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Are PC and TV monitors both necessary
- Thread starter glb45
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If I have both my PC monitor and TV hooked to the PC, then both come out from being asleep just fine. But if I unhook the PC monitor, that is not the case. Am i doing something wrong or must both be hooked to the PC?
Jerry
Hi Jerry
No they are not both required, I have a PC connectted to a TV via a DVI to HDMI cable and it works fine - unless I have a graphics card issues, in which case I plug a monitor in to resolve.
Which is your default screen? (Which displays the bios message when booting?)
If this is the monitor try swapping the cables over on your graphics card.
Regards
UKMedia
My Computer
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Self Build
- OS
- Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit (SP 1)
- CPU
- Intel Core i7 4770K OC
- Motherboard
- ASUS Maximus VII Ranger
- Memory
- 32GB 1600Mhz DDR3
- Graphics Card(s)
- MSI GTX580 Twin Frozr II/OC and NVIDIA GTX 970
- Sound Card
- On-Board and Soundblaster Recon 3 D headset
- Monitor(s) Displays
- x2 Flat screen 21" LG displays + x1 LG W2363D (3D)
- Hard Drives
- 5 internal Hard Drives:
1 x WD 120GB Solid State
4 x WD 1TB (CAVIAR BLACK 1TB 32MB 7200 SATA) as Raid 5 array
- PSU
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- Case
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- Internet Speed
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- Antivirus
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- Other Info
- Teaming 2 GB network connection to Wired 1GB switch.
Connected to 37TB (Raid 5) of network storage on a wired 1GB lan.
(Mixture of internal hard drives, 1TB, 2TB, 4TB & 16TB Terastations)
UKMedia,
The TV monitor is fed thru the HDMI output of the PC and the PC monitor is fed thru the DVI output of the PC. Are you suggesting to buy a DVI to HDMI cable and then feeding the TV from the PC DVI output? That seems that logically it should work. But is it necessary to buy a cable to solve the problem? (They are quite cheap so I can do so if necessary - just curious.)
Jerry
The TV monitor is fed thru the HDMI output of the PC and the PC monitor is fed thru the DVI output of the PC. Are you suggesting to buy a DVI to HDMI cable and then feeding the TV from the PC DVI output? That seems that logically it should work. But is it necessary to buy a cable to solve the problem? (They are quite cheap so I can do so if necessary - just curious.)
Jerry
My Computer
- OS
- windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
UKMedia,
The TV monitor is fed thru the HDMI output of the PC and the PC monitor is fed thru the DVI output of the PC. Are you suggesting to buy a DVI to HDMI cable and then feeding the TV from the PC DVI output? That seems that logically it should work. But is it necessary to buy a cable to solve the problem? (They are quite cheap so I can do so if necessary - just curious.)
Jerry
Hi Jerry
That would fix the problem but what graphics card do you have? (It's easier if you complete your system specs.) The majority of cards have a default port which can't be changed.
Regards
UKMedia
My Computer
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Self Build
- OS
- Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit (SP 1)
- CPU
- Intel Core i7 4770K OC
- Motherboard
- ASUS Maximus VII Ranger
- Memory
- 32GB 1600Mhz DDR3
- Graphics Card(s)
- MSI GTX580 Twin Frozr II/OC and NVIDIA GTX 970
- Sound Card
- On-Board and Soundblaster Recon 3 D headset
- Monitor(s) Displays
- x2 Flat screen 21" LG displays + x1 LG W2363D (3D)
- Hard Drives
- 5 internal Hard Drives:
1 x WD 120GB Solid State
4 x WD 1TB (CAVIAR BLACK 1TB 32MB 7200 SATA) as Raid 5 array
- PSU
- Dark Power Pro 10 1200W
- Case
- CoolerMaster HAF 932 Case - Black
- Cooling
- Thermaltake Contac21 cooler
- Keyboard
- Cyborg
- Mouse
- Razor Mamba
- Internet Speed
- 0.5 Mb - (Benefits of rural location!) & 24 MB Sat
- Antivirus
- MSE
- Other Info
- Teaming 2 GB network connection to Wired 1GB switch.
Connected to 37TB (Raid 5) of network storage on a wired 1GB lan.
(Mixture of internal hard drives, 1TB, 2TB, 4TB & 16TB Terastations)
System Specs
UKMedia,
I have a vanilla Dell Inspiron 580 that is suppose to have a 512 MB NVIDIA GeForce G310.
If I disconnect the PC monitor, when awakening the TV monitor does not respond. I have to hook back up the PC monitor, restart the system, log in on the PC monitor, and then reactivate WMC on the TV.
It seems like there is some software somewhere that is requiring that the DVI output be connected to something?
Jerry
UKMedia,
I have a vanilla Dell Inspiron 580 that is suppose to have a 512 MB NVIDIA GeForce G310.
If I disconnect the PC monitor, when awakening the TV monitor does not respond. I have to hook back up the PC monitor, restart the system, log in on the PC monitor, and then reactivate WMC on the TV.
It seems like there is some software somewhere that is requiring that the DVI output be connected to something?
Jerry
My Computer
- OS
- windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
UKMedia,
I have a vanilla Dell Inspiron 580 that is suppose to have a 512 MB NVIDIA GeForce G310.
If I disconnect the PC monitor, when awakening the TV monitor does not respond. I have to hook back up the PC monitor, restart the system, log in on the PC monitor, and then reactivate WMC on the TV.
It seems like there is some software somewhere that is requiring that the DVI output be connected to something?
Jerry
Okay Jerry
That card does support dual monitors, so I would suggest that buying the new cable and swapping the monitor connections will sort out the problem. Let us know how you get on.
Regards
UKMedia.
My Computer
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Self Build
- OS
- Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit (SP 1)
- CPU
- Intel Core i7 4770K OC
- Motherboard
- ASUS Maximus VII Ranger
- Memory
- 32GB 1600Mhz DDR3
- Graphics Card(s)
- MSI GTX580 Twin Frozr II/OC and NVIDIA GTX 970
- Sound Card
- On-Board and Soundblaster Recon 3 D headset
- Monitor(s) Displays
- x2 Flat screen 21" LG displays + x1 LG W2363D (3D)
- Hard Drives
- 5 internal Hard Drives:
1 x WD 120GB Solid State
4 x WD 1TB (CAVIAR BLACK 1TB 32MB 7200 SATA) as Raid 5 array
- PSU
- Dark Power Pro 10 1200W
- Case
- CoolerMaster HAF 932 Case - Black
- Cooling
- Thermaltake Contac21 cooler
- Keyboard
- Cyborg
- Mouse
- Razor Mamba
- Internet Speed
- 0.5 Mb - (Benefits of rural location!) & 24 MB Sat
- Antivirus
- MSE
- Other Info
- Teaming 2 GB network connection to Wired 1GB switch.
Connected to 37TB (Raid 5) of network storage on a wired 1GB lan.
(Mixture of internal hard drives, 1TB, 2TB, 4TB & 16TB Terastations)