I want to switch from vga to hdmi on my monitor

[heutmd]

My monitor has vga and hdmi outputs and my computer has vga and hdmi inputs. When I disconnect the vga and go with the hdmi my monitor shows nothing. I thought I could use either one and that hdmi would be better. Is there something else I need to do to make the hdmi work?

 

[Kaarel_K]

Um monitors have inputs and PC has outputs I think.

Is the HDMI on your motherboard or Graphics card?

 

[firo40]

Have you tried rebooting with the HDMI cable connected to your PC and moniter. Also what HDMI connection on your PC are using do you have a graphics card or are these motherboard connections

 

[Wolfshadw]

No. It should work. You *are* shutting down the system when switching cables, right? Have you tried booting into safe mode with the HDMI cable connected?

-Wolf sends

 

[alexoiu]

Check the monitor manual. Maybe you have to manually select HDMI as input.

 

[koopatroopa_15]

Also, it depends on the outputs on your PC. Are both the HDMI and VGA on a graphics card ? If you are trying to plug into an HDMI that is actually part of your motherboard, you may have to enable the onboard GPU

 

[APassingMe]

Unless you want to push audio over the HDMI, I wouldn't bother with it... video is almost identical unless you have a bad vga cable.

 

[ohiou_grad_2006]

Yes, it should just work. Disconnect vga, and plug in your hdmi and try again. If you still keep having issues, you might try another hdmi cable, or verify yours is good. May also be able to use an hdmi to dvi adapter on the monitor side and output dvi from the computer.