New pc; no monitor picture!

[dylanmcdermott]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cyberpower-Warrior-i5-1060-Gaming-PCI/dp/B075H6V8KY/ref=sr_1_39?ie=UTF8&qid=1507501160&sr=8-39&keywords=gtx%2B1060%2B6gb%2Bssd%2Bi5%2B1tb&th=1

^ I ordered this pc off amazon not too long ago, it arrived today. I spent a while setting things up, only to find that when I plugged it in to my old e2013hc Dell via a VGA cable, the monitor just wants to go into power saver mode. It acknowledges a VGA is plugged in (otherwise it would give an error message, like it does when set to DVI and says "no dvi" etc) but no sign of PC, no mouse on screen.

Nothing is obviously not plugged in inside the case, and all the fans run, including on the zotac 1060 6gb. However, one of the two RGB strips also doesn't turn on - I don't particularly mind that, but it may be indicative of something?

While the monitor has given me trouble in the past, the dell self-diagnostic I ran seems to indicate the monitor works and this is a pc issue, but I'm not sure.

If more info is required please let me know.

 

[dylanmcdermott]

I was able to hook the pc up to a TV using a spare HDMI cable to plug straight into the graphics card, instead of the mobo. Theres no VGA port on the gfx card, only on mobo. Unfortunately my monitor has no HDMI port eitherand I don't seem to own a DVI cable. So there's where my problem seems to be. I need to either get a DVI cable, or a HDMI-accepting monitor. I need to upgrade from 900p to 1080 so I may do the latter.

 

[DSzymborski]

I was able to hook the pc up to a TV using a spare HDMI cable to plug straight into the graphics card, instead of the mobo. Theres no VGA port on the gfx card, only on mobo. Unfortunately my monitor has no HDMI port eitherand I don't seem to own a DVI cable. So there's where my problem seems to be. I need to either get a DVI cable, or a HDMI-accepting monitor. I need to upgrade from 900p to 1080 so I may do the latter.

To use your GPU at all, you have to connect from the GPU.