Anyone ever have a hdmi cable die??

overclocking101 · May 15, 2010, 01:45 AM

today my rig was running fine suddenly no picture just black blinking. Frantically I changed out my gpu's and tore apart my loop to find both cards do the same thing!! eventually I as a last resort tried my old vga connector, and blam it worked. how common is this?? the cable is only 4-5months old.

rick22 · May 15, 2010, 01:59 AM

shit happens...my vga did the same thing...

newtekie1 · May 15, 2010, 02:14 AM

Yep, I've had it happen. And with digital cables it is actually more common then analog cables such as VGA due to the way signal works. It either works, or it doesn't, no in between like an analog cable.

aCid888* · May 15, 2010, 02:25 AM

It happens all the time when you beat/mistreat your cables like most people do lol

roast · May 15, 2010, 10:26 AM

Cant say its happened to me (I dont use HDMI) but I dont think its out of the realms of comprehension. As mentioned before, cables carrying a digital signal are definitly more prone to failing completely.

urbtree · May 15, 2010, 07:39 PM

yep it happened to me before just buy another cheapo replacment though as any more than a tenner and it a con

boogah · May 15, 2010, 07:42 PM

Could be the signal converter(input module) inside the screen that messed up.. i never had a HDMI cable goes bad.

lemode · May 15, 2010, 07:43 PM

just had it happen 2 minutes ago. but i have like 10 extra HDMI cables laying around so i could change it out quickly.

the one i just replaced was used heavily over the last 2 years and it was a cheap-o HDMI cable i found @ frys electronics. F that monster cable nonsense.

wiak · May 15, 2010, 08:23 PM

meybe try a diffrent resolution?, some cables might be not working on 1080p etc

Fourstaff · May 15, 2010, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by wiak

meybe try a diffrent resolution?, some cables might be not working on 1080p etc

Nah, when digital cable go off, they die, they don't just get "sick".

FordGT90Concept · May 15, 2010, 09:01 PM

The best way to eliminate the cable is to try it somewhere else. If the symptom follows the cable, the cable is to blame. I've had a DVI (virtually the same as HDMI) cable go bad and it was an expensive ($3.50/foot), high quality KVM cable at that. I don't remember what was wrong with it but I swapped it with another cable and confirmed it was the cable, not the display or the graphics card.

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May 15, 2010, 01:59 AM	#2
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