world. I bought a new laptop that have a logo of s.s and display port on type c. if i buy a type c to hdmi or vga converter, will those work as well, or only type c to display port will work, thanks in advance. laptop : hp 450 g6

Hi guys, The white Q LED (VGA) will stay on only after a cold boot. If I just restart the PC, it goes through the normal checks and all the LED's go off (as they should). Other than that, the computer works fine. Everything shows up and works as it should. I have reseated the GPU and the Memory a few times. nothing helps. Do you guys have any fixes or should I be concerned at all? Thanks.

Hey guys. I have recently noticed that after unplugging the power cable from my PC for a couple of minutes (30 as an example), if I just plug it back in and turn ON my PC, then the motherboard shows the VGA light and can take a couple of minutes to boot up. I have an Asus Z490-H. Booting up usually takes less than 10 seconds as the system is installed in a Samsung 970 EVO Plus. The graphics card and everything should be fine as I have never had problems while gaming or anything, so basically it is just the issue with the light on the motherboard and boot time. Is this expected somehow?

I have a Dell M6700, I want to run the VGA for game and the Intel HD Graphic for obs but the intergrated graphic does nots show up, when I try to install driver for it the driver can not be intall. Anyone can help? Thanks

As of yesterday, I went to boot on my pc and was met with the VGA EZ-debug led on my MSI b450m bazooka v2 which leaves me clueless. It first happened yesterday and I took my GTX 1660 out, made sure everything was plugged, put it back in, and a few minutes later the light just went away and I was able to proceed. Although today, In was using my computer fine until I took a break and after came to power it back on where I was met with the light once again. I did the same thing as last time (took it out, etc.) but nothing. The fans are still spinning on my card, I’m on the latest bios, and it was working fine earlier, what could the issue be?

I am having a problem with my monitor and can't find a possible explanation. I have an old pc i bought from a second hand store running windows 98SE. I use it for old games and testing random stuff. I was able to track down the drivers of every component and the system works perfectly. But when i turn it of via the shutdown menu the screen stays on and the powerbutton is green (on). Pressing the power button does nothing, and none of the menu buttons work. I have also noticed the LCD panel stays on because it keeps radiating a bit of light. It essentially freezes now comes the weird part. If i press the power button of the pc (not the monitor), the monitor goes in standby mode and the turns on again detecting a video signal. I have no idea why this happens and it is pretty annoying having to pull out the power cord when i want to completely turn of the system. note: if i open the bios and turn off the system via the pc powerbutton the screen does shut down. Via the os it doesn't. SPECS: Medion Model: pc mt6 type: MED mt 162 (MSN: 10001613) (built for winxp but the website had all the win98 drivers for the system too) pc service link: https://www.medion.com/be/nl/service/product-detail/10001613?fromTopicsPage=true Monitor VGA MD7212AT also from Medion (with drivers for win98 installed) monitor link: https://www.medion.com/be/nl/service/product-detail/30003232?fromTopicsPage=true (i have an older version but the drivers are bundled in the same package) driver download link: http://www1.medion.de/downloads/index.pl?op=detail&id=1530&type=treiber&lang=be_be (Webpages are not in English but Dutch and French) Geforce 4200ti (forceware 81.98) agp 8x (vga) windows 98SE Motherboard with latest BIOS

So i have this problem i am currently using and 1080p 21,5 inch Asus monitor as my main display. About 2 years ago i used dual monitor setup with the exact mashine and worked fine, after that i gave my monitor to my friend and recently i bought a 19 inch philips 1366x768 resolution, so i can multitask and work with CorelDRAW and Photoshop with ease, at least that was my first toughts. So my video card has vga, dvi-d and hdmi slot. I use the vga slot with my main monitor works fine. After i try to insert another display cable doest matter hdmi or dvi into the card even without the other side of the cable hooked to a monitor the moment i insert the display cable my main monitor goest black but not in sleep mode and the pc after few minutes restarts, BUT if i leave the secondary cable in the video card it wont display any image but still doesnt let the monitor go to sleep mode so its getting some signal. Any other combination of inputs rather than only vga it wont display any image. I have tried everything except changing the video card, but i know the ports work because i used them before and now i cant for some reason. My PC specs are: Dual AMD Opterons x64 2.4ghz Sapphire Radeon r7 240 4gb 8gb of ddr2 800mhz ram HP Workstation xw9400 is the whole pc model - its fully original only the video is changed. I know its a toster but its runs fine Windows 10 and all that. Please help i am trying for 3 months now.

A company replaced my gpu because I turned on the PC one day and I was having a vga error and also a grinding sound on the first start up, I got a new Gigabyte 2070 Super but still get the VGA error with one long beep and 3 short, i thought the new gpu was faulty again because the fans went off after a minute, but maybe they are designed that way not to spin until they reach 60 degrees? Could this be another issue to do with something else? I have managed to get a display once and browse my desktop yet the VGA light remains on? Thanks.

is is possible to connect my ps4 to my old vga monitor without an hdmi switch

I have a GIGABYTE B450 AORUS M (AMD Ryzen AM4/Micro ATX/M.2 Thermal Guard/HDMI/DVI/USB 3.1 Gen 2/DDR4/Motherboard) & on startup my motherboard has 4 red lights on startup on VGA/CPU/BOOT/DRAM. Often staying on VGA for longer than the others. I am not sure if this is normal or not. I also cannot play most games where my gpu temp goes past 65. When reaching that high there will only be a little amount of time before my pc abruptly shuts off. Build: MOBO: GIGABYTE B450 AORUS M (AMD Ryzen AM4/Micro ATX/M.2 Thermal Guard/HDMI/DVI/USB 3.1 Gen 2/DDR4/Motherboard) CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Processor with Wraith Stealth Cooler - YD2600BBAFBOX SSD: ADATA SU760 512GB 3D NAND 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal SSD (ASU760SS-512GT-C) GPU: PowerColor Red Dragon RX 590 8GB PSU: CORSAIR VS Series, VS550, 550 Watt, 80+ White Certified, Non-Modular Power Supply