Can I use a tv to post test?

[theminnesotanman]

Can I use a tv to post test? My monitor for my new build will come in like a week but I want to start building the system now. Is it even completely necessary to do a post test? 

[Lurick]

Yah, any display is fine if you just want to see the BIOS come up and make sure everything is working.

You don't necessarily need a screen but output can help if there is a problem.

[rhyseyness]

Yes, will be fine.

You can build the system and use it with a TV just fine.

A post test is always a good idea, because if you build the whole computer and then find something is broken, you have to take the whole thing apart, rather than just removing the one faulty component.

Hope this helps

[Master Disaster]

Just now, Lurick said:

Yah, any display is fine if you just want to see the BIOS come up and make sure everything is working.

You don't necessarily need a screen but output can help if there is a problem.

Not necessarily, a lot of TVs will not display the BIOS of a PC when connected by HDMI, they will go on to work perfectly in Windows but will display a black screen during POST.

 

There's no way to know if yours will or won't without testing it, I have 2 TVs, my older one won't display a BIOS while my newer one displays it fine, same PC and same cable.

[rhyseyness]

Just now, Master Disaster said:

Not necessarily, a lot of TVs will not display the BIOS of a PC when connected by HDMI, they will go on to work perfectly in Windows but will display a black screen during POST.

 

There's no way to know if yours will or won't without testing it, I have 2 TVs, my older one won't display a BIOS while my newer one displays it fine, same PC and same cable.

The issue there is that the BIOS video format was outside of the display capability of the TV.

The TV couldn't scale the BIOS screen to it's display.

I find this highly unlikely to happen on any TV from the last 10 years.

Also, BIOS' tend to be standard resolutions these days, so it's unlikely to be something the TV can't deal with.

Scaling on TVs is pretty decent these days.

[theminnesotanman]

11 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

Not necessarily, a lot of TVs will not display the BIOS of a PC when connected by HDMI, they will go on to work perfectly in Windows but will display a black screen during POST.

 

There's no way to know if yours will or won't without testing it, I have 2 TVs, my older one won't display a BIOS while my newer one displays it fine, same PC and same cable.

If it doesn't show the dell logo while my dell laptop is booting is that going to be the case for my tv then?

[Master Disaster]

25 minutes ago, theminnesotanman said:

If it doesn't show the dell logo while my dell laptop is booting is that going to be the case for my tv then?

Sounds like it, yes. My old TV would just stay on black screen until Windows was booted.

[ProjectBox153]

26 minutes ago, theminnesotanman said:

If it doesn't show the dell logo while my dell laptop is booting is that going to be the case for my tv then?

That could be something to do with your laptop. 

[theminnesotanman]

1 hour ago, Master Disaster said:

Sounds like it, yes. My old TV would just stay on black screen until Windows was booted.

My friend is loaning me his old monitor till mine comes in the mail! Thank you everyone for the helpful responses!