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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rew over 8 years ago

Hi Andrew,
I am a bit worried about that SD card you have....

There are two hints that this may be the problem. I don't hear anything from you about the green light flashing a bit when you turn on the pi. The green light should go on and off irregularly for a while after you turn on the pi. If NO green light is seen at all the pi is not seeing the SD card.

Secondly, you say something about not finding config.txt. The SD card should have a boot partition which holds the stuff needed for booting. It is a fat partition that should be visible using Windows. And there you should be able to find "config.txt", simply in the root directory.

(Hmm. I don't know how NOOBS handles booting and if you'd be able to see that config.txt file on a NOOBS card. )

To bluntly answer your question: these work: HDMI Male to VGA RGB Female HDMI to VGA Video Converter adapter 1080P for PC EJ | eBay
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wolfmountaingames over 8 years ago in reply to rew

I should have mentioned it, but yes when I first plug the pi in I do see a green light flash on and off for a few seconds and then it stops.
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slashthedragon over 8 years ago in reply to wolfmountaingames

Check again. Mine flashes so quickly after it first booted up that I would not have seen it if the lights were low and I had not waited long enough.
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slashthedragon over 8 years ago in reply to wolfmountaingames

Check again. Mine flashes so quickly after it first booted up that I would not have seen it if the lights were low and I had not waited long enough.
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