No hdmi signal to external monitor

Troubleshooting
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Hi all,

I’m trying to connect a Jonsbo D8 8-inch external monitor (1280x800) to my RPI4 running DietPI 9.8.

The monitor is detected properly by my laptop running Fedora Linux. Connecting to the Pi however doesn’t give any signal. I have succesfully used the hdmi output to my amplifier for audio earlier.

The cable i’m currently using is a new cable i’ve ordered from Amazon, it’s micro-hdmi to mini-hdmi. I have no other devices i can test that with other than the RPI4 and Jonsbo D8.

A few config tweaks i have tried:

hdmi_safe=1
config_hdmi_boost=5
hdmi_force_hotplug=1
framebuffer_width=1280
framebuffer_height=800

So far none of the changes have had any effect. I’ve tried hot and cold rebooting the RPI4, re-inserting the hdmi cable after boot, and powering the display on and off.

Does anyone perhaps have any suggestions what else i could try to get a signal on the monitor?

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Hello, I’m no specialist, nor experienced in this.

Did you try the Pi with cable on any other screen/monitor? Did you try a different cable? Or a small adapter to regular HDMI?

Your cable could be faulty. Not sure if Rpi is always fine on every screen.

I hope you’ll find the solution!

3

you can check different display settings within dietpi-config. Maybe this helps

4

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I decided to return the monitor since it felt a bit risky to order more cables and potentially be stuck with a monitor i couldn’t use. Better safe than sorry, so to speak.

Next time i’ll try a monitor i will probably order one that is known to work well with the rpi4, just in case. :wink:

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