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N_Sanity
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Fairly new to the whole PC thing, so I apologize in advance if I say and/or do anything uneducated.


I have myself a whole PC and all of the components and so on all except for a monitor, which is more than likely a crucial component to using a computer (or so I'm told, at least). I was faced with a decision the other day on buying either a monitor or buying an adapter and using my TV as a monitor. This morning, as I go to set everything up, the adapter failed to work. It's just a regular HDMI to VGA adapter. I tried the standard unplugging it and plugging it back in, turning it off and back on again, and I'm left wondering if maybe it's only a one-way kind of adapter, maybe I need a different kind, or some other detail I overlooked. Any help I can get is greatly appreciated.

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HDMI to VGA adapters are typically one sided - as in the HDMI part should be on the device (your PC) and the VGA should be on the image side (your TV/monitor).

What exact connectors are we dealing with, does your TV not have HDMI or does your PC not have it?

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It'd help a ton know what do you actually own... PC Specs and TV for instance... we don't have crystal balls here.

Personal Desktop":

CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

Luna, the temporary Desktop:

CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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Sorry, not sure what the TV is, but it's the one that has HDMI and the computer does not. Computer is just factory Dell Optiplex 7010.

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17 hours ago, N_Sanity said:

Sorry, not sure what the TV is, but it's the one that has HDMI and the computer does not. Computer is just factory Dell Optiplex 7010.

These adapter usually only support going from a HDMI PC to a VGA monitor/TV.

Looking at your PC specs, it seems like you have Displayport too, which means you can get a cable like this:

https://www.amazon.com/DisplayPort-Adapter-Converter-Gold-Plated-Compatible/dp/B017Q8ZVWK/

And just plug a HDMI into that and to your TV and that would work.

 

Double check if you have displayport on your PC though, online specification sites and not always super accurate.

"We're all in this together, might as well be friends" Tom, Toonami.

 

mini eLiXiVy: my open source 65% mechanical PCB, a build log, PCB anatomy and discussing open source licenses: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1366493-elixivy-a-65-mechanical-keyboard-build-log-pcb-anatomy-and-how-i-open-sourced-this-project/

 

mini_cardboard: a 4% keyboard build log and how keyboards work: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1328547-mini_cardboard-a-4-keyboard-build-log-and-how-keyboards-work/

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On 5/2/2019 at 5:06 PM, N_Sanity said:

Fairly new to the whole PC thing, so I apologize in advance if I say and/or do anything uneducated.


I have myself a whole PC and all of the components and so on all except for a monitor, which is more than likely a crucial component to using a computer (or so I'm told, at least). I was faced with a decision the other day on buying either a monitor or buying an adapter and using my TV as a monitor. This morning, as I go to set everything up, the adapter failed to work. It's just a regular HDMI to VGA adapter. I tried the standard unplugging it and plugging it back in, turning it off and back on again, and I'm left wondering if maybe it's only a one-way kind of adapter, maybe I need a different kind, or some other detail I overlooked. Any help I can get is greatly appreciated.

TV's and PC's ugh NO they refresh too slow monitors exist for a reason

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