i can see what you mean, but me giving him all my info exc would have been pointless in my mind, because if you read i repeatedly asked him nicely to just tell me what the screen ment. witch he couldnt do. i will admit though that it was very hard to explain what i was seeing (my 15 year old brain couldn't handle it) lol. In conclusion i went their trying to figure out what the "retrieving data" screen meant and got nothing, i saw that as a little absurd, he had no idea what the retrieving data screen was and tried telling me it didnt exist.
I don't see you repeatedly asking anything nicely.
Ok, lets have a look at what you told him...
William : ok, well then id rather not register. so here i ask, why does the tv say "retrieving data" and then go straight to the blue "no signal" screen?
Justin: It seems like your not getting a signal from your cable/satellite box
He answered your question. the TV isn't getting a signal.
so you've got a miss-mash of cables and adapters...William : their is a cord that changes the video cards mini hdmi to a larger one like a normal cable size, and its a brand new video card so its not the cable
William : you cant really help me with all of that, im just trying to figure out what the retrieving data screen means
using a brand new set-up, that Since it's brand new you can't even possibly know if it actually works?
but just to be sure he tells you, their equipment does not display a message like that, at this point I actually believe that he's wrong. TV's can will say that.Justin: That's coming from your device are tv doesn't say retrieving data it just would say no signal
but to be fair you refused to tell him the serial number of your TV so he doesn't even know what model of TV he's dealing with, or the firmware that would have been installed when it left the factory.
Justin: Usually when you hook up a computer to a tv you would want it to be in the rgb spot and so your having a retrieving data and a no signal on the screen
William : sadly rgb is a little ancient and i dont have a cord lieing around or i would try.
So he suggests that you try a different cable to test your video card output and you flatly refuse again to perform a test, instead wrongly choosing to criticise the test.
the RGB connection (DB15) yes is older, but can display greater resolutions.
To be honest, five seconds of searching has told me that the most likely problem here is that the cables that you're using are bad. I would doubt that the adapter is helping either.
I assume that the TV works with other HDMI Sources, (such as blue ray/cable/satellite).
So try getting a decent quality cable that has the mini plug at one end and regular HDMI at the other so you don't have to use adapters.