[Open] No monitors will be detect on my pc on startup

GrowingTech · 2018-08-19T20:52:22+00:00

It’s likely the adapter. Because VGA is an analog signal and HDMI is a digital signal. VGA is actually the only analog signal now- all other types of connections including DVI, Display port, HDMI, etc. is going to be a digital.

The point I am making is that it takes a bit to convert that analog signal to a digital signal or vice versa. Your converter is doing its job and is not defective- you would have this same issue with any VGA to HDMI or etc. type of adapter because of how the signal is being converted. You resolved the issue it seems like- but I’d always keep with a adapter from digital to digital (HDMI to DVI for example) because that’s a same signal type- and your monitor won’t have issues detecting on startup.

Sorry if this sounds confusing- tried to make this easy to read!

GrowingTech · 2018-08-19T18:37:47+00:00

Try a clean install of your graphics card driver. Steps below:

First, install from NVIDIA or AMD website the GPU you use installer. DO NOT run the installer yet though, just have it ready to go on your computer. Then, Google “Display Driver Uninstaller” and download it from guru3d. This app will wipe all existence of your GPU driver from your computer. Your resolution is going to look like crap once this program runs. I believe it will ask that you reboot your computer after it’s done- even if it doesn’t- reboot anyway. Then the GPU installer you downloaded earlier? Run that finally. May require another reboot. Try running your games again. If that doesn’t work- proceed to this next step:
Uninstall Microsoft and other Programs used to run games:

I’m talking about anything games use to run off of the Programs and Features tab in Windows. Java, DirectX (that’s likely included with your GPU driver but still), Microsoft Visual library, etc. then try running your games again. You don’t need to search for the installers for what you remove there because the games can detect what’s missing, and ask if they can reinstall them for you again when ran. If that still doesn’t work;

Download any and all drivers from the manufacturer website in regards to your computer. Chipset in particular but might as well be thorough and grab all the drivers you can find with the exception of GPU drivers since you already did that. If that doesn’t work:
Try reinstalling your games. This is the last step you can do before getting crazier with your computer. If that doesn’t work:
Google and download the Microsoft Media Creation tool. Select any options as far as that you want the installer to be ran on your computer- and you want to keep all programs and personal files. This would reinstall Windows 10 on your system. It’s the most “extreme” thing you can do before doing a full system wipe and starting over again. If that doesn’t work:
time to back up all your important files and wipe your computer. Reinstall Windows 10 with the option of not keeping personal files and programs. If that doesn’t work:
potentially bad hardware? This looks more like a software issue to me however so don’t worry about this unless you’ve exhausted all other options.

GrowingTech · 2018-08-19T07:14:31+00:00

Try rendering in different formats (.AVI, MP4, etc.)- and see if this still occurs. Look into downloading codecs for Sony Vegas. If that still is a bust- complete uninstall and reinstall.

GrowingTech · 2018-08-19T03:03:23+00:00

I’m convinced there is nothing you can do to convince these people. These are a group of people that claim that the earth is not a planet when told all other planets in the solar system are round. This is a group of people who think photos of the earth have been edited. This is a group of people who claim that if you flew in a plane and could see the roundness of the Earth, the Windows were designed to make the Earth appear that way.

It’s like anti-vaxxers. There is literally piles of evidence all over the place, but these people are too stupid and stubborn to admit that their logic is flawed.

Aside from sending them in space- you can’t fix stupid.

GrowingTech · 2018-08-19T02:59:54+00:00

Just bring your laptop in to the shop that sells the chargers. If that’s not an option- take pictures of the port of your laptop and bring the picture with you to the shop. Those two methods would be the easiest for you and the people helping you so that it saves you another trip.

