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Meido Feb 26, 2015 @ 8:20am

G-sync monitor. (AOC G2460PG) "No signal"

So I paid £400+ for this monitor. I atleast expected it to work. NOPE! Instead I'm greeted with a message "No signal". As it refuses to come out of standby mode. What is wrong exactly?
I have a GTX 660. All the cables are working fine. BUT. I did have to use a hdmi to displayport adapter. Since.. I don't have a female port. It came with a CD which says "Monitor Driver and user manual." But to be really honest, looking at it on my laptop. It says to install it with the monitor ACTUALLY RUNNING. So yeah. Can anyone cure my anger right now by giving me a solution to this? Or am I stuck with a huge gaping hole in my wallet?

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rotNdude Feb 26, 2015 @ 9:19am

From what I can gather, that monitor only has a Displayport input? Does your video card have a Displayport output? If so, get a Displayport cable.

Andrius227 Feb 26, 2015 @ 9:40am

I read somewhere that you cant change hdmi output to displayport input. Won't work.

You must use displayport output on your gpu.

Last edited by Andrius227; Feb 26, 2015 @ 9:42am

rotNdude Feb 26, 2015 @ 10:08am

Originally posted by Andrius227:
I read somewhere that you cant change hdmi output to displayport input. Won't work.

You must use displayport output on your gpu.

You can, but I've never tried it.

http://www.startech.com/AV/Converters/Video/Active-HDMI-or-DVI-to-DisplayPort-Converter~HDMI2DP

Andrius227 Feb 26, 2015 @ 10:18am

Originally posted by rotNdude:
Originally posted by Andrius227:
I read somewhere that you cant change hdmi output to displayport input. Won't work.

You must use displayport output on your gpu.

You can, but I've never tried it.

http://www.startech.com/AV/Converters/Video/Active-HDMI-or-DVI-to-DisplayPort-Converter~HDMI2DP

Ahh yeah, an active adapter is the only one that works i think, it requires to be plugged into power too, unlike regular adapters.

And super expensive.

Last edited by Andrius227; Feb 26, 2015 @ 10:26am

Bad 💀 Motha Feb 26, 2015 @ 6:14pm

Why any adapter? This model of display offers DVI, HDMI and DP
Use a direct cable from display to GTX 660 for that of which your GPU has. Idealy DVI or DP would be best.

Andrius227 Feb 26, 2015 @ 9:00pm

Originally posted by Bad-Motha:
Why any adapter? This model of display offers DVI, HDMI and DP
Use a direct cable from display to GTX 660 for that of which your GPU has. Idealy DVI or DP would be best.

Actually, it's only got displayport, just like most g-sync monitors. But his gpu should have displayport output so he just needs a displayport cable.

bmac1191 Feb 26, 2015 @ 10:41pm

You need to use a display port cable.

Meido Feb 27, 2015 @ 5:44am

That's the thing. I have an active DisplayPort to HDMI converter. Still. No signal. But the thing is. My PC does not actually have a DisplayPort female port. So I'm kinda forced.

_I_ Feb 27, 2015 @ 6:55am

your using the dp -> hdmi adapter on the monitor?
thats backwards from the way its designed to work

Meido Feb 27, 2015 @ 7:18am

Monitor -> DP -> HDMI -> PC. That's how the setup is.

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darkkterror Feb 27, 2015 @ 7:36am

I'm honestly not sure if a G-Sync monitor will work with a HDMI-to-DP adapter. They're supposed to be DP only. A DP adapter wouldn't provide whatever special information G-Sync requires and I'm not sure if the monitor will work without it.

Are you sure your 660 doesn't have DisplayPort? Every 660 I've seen has one; it's part of the reference design. A manufacturer would have had to specifically remove the port.

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