Can't get Samsung TV to connect to custom built PC

[Kingmosch92]

How do I get these 2 connected again?

I was gaming for probably 2 years with PC connected to Samsung tv, then about 6 months ago it decided to stop working for me for whatever reason. Nothing wrong with the computer at all, just took it to my buddies house the other week and the HDMI worked perfectly fine connected to his computer monitor.

No idea whats going on here with the TV, xbox streams to the tv just fine however. Tried unplugging and replugging everything to no avail.

Any tips/solutions would be greatly appreciated.

[Kingmosch92]

Can't get Samsung TV to connect to custom built PC

How do I get these 2 connected again?

I was gaming for probably 2 years with PC connected to Samsung tv, then about 6 months ago it decided to stop working for me for whatever reason. Nothing wrong with the computer at all, just took it to my buddies house the other week and the HDMI worked perfectly fine connected to his computer monitor.

No idea whats going on here with the TV, xbox streams to the tv just fine however. Tried unplugging and replugging everything to no avail.

Any tips/solutions would be greatly appreciated.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Bad Cable or Bad Port.
And when you plug in a Display, do it while the PC is off, to ensure the communication between the two works properly. Yes you can hot-plug a digital display (HDMI, DP) while running your OS, but you never want to do that when its the only Display. So best is to power down the PC and plug this one display into the dedicated GPU card, not the Motherboard. If you fail to get a picture its most likely faulty cable, or faulty port. Some HDMI cables can sometimes also be too bulky around the end of the cable, and may have issues going 100% into the GPU-side port fully.

[The Chicagoan]

Messaggio originale di Kingmosch92:

How do I get these 2 connected again?

I was gaming for probably 2 years with PC connected to Samsung tv, then about 6 months ago it decided to stop working for me for whatever reason. Nothing wrong with the computer at all, just took it to my buddies house the other week and the HDMI worked perfectly fine connected to his computer monitor.

No idea whats going on here with the TV, xbox streams to the tv just fine however. Tried unplugging and replugging everything to no avail.

Any tips/solutions would be greatly appreciated.

So that can possibly mean there is something wrong with your GPU, now have you tried plugging your computer into a monitor? And if so does it show anything? If not, what I recommend doing is taking out your GPU and putting it back in. I've had issues like that before and doing that for me fixes it.

[_I_]

try the steam link, samsung tv subforum

https://steamcommunity.com/app/353380/discussions/2/

try basic troubleshooting
are the tv and host pc wired or using wifi?
if either is in wifi, make sure wifi isolation is disabled on the router

do the pc and tv get a similar ip?
192.168.same.different?
if not make sure both are connected directly to the same router (many modems have a buit in router)

can you ping the tv?
if you can, the host pc ip may have changed, try removing the pc and search again

[steelconan]

also, could try a different HDMI cable. it's not expensive. usually any Smart Samsung TV has few ports to try

[Kingmosch92]

Messaggio originale di The Chicagoan:

Messaggio originale di Kingmosch92:

How do I get these 2 connected again?

I was gaming for probably 2 years with PC connected to Samsung tv, then about 6 months ago it decided to stop working for me for whatever reason. Nothing wrong with the computer at all, just took it to my buddies house the other week and the HDMI worked perfectly fine connected to his computer monitor.

No idea whats going on here with the TV, xbox streams to the tv just fine however. Tried unplugging and replugging everything to no avail.

Any tips/solutions would be greatly appreciated.

So that can possibly mean there is something wrong with your GPU, now have you tried plugging your computer into a monitor? And if so does it show anything? If not, what I recommend doing is taking out your GPU and putting it back in. I've had issues like that before and doing that for me fixes it.

My buddy did that recently, the crazy thing is that it works perfectly fine connected to his computer monitor.

I'm thinking about buying a new computer case or a new computer monitor, maybe hooking them up to tv's is a bit more difficult. Either way I don't think its a cable issue, I got a brand new one just a few months ago that initially fixed the problem.

Messaggio originale di _I_:

try the steam link, samsung tv subforum

https://steamcommunity.com/app/353380/discussions/2/

try basic troubleshooting
are the tv and host pc wired or using wifi?
if either is in wifi, make sure wifi isolation is disabled on the router

do the pc and tv get a similar ip?
192.168.same.different?
if not make sure both are connected directly to the same router (many modems have a buit in router)

can you ping the tv?
if you can, the host pc ip may have changed, try removing the pc and search again

I'm not sure about any of this

Messaggio originale di steelconan:

also, could try a different HDMI cable. it's not expensive. usually any Smart Samsung TV has few ports to try

I just bought a new one a few months ago, hardly been used. That did fix the problem before though but thats not the issue now, only 1 hdmi port on my computer case though.

[_I_]

are you connecting the pc to the tv with hdmi, or lan/wifi?

lan/wifi would use the steam streaming app

if its via hdmi cable, make sure the tv is on the correct input

[Kingmosch92]

Messaggio originale di _I_:

are you connecting the pc to the tv with hdmi, or lan/wifi?

lan/wifi would use the steam streaming app

if its via hdmi cable, make sure the tv is on the correct input

oh yeah its an hdmi connection, tv has 2 ports computer has 1, i have 2 cables and have tried using both for each port

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Then the port on the GPU is probably dead; not too uncommon to be honest.
Try a DP to HDMI cable or adapter.

[Kingmosch92]

what is a DP?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

DisplayPort
http://images.highspeedbackbone.net/SKUimages/enhanced/40859427-call01-KV-msi-gc.jpg

DP to HDMI cable
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004C9P9TM

DP to HDMI adapter
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B010SDZZ80

[Kingmosch92]

Ohhh I see okay, I'll go ahead and stop by my local best buy today to see if they have one. Worth a shot. Still not sure why this would only become such a big issue 1.5 years later on but oh well, cheap cable might as well try this out to see if it works

[_I_]

bestbuy will be expensive, you can get one from amazon for alot less

https://www.amazon.com/VCE-Plated-DisplayPort-Female-Adapter/dp/B01IMTVPFE

[Kingmosch92]

All best buy had was a DVI to hdmi adapter/connector thing...doesn't work thus far. spent 30$ on it too

I'll look on amazon later and give that DP cord a try next.

Surprised this DVI thing doesn't work though I felt like it would do the same thing as dp/hdmi connector

[_I_]

have you tried a different monitor or gpu?