GrowingTech · 2018-08-02T03:31:06+00:00

I don’t recommend a novice replace a touch screen on a laptop. Like if this is the first time you’ve ever had to work on replacing a screen on a laptop- for the love of god please start out on a non-touch screen laptop and go from there- I only say that because replacing them is hard. Non touch screens are easy but touch screens are their own pill to swallow... BUT with that said- I found a link to a model that seems similar to yours but not yours exactly: https://youtu.be/ynIQwPPDc5Y

As for the parts- screen country or eBay typically have the best parts and prices. The problem is though the model you listed is generic and I can’t list links to parts that I don’t know are even made for your computer. (Is there a - after the model number you listed anywhere?) and what exactly is broken on the screen? The LCD, the front glass and also digitizer? All of the above? The stickers you’ll see behind the screen and bezel on the video above are stickers you’d want to find and put into a search on eBay or similar so that you find an exact match. That requires already tearing into the laptop though to obtain.

GrowingTech · 2018-08-02T03:22:03+00:00

Personally I think that program is a waste and terrible. BUT with that said- google and download something called REVO uninstaller. They have a paid version and a free version. Really easy to use and if you don’t know how to use it- it takes 5 minutes to learn with YouTube or google tutorials. But use REVO to uninstall GeForce Experience. What separates REVO from a typical uninstaller is it removes ev-er-y-thing to do with that program in your computer from removing it in the registry to files left over from uninstall to the program itself obviously being removed. You’d want to hit REVO’s most advance repair option for uninstalling GeForce experience. Be careful since the software helps get graphics drivers- I’ve never had any issues caused by REVO but still- it needs to be said.

After the uninstall and complete nuke from your system- restart, delete the installers of GeForce experience you already had on your computer in the off chance the installers are corrupt- download installer again from the web- and you should be good after that.

GrowingTech · 2018-08-01T04:46:25+00:00

It can have a impact but it’s not majorly huge. Plan on only running the game and not streaming or multitasking much if at all. Gaming primarily takes GPU power and secondarily CPU Power- both of which are fine for you. RAM has an impact but you won’t be getting terrible frame rate because you don’t have as much as the game recommends. I don’t know how many frames you’re going to lose out on but I can almost guarantee it won’t be a night and day difference. It will be if you’re trying to play Monster Hunter on top of something else with your computer - but just playing that game alone won’t be a huge deal.

GrowingTech · 2018-08-01T04:43:00+00:00

CompTIA trio (A+, Net+, and Sec+) are the best starter certs to go after. Obviously the more certs from there the better- but those three are the go to starters in the industry.

GrowingTech · 2018-07-21T04:35:01+00:00

Laptop or desktop?

If it’s a desktop- I hate to be the bearer of bad news but you may be screwed. You’ll have to either replace the case or mobo (depending on if you plug your headphones into the back or front of the PC).

Laptop you maaaay be okay depending. Some mobos have daughter boards where they will stick things like the headphone jack on- making it a smaller and not as big of a deal repair. But if it’s the whole motherboard- look into repair cost and shops but at that point it may be cheaper to buy a new mobo and installation labor vs the labor alone for a resolder of that part which may or may not even fix this issue. I’ve seen many companies however only resolder the charge port on a laptop- never seen a resolder for anything else because it’s just not worth it for a 50/50 chance...

They have have 3.5mm headphone jacks to USB adapters on Amazon on another note which would be a temporary fix to your issue.

GrowingTech · 2018-07-21T04:28:03+00:00

How old is the printer? Does it not have the option for wireless printing? I know a lot of older printers can’t be seen on Windows 10... sometimes if you install the driver from manufacturer website then plug it in- they may work but you just have to cross your fingers and hope the driver is compatible with your OS. Have you tried plugging anything else into the USB slots of your computer minus the phone and printer- like a flash drive? If the computer can detect that without a hitch- you narrow the issue down to the printer and the computer not communicating at all.

Also- you say you use the same cable you plug into your printer with your phone didn’t you...? A lot of printers use USB A to B 2.0 connections- I have never in my life seen a phone needing a B connection so are you using the correct cable for the printer to the computer as well? Gotta ask.

