Puter screen won't show on TV

lillibirdy

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Hello,
I had a Radeon 9200 graphics card installed, I ran a wire to my TV so I could watch HULU and such from my puter to my TV. WORKED GREAT!

I recently got a Wii and hooked it up to the net too, thru the wireless attached to same computer, it works. Now my computer screen won't show up on the TV.

I didn't change anything except added the wireless wii...

I can see that it the display manager sees it, so the wire is working, but it just won't show up on my TV anymore? Any suggestions

 

lillibirdy

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Please forgive if this seems stupid. We are swapping the input cables on the front from puter to wii as we use it. I was wondering if when setting it up I had changes something else without being aware. Can ya tell me where to look to find it? And how I might hook up wii and use my TV as puter screen for hulu and such? Thanks sooo much!
 

doped

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if you "hot-plug" the cables, the computer wont automatically enable the tv-output. turn of the PC, then plug the cables, and start the computer. Everything should work after that.
 

COLGeek

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I assume you are either hot swapping a S-video connection or a video (RCA jack) connection. Both likely have yellow ends. One has just 1 thick connector in the middle of it, the other several small wires and a square/rectangular tab to allow it to be inserted only one way. Which one are you swapping back and forth?