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Is my dvi cable broken?

NoHamNoJam
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Hi all I will get right into the issue 

when I boot up with my dvi cable the bios shows but once I assume it shows the log in Windows part it says can't display video. 

It has been like that for a while I just unplugged and replugged and it worked I switched to vga since I have a old 4:3 display no hdmi using the same gpu port with a adapter and it works the only reason I want to use a dvi cable is because the vga cable I use cannot be screwed into my monitor and any movement unplugs it

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sounds like GPU drivers arent installed, you sometimes don't get digital video from old cards until you get the driver, or are you using onboard video ?

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2 hours ago, DnFx91 said:

sounds like GPU drivers arent installed, you sometimes don't get digital video from old cards until you get the driver, or are you using onboard video ?

I have some weird amd driver which I assume I haven't been update in a long time. I have a hd 7750 which is a oem card that doesn't exist on paper

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Happened to me yesterday. Think I fixed it today. Had to reinstall drivers twice before it displayed correctly.

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9 hours ago, NoHamNoJam said:

I have some weird amd driver which I assume I haven't been update in a long time. I have a hd 7750 which is a oem card that doesn't exist on paper

yeah a card that old will definitely want drivers before it gives you any digital video. i sold a quadro 4000 once, and the guy called me up accusing me of being a scumbag because the DP ports didnt work, only the DVI worked, but he hadnt installed the drivers, and went rather sheepish when i pointed out his stupidity.

Home PC:

CPU: i7 4790s ~ Motherboard: Asus B85M-E ~ RAM: 32GB Ballistix Sport DDR3 1666 ~ GPU: Sapphire R9 390 Nitro ~ Case: Corsair Carbide Spec-03 ~ Storage: Kingston Predator 240GB   PCIE M.2 Boot, 2TB HDD, 3x 480GB SATA SSD's in RAID 0 ~ PSU:    Corsair CX600
Display(s): Asus PB287Q , Generic Samsung 1080p 22" ~ Cooling: Arctic T3 Air Cooler, All case fans replaced with Noctua NF-B9 Redux's ~ Keyboard: Logitech G810 Orion ~ Mouse: Cheap Microsoft Wired (i like it) ~ Sound: Radial Pro USB DAC into 250w Powered Speakers ~ Operating System: Windows 10 Enterprise x64
 

Work PC:

CPU: Intel Xeon E3 1275 v3 ~ Motherboard: Asrock E3C226D2I ~ RAM: 16GB DDR3 ~ GPU: GTX 460 ~ Case: Silverstone SG05 ~ Storage: 512GB SATA SSD ~ Displays: 3x1080p 24" mix and matched Dell monitors plus a 10" 1080p lilliput monitor above ~ Operating System: Windows 10 Enterprise x64

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16 hours ago, NoHamNoJam said:

Hi all I will get right into the issue 

when I boot up with my dvi cable the bios shows but once I assume it shows the log in Windows part it says can't display video. 

It has been like that for a while I just unplugged and replugged and it worked I switched to vga since I have a old 4:3 display no hdmi using the same gpu port with a adapter and it works the only reason I want to use a dvi cable is because the vga cable I use cannot be screwed into my monitor and any movement unplugs it

If a DVI cable does not work, it won't work no matter what is it showing. Digital conections are not kind with failures. It works, or does not work at all. The problem could be software related. Try a driver rollback. 

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