connect a comp tower to a tv???

[hjhjghjfhj]

so i wanna put my tower to my tv.... don't have a PC input on my tv but i have a DVI input... thing is that when i tried nothing is comming up?? yes i connected everything lol.... anyone else got any ideas??

 

[cd1_christine]

Maybe a driver setting?

so i wanna put my tower to my tv.... don't have a PC input on my tv but i have a DVI input... thing is that when i tried nothing is comming up?? yes i connected everything lol.... anyone else got any ideas??

Some drivers have a control panel that selects whether to send video to VGA or DVI. It could be that you need to change this setting. Look for an icon in the system tray (beside the clock) that looks like (usually) either the red and white ATI logo,
http://ati.amd.com/images/headers/products/index/products_index.jpg
or a little white and greenish squiggle that looks kind of like an eye.
http://www.nvidia.com/content/includes/masthead/nvidia/zonelogo_nvidia.jpg

This should take you to a control panel where you might be able to select DVI output.

Then, of course, there are also several different types of DVI, and it may be that your TV and video card are not compatible.

 

[In Anticipation]

If you only have the TV connected to the computer (and no other monitor) try simply booting up the computer like this, that way you should at least get the basic text mode boot screen and hopefully windows or whatever you are using will detect the TV as a new monitor and adjust accordingly. If you get the boot screens and not windows showing then boot windows into safe mode to change the settings. You can simply right click the desktop to change graphics settings.

You haven't said what your ultimate aim is, do you want to just use the TV or do you want to use a monitor as well? Using multiple monitors can be a pain to set up, you may well have problems playing video on both simultaneously for example and you most likely won't be able to use both at different resolutions at the same time.

 

[SubNebGuy]

Also make sure the PC is set to display a resolution the TV can handle. since you have a DVI input on the TV, I'm assuming its HD, and supports something like 1080i or 1080p.

make sure the resolution on the card matches. typically if you have the drivers AND the software suite installed, it *should* detect the TV and set resolution automatically when you boot up. It should for sure show the BIOS bootup screens, since these are usually at VGA resolution (640x480 or 800x600 native).

I assume you're trying to run the PC as an HTPC? Make sure you have some audio outputs, unless your sound card is sweet and you have 5.1 surround for the PC.

I run my 7 year old PC with an ATI all-in-wonder (the original 32mb/32bit card) with good results. I mostly play .avi, .iso rips, or stream Netflix 'instant watching' movies this way. the CPU is a meager 1600 Athlon XP, with 512mb of PC2700 RAM, WinXP Pro. (just to give you some benchmarks)

 

[In Anticipation]

Also make sure the PC is set to display a resolution the TV can handle. since you have a DVI input on the TV, I'm assuming its HD, and supports something like 1080i or 1080p.

make sure the resolution on the card matches. typically if you have the drivers AND the software suite installed, it *should* detect the TV and set resolution automatically when you boot up. It should for sure show the BIOS bootup screens, since these are usually at VGA resolution (640x480 or 800x600 native).

I assume you're trying to run the PC as an HTPC? Make sure you have some audio outputs, unless your sound card is sweet and you have 5.1 surround for the PC.

I run my 7 year old PC with an ATI all-in-wonder (the original 32mb/32bit card) with good results. I mostly play .avi, .iso rips, or stream Netflix 'instant watching' movies this way. the CPU is a meager 1600 Athlon XP, with 512mb of PC2700 RAM, WinXP Pro. (just to give you some benchmarks)

Yeah, my TV PC is a similar spec, although I'm running linux and mythtv and I have double the memory you mention. Also I'm using a nVidia graphics card and the VGA input on the TV. That might be worth trying as an alternative, I believe that there can be compatibility problems with some TV DVI inputs.

 

[hjhjghjfhj]

ya i'm basically wanting to just use it for Divx DVD's, my DVD player has Divx on it but i've found that it kinda skips with it, color isn't the same and make's scratching like noises.... my tv doesn't have a VGA input, i tried going to a few stores for DVI adapter's for VGA's if that makes sense.... but it wasn't the right one, so i had to look on ebay.... i was told you can download updates for your DVD player's though? is that true?? if it is can someone help me out with that then instead of me going out and buying a whole new tower and video card and such? my DVD player is a Toshiba SD-3990.... i've tried looking on the toshiba site but it doesn't have that model anymore....

 

[Missdemeanour]

Anyone else here think this lot above are speaking in a foreign language???

 

[In Anticipation]

Anyone else here think this lot above are speaking in a foreign language???

Я не знаю вы намереваетесь?

 

[Missdemeanour]

That translates as; men dont understand the need to shop for shoes

 

[In Anticipation]

That translates as; men dont understand the need to shop for shoes

Either you understand Russian or you used online translation . . .

I prefer clothes shopping to shoe shopping, much more fun to be had in the changing rooms.