A friend gave me an old gaming pc (i know it’s out dated) and i am trying to hook it up to my monitor. I have the HDMI plugged into the GPU of the pc and into the rear of my monitor. Pc seems to turn on fine and so does monitor but I cannot seem to connect the 2. I have tried all HDMI ports on the computer and the monitor and I have also tried a D-Sub connector as well. Neither have worked and I’m not sure what’s wrong. Here are some photos for reference.
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What model CPU is that? If it has onboard graphics you can try it without the GPU, but most AM4 CPUs don’t.
Do you have a backup graphics card you could try?
did you plug the additional power cables into the video card? when you turn on the PC do you see the fans on the video card spinning?
Try these, #1 can usually help.
1. Reset CMOS (take small battery out of motherboard, or use the jumper pins) — then power on the PC, it will appear to power on, then shut off, then power on again after doing this. It’s normal.
2. try booting with only 1 stick of RAM at a time (also try both slots)
3. Try a different PCIe slot for the GPU