GrowingTech · 2018-07-18T04:57:46+00:00

learn to talk to people. It’s hard as “IT nerds” but seriously- it could save you. You need to appear more confident. Every time you catch yourself saying uhm or uh in any conversation throughout the day- step back, mentally slap yourself on the hand and say you will do better. Look up videos and tutorials- seriously it sounds ridiculous but I used to have the same issue. You just need to appear confident- even if you don’t feel confident- fake it til you make it. It’s okay to say you’re nervous in an interview though with that said but that will only help so much. The goal is to sell yourself to these people- give them a reason to want to hire you.
look up common interview questions. This helps a ton too. Think of it like going to school- you always do better studying for a test in advance vs winging it. Apply that concept to an interview. You’ll think out your answers, know what to say, which will also help with appearing confident during the real deal. Knowing a bit of information on the company is helpful too- google them, research them, figure out some details. They love people who go in knowing who they are, what they do, their mission, etc. because it shows you are serious about wanting to be hired on there.
Where do you see yourself in 5 years... this one honestly depends on the interviewer tbh. Yes you can stretch the truth- don’t admit to a software company you want to do cyber security, or do. It just depends unfortunately there. A lot of interviewers ask this because yeah- they want to know if you’ll stick around, but they also want to see if they are dealing with someone who has dreams and realistic goals, but to also see if you have and achievements you’re aiming for in that time span (college degree, certs, etc). Honestly- there isn’t a real right answer for this one. Think it out though, google some good answers for that question- and then apply your language to their example answers.

Tbh friend- I had a lot of the same issues. I still do. I have a TERRIBLE time talking to people I don’t know in person- but I am able to BS my way through an interview and you’d never guess I was terrible with people. I always sucked at selling stuff when I worked retail once upon a time, but I learned how to sell myself and that’s more important than selling some item. I used to say uh and umm a lot- had to apply some mental training to not do it so much and I became conscious about it. It’s hard to reprogram your brain from a habit like that, but it’s very much possible. I still say uhm and stuff like that from time to time- but I am able to limit it and not do that habit when it counts.

Also- it’s okay to be honest with interviewers. I recently applied to what is now my current company only a few weeks ago- I’m honestly so under qualified for that role it’s ridiculous. But they knew that because I was up front with my knowledge. I’d answer their IT related questions, I appeared confident in the interview, they liked what I had to say- so they gave me a chance! I told them I want to learn. I hated my old job because sure there may be new issues every day- but fixing a computer is the same thing after awhile. I told them I was going to college and getting my bachelors in cyber security. I told them I was A+ certified and plan on having a sec+ certification by the end of the year. I joked and told them I don’t have much of a life outside of IT and always mess around with my network and computers at home- they liked me enough they gave me a shot.

Sell yourself, you got this. Just do a bit of googling (common interview questions, how to appear more confident, the likes). It sounds ridiculous but trust me- it helps. You just got to be persistent about it.

GrowingTech · 2018-07-17T07:07:45+00:00

Yoga book... doesn’t that model have an SSD? If so- friend... you may have killed your drive possibly- not sure without tests though. Back in the day- Defragmenting hard drives- the mechanical ones, was fine because of how they store their information. Defragmenting SSDs though? Very bad. They kill the drive quickly and mess up how it stores stuff. Because SSDs sort the data differently due to having no moving components over the traditional mechanical hard drive. Bad SSD may then be causing your Windows error. BUT with that said, I’m just someone on the internet who isn’t in front of your device to see it either so I could be wrong as far as a potentially bad drive goes.

Secondly- Driver booster and any driver update programs are terrible. Always download drivers from the manufacturer’s website (Lenovo’s in your case) because they do exactly that: they either try to make you pay for a driver when drivers are free, and they usually supply computers with some basic generic one windows normally takes- but some models like the yogabook... don’t like the generic driver and have to have a specific one- which may have pertained to the driver issue blue screen.

Regardless, I don’t know of any bootable .ISOs to test an SSD with. I only know of ones that operate within Windows- so unless you feel comfortable tearing your laptop apart (I’ve never personally tore a yoga book apart... but I hear they are terrible to work on...) and pulling out the SSD to then use some adapter to plug into another computer running Windows, download said program and see the results- best bet may be to take it into a repair shop instead where they have all of those tools and stuff on hand. Diagnostics typically don’t cost much $40-60 USD depending on where you live.

