My newly build PC won't connect to my VGA connected monitor

TheAljavis · Jan 22, 2017

Here's all the specs to my PC
http://pcpartpicker.com/list/Zrs84C

So I tried to connect my monitor to my PC with a VGA plug, but for some reason there's no display on the monitor. It actually worked the first time I turned my PC on, but fr some reason it won't anymore. I tested it out by connecting it to my laptop and it works fine. I even tested it out by using another VGA monitor, and that also won't display anything, so that made me think its the PC itself. If you guys can, please help me out. I was really looking forward to using my very first built PC.

Pkai92 · Jan 22, 2017

Change the input on your monitor using the buttons that are found on the screen. If you are seeing the POST screen and can enter the BIOS, then make sure that the primary adapter is set to PCI and not onboard graphics.

extra_anchovy · Jan 22, 2017

maybe GFX card output is digital and monitor is analogue?

I had to use a DVI-D to VGA analogue converter in order to use my old monitor with my new GFX card

dontlistentome · Jan 22, 2017

That videocard has a VGA output, so it should hook up to a VGA monitor no problem. You tested the monitor by connecting it to the laptop? So you know the monitor works. Then it has to be the card. Do you know someone with a DVI or HDMI monitor and would they let you hook your computer up to it? It might be that the VGA output isn't working but maybe the card works with the other outputs.

TheAljavis · Jan 22, 2017

Pkai92 :

But that's exactly the problem. There's nothing on the screen. The light next to the power button is red, so the screen isn't even on.

TheAljavis · Jan 22, 2017

dontlistentome :

Is there a way to fix the VGA output? because I have no other monitor with a DVI or HDMI plug. Plus, the VGA plug worked perfectly fine before, and I'm just wondering why it decided to stop working.

Pkai92 · Jan 22, 2017

It is not a monitor issue. If you can, borrow a monitor from a friend and try a different port or put your GPU in an another system.

TheAljavis · Jan 22, 2017

Pkai92 :

Put my GPU in another system? What do you mean by that? Sorry, I'm not a huge tech guy.

Pkai92 · Jan 23, 2017

I meant that if it is possible, try your GPU on a different PC (your friend's Pc).

RobCrezz · Jan 23, 2017

Can you try another monitor/TV? It might not even be a GPU problem, the system might not be starting at all due to something else (any error beep codes?).

Pkai92 · Jan 23, 2017

He already did try another monitor. Also, his monitor works fine on an another Pc.

SammChisnall · Jan 23, 2017

Trivial question: Have you definitely plugged into the GPU and not the Motherboards VGA slot?

TheAljavis · Jan 23, 2017

SammChisnall :

Yes I did plug into the GPU

TheAljavis · Jan 23, 2017

Pkai92 :

Unfortunately i dont have another PC

Pkai92 · Jan 23, 2017

Did you try a converter? Like VGA to DVI adapter? Try that. If you can't even try that then ask for a card RMA.

TheAljavis · Jan 23, 2017

Pkai92 :

Sorry, I don't have any adapters.

What's a card RMA?

Pkai92 · Jan 23, 2017

Your PC is newly built right ? There is a return policy for components that are defective. If you are out of options and can't do more, then ask for a graphics card replacement.

TheAljavis · Jan 23, 2017

Pkai92 :

I actually built it around a month ago. When I connected it to my monitor, is was working perfectly fine. The reason I haven't used it for a month was because I was in another state visiting family. But by the time I came back, it just won't work anymore.

Do I have to pay to replace the GPU? Because I bought it online.

Pkai92 · Jan 23, 2017

It depends on the return policy. Send an email to the website that you have bought it from.

TheAljavis · Jan 26, 2017

I tried the VGA to HDMI converter. It didn't work.

Any other ideas?

Also, I can't return the GPU since I need all the packaging, which includes the box, and that box has been thrown away.

extra_anchovy · Jan 26, 2017

never throw out the box and all the bits that came with it. Not just because you might return it but if you sell it in the future selling with the box will increase it's resale value.

What is model of the monitor?

TheAljavis · Jan 26, 2017

extra_anchovy :

Upstar M200A1 20" Screen LED-Lit Monitor

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/716oVHAt0jL._SL1329_.jpg

Pkai92 · Jan 27, 2017

Can you try your Gpu on an another Pc ?

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