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Thread ID: 102371 2009-08-17 07:13:00 DVI/VGA and HDMI toonttm (14853) Press F1
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801876 2009-08-17 07:13:00 Just bought a HD TV, want to run the HDMI output from my 8600GT card to the TV.

Currently I have the HDMI running to my monitor.

So, went and plugged the DVI to VGA connector in (to the back of the 8600GT) and then plugged that into the monitor...can't get a signal??

Is there something in software I need to do to make both the DVI/VGA and HDMI outputs active??
toonttm (14853)
801877 2009-08-17 07:21:00 If the Nvidia drivers have been installed go into its settings and configure it Speedy Gonzales (78)
801878 2009-08-17 07:44:00 Some boards only allow one digital signal. So you can have VGA and DVI or VGA and HDMI. gcarmich (10068)
801879 2009-08-17 11:42:00 Why use DVI-VGA? Does the monitor not have a DVI connection?
What about trying a DVI-HDMI cable? That is what I use with my TV.

But may pay to check, as gcarmich said, your card may not support both the HDMI & DVI outputs working at the same time.
I have only seen this with onboard graphics cards though.
CYaBro (73)
801880 2009-08-19 05:29:00 All good once I went to Nvidia panel, cloned each screen. Must say the DVI to VGA is a terrible idea, the clarity I had in games disappeared so will go get a DVI to HDMI cable for the monitor. The HDMI to the TV works great. toonttm (14853)
801881 2009-08-20 02:21:00 also note the monitor may not auto detect the different connection and you may need to manually selct the VGA input on the monitor dugimodo (138)
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