"No Input Detected"

[ItsHarox]

Hey guys, so I've been having an issue with my newly built PC it's a ryzen 1600, asrock b450, 16 gb 3000mhz, and a vega 56. I have yet to upgrade my monitor ( I'm intending on doing soon ). My current monitor is an old 1440 x 900 acer monitor, it's only got VGA and dvi so I have to use a vga to hdmi adapter ( not sure if that's got anything to do with it). But my problem is that sometimes after restarting my PC my monitor straight up just doesn't recognize that it's plugged into my PC,  it's incredibly infuriating, help is very appreciated!

[Firewrath9]

you'd need an active HDMI-VGA adapter, becuase AFAIK VGA requires a Analogue signal while new GPU's don;t have an analogue encoder.

https://www.pcworld.com/article/3068397/rip-vga-nvidias-geforce-gtx-1080-dumps-analog-support-following-intel-and-amds-lead.html

[ItsHarox]

2 hours ago, Firewrath9 said:

you'd need an active HDMI-VGA adapter, becuase AFAIK VGA requires a Analogue signal while new GPU's don;t have an analogue encoder.

https://www.pcworld.com/article/3068397/rip-vga-nvidias-geforce-gtx-1080-dumps-analog-support-following-intel-and-amds-lead.html

Oh, okay, but how would it sometimes work though? using the same adapter

[Firewrath9]

2 minutes ago, ItsHarox said:

Oh, okay, but how would it sometimes work though? using the same adapter

idk, perhaps it does accept digital and the monitor itself is just dying.

[ItsHarox]

2 hours ago, Firewrath9 said:

idk, perhaps it does accept digital and the monitor itself is just dying.

I mean I have had the adapter for a few years so I guess that makes sense?

 

[ItsHarox]

2 hours ago, Firewrath9 said:

you'd need an active HDMI-VGA adapter, becuase AFAIK VGA requires a Analogue signal while new GPU's don;t have an analogue encoder.

https://www.pcworld.com/article/3068397/rip-vga-nvidias-geforce-gtx-1080-dumps-analog-support-following-intel-and-amds-lead.html

oh so i just found something weird, I plug my laptop into the same adapter and it works just fine, I'm so confused