Can I connect my computer to a TV?

[itztoxic]

So I have a Samsung UN32J5500AFXZA and I currently don't have a monitor so I am trying to connect my PC to this TV can this work or will I have to get a monitor?

 

[alexoiu]

It depends. Is Windows installed on the pc? What cable using for connecting the tv?
Are you connecting the tv to the graphics card, and not motherboard?

 

[itztoxic]

I am connecting it through a DVI-D to Hdmi Cable on my motherboard I have windows 10, but I have only just put it in the optical drive.

 

[itztoxic]

I have a separate laptop laying around that I connected to the TV with an HDMI cable and it worked

 

[alexoiu]

It might be that you have to firstly install Windows and the graphics driver and then you can use the tv.
Make sure that it's connected to the graphics card, and not motherboard.

 

[itztoxic]

How can I install windows when I am getting no signal do I have to do something with the computer? And I will try to connect it to the graphics card and see what happens.

 

[itztoxic]

I connected it to the graphics cards which is a GTX 1080 and I still got no signal.

 

[alexoiu]

When graphics card installed, the motherboard vide ports are disabled.
If still not working, try borrowing a monitor, install Windows and the graphics driver, and then you can use the tv.

 

[itztoxic]

What do you mean by the first sentence, and what would be my graphics driver.

 

[alexoiu]

I mean that the system does detect the graphics card and disables the integrated graphics, passing the control to the card.
It can be changed in BIOS, but you have to be able to see the BIOS...
The graphics driver is the NVidia graphics driver that you'd install after installing Windows.

 

[itztoxic]

Man this is taking longer than it should have

 

[alexoiu]

Short: Borrow a monitor or buy one.

 

[itztoxic]

Thank you

 

[alexoiu]

You're welcome.