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popper · 29-10-2008, 22:35

"But now it will not come on ive been trying for a week, if it doesnt come on soon im taking the TV back"

hmm, so you had the HD working but you didnt realise you could just drag app windows to it, and now its stopped working due to you changing some option!

the other possibility is your talking about the default option for most HDtvs ,if you dont have a signal coming into the selected port, its defaults to a blue screen to tell you its got no signal.

you can try this,im not sure it will work as i cant test it yet (no lead as above) but for the old composit out connections you could just unplug the monitor lead into the PC while the composit lead was pluged in to your tv and the tv turned on to automaticly activate that composit port as your primary display device as you power up and boot your PC.

doing that made windows use the composit out as the primary screen as it booted up no need to change any options in windowsXP etc.

so if i were you id try that simple test/option first.

switch the HDtv on, select HDMI3 (if its still pluged into that port as above) , unplug (not just turn off) the PC monitor from the back of the PC , then turn your PC on and boot up.

if its like the old composit connection , because your PC only has one connected device in its multiple output ports, it SHOULD try adn use that HDMI port as its primary display device, and you should see your usual booting options etc on your HDtv, IF its set up to work the same way as the old way , just try it, and that might tell you its working fine.

you just need to then learn how to change the Windows OS options to suit your needs later.

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29-10-2008, 22:35	#10
popper cf.mega poster Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,270	Re: PC to HDMI "But now it will not come on ive been trying for a week, if it doesnt come on soon im taking the TV back" hmm, so you had the HD working but you didnt realise you could just drag app windows to it, and now its stopped working due to you changing some option! the other possibility is your talking about the default option for most HDtvs ,if you dont have a signal coming into the selected port, its defaults to a blue screen to tell you its got no signal. you can try this,im not sure it will work as i cant test it yet (no lead as above) but for the old composit out connections you could just unplug the monitor lead into the PC while the composit lead was pluged in to your tv and the tv turned on to automaticly activate that composit port as your primary display device as you power up and boot your PC. doing that made windows use the composit out as the primary screen as it booted up no need to change any options in windowsXP etc. so if i were you id try that simple test/option first. switch the HDtv on, select HDMI3 (if its still pluged into that port as above) , unplug (not just turn off) the PC monitor from the back of the PC , then turn your PC on and boot up. if its like the old composit connection , because your PC only has one connected device in its multiple output ports, it SHOULD try adn use that HDMI port as its primary display device, and you should see your usual booting options etc on your HDtv, IF its set up to work the same way as the old way , just try it, and that might tell you its working fine. you just need to then learn how to change the Windows OS options to suit your needs later. ---------- Post added at 21:35 ---------- Previous post was at 21:22 ---------- BTW,to reply to posts you want to post to ,just click their quote button on their post and it gets filled in for you to start typing below the text after the close quote.... keeps it tidy.