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My GPU has VGA, DVI and HDMI outputs. On PC start-up, about 4 months ago, the VGA connected monitor stopped displaying the Gigabyte splash screen, but everything is fine after that. TV connected to the HDMI output does show the gigabyte splash screen. Can't check the DVI as I have no cable.
Wasn't a problem till I needed to do some work on the pc yesterday, and don't have a wi-fi mouse or keyboard.
Any ideas?
 
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Slatey said:
My GPU has VGA, DVI and HDMI outputs. On PC start-up, about 4 months ago, the VGA connected monitor stopped displaying the Gigabyte splash screen, but everything is fine after that. TV connected to the HDMI output does show the gigabyte splash screen. Can't check the DVI as I have no cable.
Wasn't a problem till I needed to do some work on the pc yesterday, and don't have a wi-fi mouse or keyboard.
Any ideas?
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Do you have dedicated GPU card ?
 
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Slatey said:
VGA connected monitor stopped displaying the Gigabyte splash screen, but everything is fine after that.
TV connected to the HDMI output does show the gigabyte splash screen.
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BIOS splash screen is being shown only on primary video output.
So - on one screen only (not on all of them).

Have only single screen connected and reboot your pc. You should get your splash screen.
If still doesn't work, then reset BIOS settings.
Slatey said:
and don't have a wi-fi mouse or keyboard.
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Wireless mice/keyboards don't use wifi. They use either Bluetooth or RF 2.4Ghz range.
 
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SkyNetRising said:
BIOS splash screen is being shown only on primary video output.
So - on one screen only (not on all of them).

Have only single screen connected and reboot your pc. You should get your splash screen.
If still doesn't work, then reset BIOS settings.

Wireless mice/keyboards don't use wifi. They use either Bluetooth or RF 2.4Ghz range.
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Sorry, left a bit out. BIOS screen after the splash screen is also not showing on monitor, but is in the HDMI tv. Will try the HDMI disconnect shortly and see what happens.
RF or whatever [I really meant wireless] doesn't matter, don't have a remote mouse/keyboard. Have been getting around it in BIOS with the wife telling me where to move the mouse on the TV is, but that is tedious.
Yes, I have a dedicated GPU card - no onboard video with this i7 CPU.
Mainly just wondering why this fault would just show up suddenly after everything working ok for 5 years.
 
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OK, unplugged the HDMI, got the Gigabyte splash screen on the VGA monitor, but no BIOS screen. Don't know why using the enter button to get into BIOS was mentioned - doesn't work, and the splash screen tells me to use the delete button, which has always worked.
As I don't know what I am looking for, which BIOS settings [monitor?], do I need to reset, or are we talking about the complete BIOS?
 
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Slatey said:
Don't know why using the enter button to get into BIOS was mentioned - doesn't work
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not enter
JohnBonhamsGhost said:
spam the entry key
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as in whatever key enables entry to the BIOS.

Slatey said:
I don't know what I am looking for, which BIOS settings
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usually there's nothing related to what you're experiencing in the BIOS.

you could actually just purchase a modern monitor for the system and forget this issue you're having.
 
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".....nothing related to what you are experiencing..." seems to be the story of my life with PC's. Even used to stump the IT guys at work with this type of thing. Now retired, so just purchasing another monitor is not an option/necessity as this one works fine otherwise. Don't need to get into BIOS that often anyway, just thought there may be a simple explanation.
TV is 8 metres away in the same room [can't move it], and the viewing angle from the PC desk to it is very acute, so colour is quite faded out at that angle, and my eyes aren't as good as they used to be.
Using the wife as cursor spotter is a lot quicker than undoing all the PC bits and moving it, and then back again.
Might have to borrow the daughter's HDMI monitor cable and test my monitor with that.
 
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Slatey said:
".....nothing related to what you are experiencing..." seems to be the story of my life with PC's. Even used to stump the IT guys at work with this type of thing. Now retired, so just purchasing another monitor is not an option/necessity as this one works fine otherwise. Don't need to get into BIOS that often anyway, just thought there may be a simple explanation.
TV is 8 metres away in the same room [can't move it], and the viewing angle from the PC desk to it is very acute, so colour is quite faded out at that angle, and my eyes aren't as good as they used to be.
Using the wife as cursor spotter is a lot quicker than undoing all the PC bits and moving it, and then back again.
Might have to borrow the daughter's HDMI monitor cable and test my monitor with that.
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Monitor and TV need to send back signal that they are ready for PC input and TV may not do that while in BIOS, or BIOS may not detect it. Cable is not going to change that but setting TV for that particular input before PC is turned off might.
PS. to enter BIOS it's usually Del and/or some F button, check MB manual.
 
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Slatey said:
Might have to borrow the daughter's HDMI monitor cable and test my monitor with that.
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if your monitor offers HDMI input,
just go purchase a cheap cable and use that.

though i would imagine any modern household has many just stashed away by now.
each input/output video device for the last 20 years would've come with them.
if this monitor actually does have HDMI ports, then it also came with the appropriate cable.
 
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Slatey said:
the VGA connected monitor stopped displaying the Gigabyte splash screen, but everything is fine after that. TV connected to the HDMI output does show the gigabyte splash screen
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I've had something very similar, but it was so many years ago I cannot remember (2006). I think it might have been the plasma TV didn't show the initial BIOS splash screen via HDMI, but it worked fine when I used the VGA input on a separate monitor.

I ended up accepting the TV was slow recognising the HDMI signal and swapped over to a computer monitor when I wanted to enter the BIOS. At the time I was probably running Windows XP or Windows 7.
 
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Monitor connected to PC with daughter's HDMI cable [my original spare now on her new monito], works fine and I get BIOS. However, with only the one HDMI outlet on the GPU, I cannot run both the monitor and TV without changing plugs.
Separate problem - purchased an HDMI splitter cable a while back to enable this, but with both TV and monitor connected I get no signal to either, even when one or the other is off.
Neighbor has a business with many PC's, so as it is now the weekend, will see if I can borrow a DVI and VGA cable to test.
 
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