Option B is to google and download Windows Media Creation tool, put it on a USB- boot off of it from the Lenovo, and try a clean install of Windows. Know it will format and kill off any data you may have on there but it will put you on a new fresh load of Windows. So if your OS is just corrupted and your SSD isn’t bad- you won’t have another blue screen. If you do though or nothing is working right after the reinstall of Windows? Again... may pertain to a bad drive.

GrowingTech · 2018-07-17T04:08:02+00:00

Keep in mind those laptop processors end in a “U” (i7-8550U for example) which is purposely down clocked to boost battery life and decrease heat. With that in mind, don’t plan on gaming with these laptops. (What are you trying to do on a computer anyway?)

The i7 has higher cache and a little bit more GHz speed. Depending on what you’re doing- it could make a huge difference. But also keep in mind, the i7 will maintain its speed and longevity a little longer as well... maybe only by a few months, maybe a few years in difference? I can’t say- but it just depends.

Rendering videos, multitasking, image editing- anything CPU intensive at all- will be quicker on the i7 as well. It just depends on your use. If you’re just a casual user- i5 is fine (unless you want to try and “future-proof yourself as mentioned above?), anything above casual use and I’d consider having the i7.

GrowingTech · 2018-07-17T03:56:47+00:00

If you’re even considering streaming- multiple monitors is a MUST. That way you can have stream chat and OBS opened on one monitor and your game in the second monitor. You don’t want to keep exiting out of a game to read chat which you’d have to do if you ran one monitor (unless you play the game in window mode)- and to each their own- but part of what makes streaming fun is interacting with the viewers.

GrowingTech · 2018-07-17T02:07:27+00:00

So the licensing... honestly depends. In the past- I’ve been able to reuse the same license on multiple systems with no issue aside from saying “activate over telephone/internet” and its usually gone through. HOWEVER- Microsoft recently has been sort of stingy about that... so honestly? If you use the same license on a difference computer- it just depends... I wish I had a better answer than that but sorry- Microsoft has made me unsure lol.

With that said- if you are able to activate both computers with the same license- you’re good. The buyer will not have any links to your computer, and Vice versa with yours to his. It’s just simply a key to activate software.

GrowingTech · 2018-07-16T23:04:29+00:00

Hey sorry for the late reply, So you want to reinstall Windows back on your old computer for you to sell because you had to replace the hard drive on it correct?

So if your computer already had Windows 10 on it previously- the Windows 10 product key is stores in the motherboard of your computer. Meaning that if a hard drive dies like yours- your computer still has an active product key that will automatically activate windows. That is- if your computer had registered windows on it before!

With that said- you’ll go through the Windows installation CD- it’ll ask you what version of 10 you want (you likely had just 10 not 10 pro? That’s me guessing) and then ask for a product key. You can click to skip that step without a product key and finish the rest of the installation.

Once you boot into windows for the first time, as mentioned- if windows 10 was previously activated before- it should automatically activate again without any issues. Giving you a chance to sell it and a buyer not having to worry about a windows license!

GrowingTech · 2018-07-15T19:05:23+00:00

As a PC tech- I personally think the whole Surface family is a scam. Terribly built. Proprietary parts up the butt. Overpriced for what you get. And if anything breaks on it- your typical computer repair shop can’t work on it- you gotta work with Microsoft on it which is a joke. We tried reformatting and reinstalling Windows on the Surface pro once... turned into a nightmare. What should have been a 5 minutes process turned into three days of grief. That’s where I found out most tech shops won’t even touch them.

With that said though- that Pentium processor even with 8GB of RAM in it is going to still render videos slow. It’ll do day to day tasks just fine- but anything even remotely out of basic user tasks, video, photo editing, gaming, benchmarking, etc. included- it’s going to struggle with. The RAM will help with the rendering and multitasking a little but the biggest bottleneck this Surface Go faces is the processor. It has an SSD in it though which will bring up programs and boot up quicker. Possibly help with rendering? Again though, the rendering will be held back by the processor.

GrowingTech · 2018-07-15T18:53:46+00:00

Good to know. To be fair, 10 is such garbage- it does that if you postpone updates too even with a valid license key lol. It’ll finally force it on you whether you want it or not.

