RaspberryPi3 powering up but no visual HDMI - VGA

I recently got a raspberry pi, but all my monitors are VGA so I went to the store got an HDMI to VGA adapter, and plugged in the screen, mouse, keyboard, and finally the pi. The red light came on so the power cord is working, but there was no visual at all it was as if the pi was not on. I read somewhere that in an older version if you changed a line in config.txt that it sometimes help with hdmi to vga, but I can not find config.txt anywhere on the preloaded card I bought. Can someone help me with this or link me to a confirmed working HDMI-VGA adapter that works with the pi?

Thanks,

Andrew

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slashthedragon over 8 years ago

Here is how I would troubleshoot. Not necessarily in this order.
Is the RPi running? The red light should be on and the green light should be flashing.
HDMI adapter. Plug something else into the adapter.
RPi running. Does the RPi show up on your router. Unplug HDMI first.
Connect to RCA display. The audio jack has a video output. Use the cable with an 1/8 plug and extra ring.
SSH to the RPi. Get the Rpi IP address from your router. Then in your PC terminal type SSH pi@[IP address like 192.168.1.6] .
Use network cable and PC. Plug an ordinary network cable from your Rpi to your PC. In your PC terminal type IP neighbor. You should get the IP address from you Rpi. Follow the steps above.
I hope that helps.
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pkps1968 over 8 years ago in reply to slashthedragon

Hi Denis..
what should I do, if I am not at all seeing the Green LED blinking...?
I also facing same problem...
One moe question.. what will happen if I switch ON the RPi without putting the SD Card...?
waiting for your help..
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clem57 over 8 years ago in reply to pkps1968

My Pi 2 turned on without SD card had a solid green light. When replaced if works.
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clem57 over 8 years ago in reply to pkps1968

My Pi 2 turned on without SD card had a solid green light. When replaced if works.
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