Pc to Tv connection via Hdmi error

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Hey! I just bought all my pc parts and the pc is fully built. I am gonig to use my tv as a monitor. Its a 24 inch HD 1080p TV. My pc has a ssd card which has windows installed in it but I don't get signal on my tv when i turn the pc on. I im using a hdmi cable to connect the tv to the pc. I have a Gigabyte OC GTX 760 Graphics card. It might be that the graphics card is not ready/updated for a hdmi to hdmi connection. How can i resolve this issue? It might be that if I buy a DVI to Hdmi adapter and connect that to the pc and have one end of the hdmi cable plugged in there it might work. Is that the solution? Or do I have to buy a dvi to vga adapter and buy a vga cable? Please Help ASAP! Thanks
 

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Graphics cards can use HDMI right out of the box. There's a few basic steps you can perform before buying more equipment:
1. If available, try a different HDMI cable.
2. Make sure that you are on the correct input. Cycle through your TVs inputs to make sure its not just on the wrong one.
3. If possible, use another computer or device (such as a dvd player) to test the port on the TV.
4. Has this graphics card been plugged into another TV? Test it on another TV. Although rare, sometimes the ports on these card can break even though the rest of the card works fine. (Speaking from experience, I actually have a 7970 that the HDMI doesn't work, but everything else it fine)
 
BREADBOARD. ALWAYS BREADBOARD.

Take apart the entire computer again, fully. Place Mobo (no CPU,etc.) on a wood board or the Mobo cardboard box it came in. Does it have ONBOARD video? If so THAT is what you need to connect first, if not, then connect the GPU with HDMI. Seat ONE stick of RAM and the CPU/Cooler. connect from case ONLY the power switch, then connect the PSU ONLY to the Mobo. Power on.

Does it work? If it doesn't work at this point (no BIOS on the screen) then ONE of these components is bad / broke. If you see the display, shut down. Now add the second stick AS PER THE MOBO MANUAL as DUAL Channel (not simply the next slot). Power on, do you get BIOS and does it show that correct amount of Memory. If not, test again or replace defective memory.

Plug in GPU (if you have onboard video), boot to BIOS, and set the Video to use PCIexpress NOT onboard for default. Move connection from Mobo to GPU, reboot. Do you see BIOS? If not then reseat GPU and try again? If not then switch back to Mobo onboard video can you see BIOS? If not, then you may need to unplug the power from the wall, then remove the 'watch battery' for the BIOS for 10 minutes (NO LESS), plug back in batter then power to wall, and will reset the BIOS to factory (onboard would be default).

If all is good then plug in ONE drive, test to BIOS, is it detected? Plug in second drive, test, then DVD, test. When all components are proven in BIOS to be seen, THEN insert Windows DVD and install WIndows Only. Once done shut down. Unplug drives, power switch, ups, GPU. Fit in case, and plug back in GPU, PSU, get to BIOS yes? No? If no then reseat the GPU or check onboard GPU to see if it reset.

Again one thing at a time, DVD first, bios check, 2nd drive, bios check, boot drive, bios check then try Windows.


IT IS TEDIOUS, but it proves when a component does / doesn't work so your not pulling your hair out as you are now and no idea WHICH component isn't working.
 

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That is needlessly complicated and unnecessary. If you read his post, he said that not only is windows ALREADY installed, but the PC turns on just fine. His TV is not receiving the signal. NOTHING you suggested will help that problem. Even if the BIOS has onboard graphics turned on, any BIOS made in the last several years has an autodetect which will run PCIe based graphics with no extra configuration.
 
No the OP said "My pc has a ssd card which has windows installed in it " (i.e. he moved the SSD from a old/working computer) not that he INSTALLED windows after building his PC. The latter would be as your saying then using ANY other screen would 'work' since he had to 'see' to install Windows'.

OP please clarify, is the SSD from another PC or not? IF it is is Windows 7 or older AND was a OEM computer (Dell, Gateway, etc.) WINDOWS WILL NOT LOAD. It is tied ONLY to the 'old' PC hardware and will ONLY work with the old PC. You would need a 'off the shelf' copy of Windows, not one that 'came with the PC', incase you weren't aware.

This changed with Windows8 that it can move to any hardware now.

If you INSTALLED Windows after you built the PC, what happens when you plug in the WORKING monitor again on this build?
 

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The ssd is completely new. All the parts are completely new. The pc just opens fine however with hdmi connected to tv and pc nothing came up. btw my friend built the pc and his built over 10. So when it never worked he said I'll just install windows on the ssd and give it back and see if its works. He took the ssd, put it on his pc and installed 64bit windows 7 on it then put it back on my pc. Which means the ssd also works. Additionally, I plugged the hdmi to the laptop and tv and it works. So no problem with the hdmi.

 

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Ok, if there is no problem with the HDMI or TV, then you just eliminated most potential issues. The remaining issues are with the graphics card. IT can be one of two things now. Either the port itself is broken on the card (which the card itself may still work, just lacking that one port), or your card is now receiving enough power. If possible, try using a DVI or VGA cable with your card. If another port works, then you have a faulty card. Could you post your power supply to help determine if that is the issue?
 

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Well it might be this. my mobo is a 970a-ds3p. it has pci 2 gpu slots i think. but my grpahics card is pci 3 express. So do i need to update the motherboard driver. if yes, how>
 

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PCIe 2.0 and PCIe 3.0 are built into the board and cannot be upgraded. No driver will change this. If a PCIe 3.0 is placed into a PCIe 2.0 slot, the card will simply run in PCIe 2.0 mode. The card will still work. That has nothing to do with your current issue.
 


So that is a YES, Windows was installed to the SSD outside of this build.

Again, back to my post BREADBOARD because "So when it never worked " on your build. ANYTHING can be wrong with it and the LENGTHY but NECESSARY process works through and tells you exactly which parts are working and which are not.

By the way, just because it is new doesn't mean it is working. A simple 'pushing the hair out of my face' charges your hand with static electricity and you touch the CPU/GPU/whatever and you just fried the 'new' part. It is very easy to damage computer parts, especially if your unfamiliar (your friend built 10 systems, you have not said you built as many or more) with building PCs.

Oh and by the way, I been building PCs since 1985 with my first computer, a Vic-20. This is how you build a PC and has always worked.