Comments on: Raspberry Pi fix for HDMI to DVI cable issue

By: Jackal

Jackal — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 08:31:50 +0000

Yes, this is very helpful….thanks a lot man

By: Troy

Troy — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 03:36:50 +0000

Thank you!!! This worked for me.

By: WBC

WBC — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 22:02:37 +0000

Thanks! This worked perfect for me and ended a bunch of frustration after having a cable shipped two day.

By: Pat Patterson

Pat Patterson — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:03:06 +0000

Hi Akshob – did you try config_hdmi_boost=4 ? that seems to work for some people.

By: Akshob

Akshob — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:52:44 +0000

Hello Pat,

I am not getting output in my Dell monitor, model number is ‘IN 2020M’.
When I boot my monitor detects, but later goes to sleep mode, saying no DVI-D cable.

the edidparser’s output is as follows

Parsing edid.dat…
HDMI:EDID version 1.3, 0 extensions, screen size 44×25 cm
HDMI:EDID features – videodef 0×80 standby suspend active off; colour encoding:RGB444|YCbCr422; sRGB is not default colourspace; preferred format is native; does not support GTF
HDMI:EDID found monitor S/N descriptor tag 0xff
HDMI:EDID found monitor name descriptor tag 0xfc
HDMI:EDID monitor name is DELL_IN2020M
HDMI:EDID found monitor range descriptor tag 0xfd
HDMI:EDID monitor range offsets: V min=0, V max=0, H min=0, H max=0
HDMI:EDID monitor range: vertical is 50-76 Hz, horizontal is 30-83 kHz, max pixel clock is 170 MHz
HDMI:EDID monitor range does not support GTF
HDMI:EDID found unknown detail timing format: 1600x900p hfp:48 hs:32 hbp:80 vfp:3 vs:5 vbp:18 pixel clock:97 MHz
HDMI:EDID established timing I/II bytes are A5 4B 00
HDMI:EDID found DMT format: code 4, 640x480p @ 60 Hz in established timing I/II
HDMI:EDID found DMT format: code 6, 640x480p @ 75 Hz in established timing I/II
HDMI:EDID found DMT format: code 9, 800x600p @ 60 Hz in established timing I/II
HDMI:EDID found DMT format: code 11, 800x600p @ 75 Hz in established timing I/II
HDMI:EDID found DMT format: code 16, 1024x768p @ 60 Hz in established timing I/II
HDMI:EDID found DMT format: code 18, 1024x768p @ 75 Hz in established timing I/II
HDMI:EDID found DMT format: code 36, 1280x1024p @ 75 Hz in established timing I/II
HDMI:EDID standard timings block x 8: 0x714F 8180 A9C0 0101 0101 0101 0101 0101
HDMI:EDID found DMT format: code 21, 1152x864p @ 75 Hz (4:3) in standard timing 0
HDMI:EDID found DMT format: code 35, 1280x1024p @ 60 Hz (5:4) in standard timing 1
HDMI:EDID found DMT format: code 83, 1600x900p @ 60 Hz (16:9) in standard timing 2
HDMI:EDID filtering formats with pixel clock > 162 MHz or h. blanking > 1023
HDMI:EDID no known preferred format has been set
HDMI:EDID filtering preferred group has been changed from Invalid to DMT
HDMI:EDID best score mode initialised to DMT (4) 640x480p @ 60 Hz with pixel clock 25 MHz (score 18432)
HDMI:EDID best score mode is now DMT (4) 640×480 @ 60 MHz with pixel clock 25 Hz (score 36864)
HDMI:EDID best score mode is now DMT (6) 640×480 @ 75 MHz with pixel clock 31 Hz (score 46080)
HDMI:EDID best score mode is now DMT (9) 800×600 @ 60 MHz with pixel clock 40 Hz (score 57600)
HDMI:EDID best score mode is now DMT (11) 800×600 @ 75 MHz with pixel clock 49 Hz (score 72000)
HDMI:EDID best score mode is now DMT (16) 1024×768 @ 60 MHz with pixel clock 65 Hz (score 94370)
HDMI:EDID best score mode is now DMT (18) 1024×768 @ 75 MHz with pixel clock 78 Hz (score 117964)
HDMI:EDID best score mode is now DMT (21) 1152×864 @ 75 MHz with pixel clock 108 Hz (score 174298)
HDMI:EDID best score mode is now DMT (35) 1280×1024 @ 60 MHz with pixel clock 108 Hz (score 182286)
HDMI:EDID best score mode is now DMT (36) 1280×1024 @ 75 MHz with pixel clock 135 Hz (score 196608)
HDMI:EDID best score mode is now DMT (83) 1600×900 @ 60 MHz with pixel clock 108 Hz (score 197800)
HDMI:EDID preferred mode is updated to DMT (83) 1600x900p @ 60 Hz with pixel clock 108000000 Hz
HDMI:EDID has only DVI support and no audio support
edid_parser exited with code 0

my settings in config.txt
hdmi_force_hotplug=1
hdmi_group=2
hdmi_mode=83
hdmi_drive=1

I also tried with only hdmi_force_hotplug=1 but no luck.

Please help me out.

Thank you.

By: Thushan

Thushan — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 23:51:13 +0000

Thanks Mike!
config_hdmi_boost=4 worked for me.

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By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 15:23:04 +0000

Worked for me. I also set config_hdmi_boost=4 to increase the signal.

Thanks,

By: DavidT

DavidT — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:09:44 +0000

I sympathise with all those having RPi to monitor connection problems. I thought that connecting the RS Comp. supplied HDMI-HDMI cable through an HDMI-DVI convertor to the DVI slot on my Dell 1907FP monitor would be easy. The monitor displayed nothing except the “digital test card” flashing. I tried all solutions including adding a “home made” config file to the SD card with all possible combinations of set up. In the end I found a good web site – “www.pinout.ru” which shows the HDMI to DVI cable scheme connections in tabular form. With a circuit tester I found that the the HDMI pin to DVI pin contacts on my set up did not match what they should be. Today I received my “World of Data® – 3m HDMI to DVI Cable – Premium Quality / 1080p (Full HD) / v1.3 / Video / DVI-D (Dual Link) 24+1 Pins / 24k Gold Plated”
from Amazon. Doing the circuit test again – all pins were as they should be! Raspberry Pi now fully working on my Dell monitor.
Moral of the story – ensure that you get the right HDMI to DVI cable / adaptor!
Regards, David.

By: Pat Patterson

Pat Patterson — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 03:35:45 +0000

Glad to be of service, Ian!