Using DVI to HDMI

[canadianguy]

Hello everyone

I have just purchased a new monitor (ASUS VH242&222) and have decided to try out HDMI. My video card is a EVGA GTX 460 that has two DVI and a mini hdmi outputs so I bought a DVI to HDMI cable with the DVI going into my video card and the HDMI going into the monitor.

However when I boot my PC I get a message that I have to select the proper boot device: so I went into the BIOS and played around with the boot order of my devices (2 hardrives, the cd/dvd drive and my external sound card that is plugged into a USB port of my tower) but I wasn't able to figure out a way to get it to work.

I've looked around the internet for solutions but all I find is people having issues with TV and PCs and I don't even own a TV...

Anyone know how to get around this? Is it even worth it? Is HDMI really that much better?

Thank you!

 

[amk-aka-Phantom]

Boot device has nothing to do with HDMI or DVI. It is the media from which your operating system boots - that is, a hard drive, the CD-ROM or something like that. Your problem is related to them, not the screen. Check that you're booting from the correct hard drive.

 

[canadianguy]

Fair enough, but I am puzzled as to why this started when I started using the HDMI...

Thanks!

EDIT: yup everything works this time around! Many thanks!

 

[amk-aka-Phantom]

Did you manage to boot?

 

[canadianguy]

Best answer selected by canadianguy.

 

[Mousemonkey]

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