Recently, I was having a problem where i plugged my VGA into my motherboard while my GPU was plugged up so my monitor wouldn't display anything. Currently my GPU is stuck half out of my PCI-e slot and wont budge ANY. I'm going to try and wiggle it around later and see if i can fix it up.
To use my GPU will i need to buy a dvi cable? and if so, which one?
this may be easier to understand:
My monitor is connected to my motherboard because I don't have a dvi cable.
If I plug in my GPU to the motherboard, my monitor doesn't display anything.
I assume that I have to get a dvi cable and connect my monitor to gpu.
I'm unsure what dvi cable to get. a DVI-D cable or DVI-I cable.
(monitor is dvi-d and gpu is dvi-i)
and my second issue is that when i do get the cable, im not sure what to change in the bios to make my pc use the gpu instead of the onboard graphics.
so my GPU box it says Dual - link DVI in its features but online it says Dual-link DVI-I
My monitor: HP W2072a
specs:
CPU - Intel - Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler - CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler
Motherboard - MSI - Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Memory - Team - Dark 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card - MSI - GeForce GTX 960 4GB Video Card
Case - DIYPC - Skyline-07-R ATX Full Tower Case
Power Supply - Corsair - 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
Optical Drive - ASUS
Asus - DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer
To use my GPU will i need to buy a dvi cable? and if so, which one?
this may be easier to understand:
My monitor is connected to my motherboard because I don't have a dvi cable.
If I plug in my GPU to the motherboard, my monitor doesn't display anything.
I assume that I have to get a dvi cable and connect my monitor to gpu.
I'm unsure what dvi cable to get. a DVI-D cable or DVI-I cable.
(monitor is dvi-d and gpu is dvi-i)
and my second issue is that when i do get the cable, im not sure what to change in the bios to make my pc use the gpu instead of the onboard graphics.
so my GPU box it says Dual - link DVI in its features but online it says Dual-link DVI-I
My monitor: HP W2072a
specs:
CPU - Intel - Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler - CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler
Motherboard - MSI - Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Memory - Team - Dark 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card - MSI - GeForce GTX 960 4GB Video Card
Case - DIYPC - Skyline-07-R ATX Full Tower Case
Power Supply - Corsair - 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
Optical Drive - ASUS
Asus - DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer