Nvidia Geforce 450 gts to Sony Bravia HDMI Problem

[javiervilla]

first... sorry my English, im from Chile...

So, i buy the Geforce 450 gts graphic card.
install the drivers and run perfect...

the problem, it´s that now a buy a Sony Bravia 32´´

the Tv comes with a HDMI slot...
and the graphic card have a mini HDMI slot.

first... i didn´t have the cable to conect the PC to the Tv... i do it with a common vga cable from the graphic card to the slot in the tv..
it work perfect... nice

so, now, i buy a HDMI to MiniHDMI Cable and conect the Graphic Card to the tv... (because i want to see movies in HD on my computer)
but... at the time to turn on the pc and start to load windows, the image its perfect... but when finish to load windows (the tipical black window with the logo of windows) the conection breaks... and the Tv show a message that the format is Invalid.

So, i dont know what to do... it´s a problem of drivers?.. the tv isn´t compatible with the graphic card? or i really dont know..

plz help!
and again, sorry for my english

 

[hjonesMCT]

Hey there, and WELCOME

This has worked before for me and other folks when connecting a second display or TV. Sometimes Windows 7 likes to change projector settings on you. Try tapping Windows key + P until your TV display comes on. That should do the trick.

Keep us posted, let us know if that works.

Best, Heather

 

[javiervilla]

thanxs... i will try now and tell you in 5 minutes

 

[javiervilla]

dosn´t work....

i conect the HDMI to the Sony Bravia and the MINI HDMI to the graphic Card... and start load windows...and when finish load windows and should open window, the screen turn blue and says that de format is Invalid

when i conect the tipical vga cable AND the hdmi at the same time... windows freeze in the opening windows screen (after open windows but before load programs or shortcups)

Do you understand?? .. im going to upload some pictures

 

[hjonesMCT]

I understand.
Did you pressing Windows key + P after you got the "Format is invalid" screen?

Edit: Wait, which screen turns blue? The TV, or the monitor?

 

[javiervilla]

yes! i do a lot of time, but nothing change

 

[javiervilla]

im just conecting a tv... i do not have a monitor

 

[javiervilla]

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[hjonesMCT]

All right. Something's not right.

Do you have another monitor or TV you can connect the cable to? It's been my experience that bad cables are more common than you would think, unfortunately.

Also, do you have a different HDMI cable, or can you try a different one?

Windows 7 should automatically see the TV and adjust resolution for optimized output.

(just got your images, thanks!)

 

[hjonesMCT]

Also, do you have another device that uses miniHDMI? Probably not, but you could also try testing the cable by connecting it to two other devices, or between another device and the TV.

 

[javiervilla]

i will try..

 

[javiervilla]

i don´t have another device with minihdmi... but the cable is new... i just buy it two hours ago...

im going to conect mi notebook to the sony bravia TV with a full HDMI cable to prob anyway