Do I have to use VGA cable for first boot?

[HotFudgeHot]

Hello and thanks in advance to whoever can shine some light on this topic.

I'm using an Intel i-5 4570 with a Sapphire Radeon 7870 on an MSI B35M- P33 mobo.

I'm trying to boot the PC nothing is configured no OS installed using HDMI via the GPU.

Is this possible or do I need VGA for my first boot?

- HFH

 

[Supahos]

I've not done it with a HDMI cable but have used DVI several times. I think it should work with the HDMI as well though. Will still start as big ugly pictures but it should be fine.

 

[Ironsounds]

Hello... I always first boot using the Connection from the Motherboard and the On-Board CPU/GPU/IGT... and a DVI or HDMI always works for me... then i know the build is good and the BIO's is available... I install my GPU after i get Windows loaded and Drivers for the MB installed.
The Bios is pre-programed to look there first for video output/display.

 

[bnn]

not sure what your question is about, you get no display? don't use VGA, just use DVI instead of HDMI, there's no graphical differences the only difference is that HDMI transmits audio and video while DVI only transmits video

 

[_Vass]

not sure what your question is about, you get no display? don't use VGA, just use DVI instead of HDMI, there's no graphical differences the only difference is that HDMI transmits audio and video while DVI only transmits video

actually dvi is able to transmit audio, nvidia for example has made their gtx series capable of doing it

 

[bnn]

not sure what your question is about, you get no display? don't use VGA, just use DVI instead of HDMI, there's no graphical differences the only difference is that HDMI transmits audio and video while DVI only transmits video

actually dvi is able to transmit audio, nvidia for example has made their gtx series capable of doing it

mm but he have an AMD gpu point is, there's no reason to use HDMI, i have tried HDMI connection as well and i only had trouble with it with my AMD gpu

 

[WinSomeLoseNone]

With nearly every main-stream motherboard you can use any type of video output that your motherboard/GPU supports.

You MoBo should detect the video output device and output a signal through whatever connector you are using.

If you have a dedicated PCIE Video Card the same applies. Simply plug in the connector of your choice and boot up.

You do not need to have an OS installed in order to use DVI/HDMI/DP+, etc.

 

[HotFudgeHot]

Thanks for all of your answers. What I meant to say was: will I need my video output to be linked to the motherboard BEFORE I can video out with my GPU...

My mobo does not have HDMI... I see now it was foolish to think to use the archaic VGA.

That being said do I need to DVI through my mobo to get video out initially? Because right now I'm getting nothing on my screen with HDMI through GPU.

I heard that new Intel cups will cause mobo to use the built in graphics as default.

 

[WinSomeLoseNone]

Check the input mode on your monitor.
Confirm you have plugged in the dedicated PCIE 6x/8x power cable to your video card.

Depending on your Motherboard and BIOS version HDMI may not work, I have never experienced this first hand.

Try using a different port on your video card (be sure to adjust monitor input each time). If all of these fail, power down the machine and remove the video card. Try using one of the integrated video outputs on the Motherboard.

I'm not seeing the Motherboard model "MSI B35M-P33". The 4570 is a socket 1150 CPU. If you have an MSI board it will be on this page:
http://www.msi.com/product/mb/#/?sk=Socket 1150

Do you actually have the B85M-P33? If so you have DVI & VGA integrated video outputs.

 

[HotFudgeHot]

The mobo: http://us.msi.com/product/mb/B85M-P33.html

Reason I'm going through all of this is because I'm using a TV to HDMI into and it doesn't have any other ports such as DVI.

So looks like I'm heading to Microcenter for a monitor... unless there are any other ideas.

Thanks for the help.

 

[WinSomeLoseNone]

Rather than buy a monitor pick up a DVI --> HDMI Cable.

http://www.monoprice.com/Product/?c_id=102&cp_id=10231&cs_id=1023104&p_id=2404&seq=1&format=2#description

Inexpensive solution and will ship same-day typically.