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RaspberryPi3 powering up but no visual HDMI - VGA

wolfmountaingames

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?

 

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Andrew

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  • Have you tried plugging the Raspi into a television HDMI socket? Just to see if you get a display. There is no point in making any adjustments such as changing borders as you want to go with a VGA monitor.

     

    Also, you may have problems with the SD card socket or the SD card, itself. I cannot find one interesting thread that noted that the (micro)SD card had distorted with the heat from the Pi and was not making a reliable connection. Here is a similar thread.

     

    sd card - Raspberry Pi fails to turn on - Raspberry Pi Stack Exchange

     

    I have managed to stop my Pis booting by leaving the card out, altogether, or by not fully inserting the card. A visual check to ensure the card is fully seated would be good. The cards are not robust and can be cracked or bent, so take care.

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  • Have you tried plugging the Raspi into a television HDMI socket? Just to see if you get a display. There is no point in making any adjustments such as changing borders as you want to go with a VGA monitor.

     

    Also, you may have problems with the SD card socket or the SD card, itself. I cannot find one interesting thread that noted that the (micro)SD card had distorted with the heat from the Pi and was not making a reliable connection. Here is a similar thread.

     

    sd card - Raspberry Pi fails to turn on - Raspberry Pi Stack Exchange

     

    I have managed to stop my Pis booting by leaving the card out, altogether, or by not fully inserting the card. A visual check to ensure the card is fully seated would be good. The cards are not robust and can be cracked or bent, so take care.

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