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Post by Bones on Sept 2, 2022 0:00:01 GMT -5
I drove myself crazy earlier trying to figure out what was going on with my A setups not going into the BIOS. This happened across no less than 5 Socket A setups with literally everything different between these setups. Different CPU's, boards, RAM, GPU's, keyboards, PSU's - You name it I swapped it around and out. The only common thing was...... My monitor setup. What it was doing was it would show the POST screen and when I'd hit "Delete" to enter the BIOS the screen would just go blank and that was it. Rebooting would result in the same everytime. I finally decided to look into the monitor setup, ATM it's connected via an HDMI cable ran through a VGA to HDMI adapter. The adapter works because I've been using it with other setups without issue, even with the machine I'm posting with, I've got one on it and it works. My Socket 754 and 939 setups don't have this problem either, I can get into the BIOS and whatever. I finally concluded there is something about Socket A that doesn't "Like" HDMI when after it did this again, instead of rebooting, I hit F10 as if I was saving settings - And it rebooted correctly. So I'll have to dig up one of my VGA/DVI cables hook it up and confirm this as the actual fix - Certainly looks like it ATM. So if any of you are wanting to run a GPU with this and your monitor is HDMI only, it's probrably not gonna work and I'm bringing this up because some monitors are HDMI only. Once I get the cable found and in place I will follow up and post what happens - Betcha that's it. EDIT: And it was. Plugging in a standard VGA cable to the monitor with the card worked, now I can see the BIOS and whatever else I'd need to.  |
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Post by Bones on Sept 2, 2022 14:04:58 GMT -5
Things definitely confirmed as said, Socket A's do not like HDMI.
Most likely it's a 32 bit only thing with it.
I also have a bit of news, one of my NF7's started working fully again during this testing and I do plan on giving it a workout later.
It's an NF7-S v2.0 with all black RAM slots, fired right up without complaint and so far it looks good all around.
The other one I have is a regular NF7 2.0 with black RAM slots but it's not working.
This was the one I got that tested "Dead" after I got it but it's possible a bit of work may revive it - It was dirt-cheap when I got it so if I can get it going it's all good.
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Post by cbjaust on Sept 3, 2022 12:51:32 GMT -5
Great info Rodney.
A case of when in doubt, use all hardware that is period correct if at all possible!
C
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Post by pioneerisloud on Sept 3, 2022 16:26:39 GMT -5
Ahhh, that explains why I couldn't get my monitor to work with working adapters too! I was trying with a known working board, GPU (kinda), monitor, cables, adapters, all that good stuff. Except I was using DVI to HDMI adapters. I couldn't figure out why it wasn't working either because the GPU, adapter, and monitor all worked fine on my Socket 754 rig. And obviously DVI to HDMI should in theory be just a straight digital to digital adapter, pretty straight forward. I did swap monitors already, but now I know why! Awesome info!  |
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Post by Bones on Sept 3, 2022 20:56:02 GMT -5
Ahhh, that explains why I couldn't get my monitor to work with working adapters too! I was trying with a known working board, GPU (kinda), monitor, cables, adapters, all that good stuff. Except I was using DVI to HDMI adapters. I couldn't figure out why it wasn't working either because the GPU, adapter, and monitor all worked fine on my Socket 754 rig. And obviously DVI to HDMI should in theory be just a straight digital to digital adapter, pretty straight forward. I did swap monitors already, but now I know why! Awesome info! I figured this info might be useful to someone, somewhere. |
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Post by eidairman1 on Sept 3, 2022 23:02:58 GMT -5
Things definitely confirmed as said, Socket A's do not like HDMI. Most likely it's a 32 bit only thing with it. I also have a bit of news, one of my NF7's started working fully again during this testing and I do plan on giving it a workout later. It's an NF7-S v2.0 with all black RAM slots, fired right up without complaint and so far it looks good all around. The other one I have is a regular NF7 2.0 with black RAM slots but it's not working. This was the one I got that tested "Dead" after I got it but it's possible a bit of work may revive it - It was dirt-cheap when I got it so if I can get it going it's all good. Idk hdmi has been a lackluster connection standard in my book, from it putting stray volts into STB equpiment knocking out both tri play svcs from all companies, to how weak the connector is. I have a dp to vga adapter myself and need to do some testing with it on a different monitor, it's possible my unit from 2001-NEC Multisync LCD 1700V, might be needing a new brick, backlight or power board repair. |
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Post by Bones on Sept 4, 2022 17:26:01 GMT -5
Things definitely confirmed as said, Socket A's do not like HDMI. Most likely it's a 32 bit only thing with it. I also have a bit of news, one of my NF7's started working fully again during this testing and I do plan on giving it a workout later. It's an NF7-S v2.0 with all black RAM slots, fired right up without complaint and so far it looks good all around. The other one I have is a regular NF7 2.0 with black RAM slots but it's not working. This was the one I got that tested "Dead" after I got it but it's possible a bit of work may revive it - It was dirt-cheap when I got it so if I can get it going it's all good. Idk hdmi has been a lackluster connection standard in my book, from it putting stray volts into STB equpiment knocking out both tri play svcs from all companies, to how weak the connector is. I have a dp to vga adapter myself and need to do some testing with it on a different monitor, it's possible my unit from 2001-NEC Multisync LCD 1700V, might be needing a new brick, backlight or power board repair. I sure hope that never happens here with what I've got. |
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Post by eidairman1 on Sept 5, 2022 12:58:33 GMT -5
Idk hdmi has been a lackluster connection standard in my book, from it putting stray volts into STB equpiment knocking out both tri play svcs from all companies, to how weak the connector is. I have a dp to vga adapter myself and need to do some testing with it on a different monitor, it's possible my unit from 2001-NEC Multisync LCD 1700V, might be needing a new brick, backlight or power board repair. I sure hope that never happens here with what I've got. pick up a foreign voltage detector. It was the exact cause of peoples svc knocking out, I put them on component cables and the problems stopped |
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