Led red light and monitor

[ambenchi]

I just received a raspberry pi as a gift. I was very happy but then everything went dull. Nothing properly worked first (before we ordered the micro SD) I thought that is was the monitor. I went on the web and found out that I needed a micro SD card so I bought a 16gb micro SD card (with adapter) with NOOBS already installed on it. I straight away put it in my raspberry pi. Before I inserted the SD card both the red and green LED light where on not flashing. Now when I put in the SD and turn it on there is only the red LED light and a little very faint flash of the green light. Now again I think that it`s the monitor connection because I do not have a TV and no HDMI monitor. Is it alright if i use a VGA to HDMI cable.

And one more thing when I went on the micro SD card I saw something missing that was not on it. So I went to the raspberry pi website (www.raspberrypi.org) and tried to download it again but when the download had finally finished i realized that it was the exact same thing on the SD card. I am ten years old and was very sad when it did not work. Please reply! Thank you very much in advance

[DougieLawson]

Take a look at http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewt ... 91&t=58743

[mahjongg]

Is it alright if i use a VGA to HDMI cable.

No it isn't, i'm afraid you need a converter box to use the PI with a VGA monitor, details are in the "buying guide sticky"

http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewt ... 91&t=83446


Do you have a raspberry model B, or a model B+?

Raspberry PI model B+ is better with cheaper HDMI->VGA converters that draw their power from the HDMI cable.

if you have a B+ and bought a NOOBS card anywhere but from the swag shop there is a chance the NOOBS on it is slightly old, and for the B+ its important you use the very latest version. It should still boot, and generate a picture though you keyboard won't work with an older version.

[ambenchi]

Thank you all for the quick reply. We really appreciate it. I checked the link that you had replied on and it was very useful thanks allot

[ambenchi]

I discovered my monitor also has a DVI-D outlet, looks exactly like the the picture in the post. So if I buy a DVI D to HDMI cable, will it work? I have model B+. The post said I need a cheap cable. How do I know which one is the cheap cable, the one that does not cost a lot?

Thank you.

[ambenchi]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-5M-Gold-HDM ... 19debb24fc

Is this good?

[hansotten]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-5M-Gold-HDM ... 19debb24fc

Is this good?

Looks good! I use a similar HDMI to DVI-D solution and it works fine on my monitor.