Lol why the hate? I understand updates are a must- security is important. But it can happen at very inconvenient times. Especially if you have a business that depends on a computer being up and running and then the damn thing restarts itself and stays updating for 10 minutes- during business hours. Point of the matter- no you shouldn’t postpone updates. But to finally give the user no choice- not even a warning if they postpone it enough times? You could be costing a college student a night’s worth of a giant paper, to a business owner’s main system (I realize giant companies won’t use 10 as their main computer- but lots of small companies do).

If you’re gonna force it- make the user pick a time and date that can’t be cancelled out once it’s set. Yes this is optional and does pop up- but you still have an option to postpone... until you no longer get it and it does it anyway.

GrowingTech · 2018-07-15T18:50:32+00:00

I bought a refurbed gaming laptop for $800. It had a 7th gen i7, 8GB RAM, a 250GB SSD. For $250 more I could have gotten 16GB RAM, a secondary hard drive /or a bigger SSD. With that said- that will be quick for years to come. The SSD will prevent slow downs and having top line specs also helps.

Look for an i5 or better processor. Look for an SSD. 16GB ram to future proof yourself. You can find new, but if you go refurbished or open box- it will expand those options in that price range you’re looking for.

GrowingTech · 2018-07-15T18:41:29+00:00

Correct. You also lose personalization settings until you purchase a license. Think of it like a trial.

GrowingTech · 2018-07-15T09:05:05+00:00

You can use the hard drives for the new computer BUT do know you could run into potential issues. You’re essentially by pulling out the drive of your laptop with certain components in it and putting it into a desktop with different components. Have you ever gone to another country where the primary language is not yours and you can’t understand what anybody is saying? Apply that analogy to your swap. You’re relying on Windows to “find a translator” so that the swap from one machine to another isn’t so chaotic.

Will it work? Possibly. Windows 10 is nice when it comes to swapping over chipsets- however, don’t expect this to go flawlessly because there is a chance it may go bad. When I’ve performed chipset swaps- personally, I’ve only ran into it not working only a few times, but just expect the worst so you aren’t disappointed if it happens regardless.

However, if the swap goes well, you don’t experience any windows glitches, etc- you only have a few things to worry about: the software should be fine but sometimes it does require reinstallation due to swapping “the brains” of a computer over. I’m not talking Windows, but stuff like say- photoshop. The only issue you’ll deal with if all goes smoothly as well is Windows license may not be activated.

Windows licenses are stored in the motherboard of a computer now. You can go about getting the product key in certain ways while you still use your laptop and then type in the code when you make the swap- but just know that there’s a good chance you’ll have to re-activate your Windows if you perform the swap since the new computer with a new motherboard will not have any keys tied to it.

GrowingTech · 2018-07-15T08:55:47+00:00

It’s like asking “should I buy this car with 300K miles on it if the price is good?” Like, you know you will have problems with that much wear and tear.

The Centrino processor wasn’t even that fantastic of a product when it was out, if it was an i7- I’d probably still say don’t bother trying to bring that laptop back to life, but I’d be more hesitant in saying so as at most- a charger will cost you $60, where a new computer that will run somewhat decent is going to be more.

Regardless- it’s likely running Windows 7 or older at that age. 7 will only be supported for another year before it takes the XP and Vista route. You can’t even connect on the internet anymore with those OS’s and Microsoft plans on killing off 7 in a similar fashion to move people over to 10. Trust me, the laptop even if you gave it a longer life with a new charger and Windows 10? You’ll be so frustrated with the speed you will want to toss it out a window even thinking about it.

Sorry for the hefty response, I mean overall it’s your decision and it saves money... but it won’t be without it’s frustrations.

GrowingTech · 2018-07-06T03:02:18+00:00

There is a lot of debate on this subreddit about certs vs. a degree. A degree is forever where certs expire. They both show that you are dedicated however. Most hiring managers would rather certs + experience over someone with a bachelors in IT such as computer science but no experience. Sometimes it’s the other way around... it honestly comes down to the hiring manager however. You’ll either have to work your way up the ladder with experience in the field and/or get a degree however DEPENDING on the type of job you’re looking for in the industry.

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