Hi everyone:
I have an older XBox 360, bought in around 2007, that I've been always playing with my friend via system link connected to my computer's monitor via a VGA cable. Like this one: damn can't post links. Annoying site!
So fast forward to now -- I haven't played it for over a year -- but now my buddy was in town, we got the Saints Row 3 game and decided to play again. Right before playing the console said that I needed an update. So we went through a rigmarole of connecting it via ethernet cable, then downloaded and installed something after which the dashboard looked totally new -- like those Windows 8 computers now. I should say that due to the layout of my apartment, I had to connect this Xbox to my TV fist via RCA cable to download and install the dashboard update.
OK. So, now when I try to connect this 360 to my monitor using the VGA cable, the monitor stays dark as if nothing is connected to it but the xbox itself seems to work (I can hear the sounds of the loading dashboard and I can click joystick too.) I also tested the monitor. If I connect my computer via a VGA port it seems to work just fine. We also tested my friend's xbox (also with the latest dashboard update) to connect via the VGA cable and the same thing -- dark screen as if nothing is connected to it. Note also that both xboxes work if connected to a TV with an RCA cable.
So what is up with this VGA connection? And why doesn't it work anymore?
PS. I'm using the exact same hardware -- I know it worked before -- the only difference is that dashboard update. Is there any way to roll it back? It is very frustrating!!!
I have an older XBox 360, bought in around 2007, that I've been always playing with my friend via system link connected to my computer's monitor via a VGA cable. Like this one: damn can't post links. Annoying site!
So fast forward to now -- I haven't played it for over a year -- but now my buddy was in town, we got the Saints Row 3 game and decided to play again. Right before playing the console said that I needed an update. So we went through a rigmarole of connecting it via ethernet cable, then downloaded and installed something after which the dashboard looked totally new -- like those Windows 8 computers now. I should say that due to the layout of my apartment, I had to connect this Xbox to my TV fist via RCA cable to download and install the dashboard update.
OK. So, now when I try to connect this 360 to my monitor using the VGA cable, the monitor stays dark as if nothing is connected to it but the xbox itself seems to work (I can hear the sounds of the loading dashboard and I can click joystick too.) I also tested the monitor. If I connect my computer via a VGA port it seems to work just fine. We also tested my friend's xbox (also with the latest dashboard update) to connect via the VGA cable and the same thing -- dark screen as if nothing is connected to it. Note also that both xboxes work if connected to a TV with an RCA cable.
So what is up with this VGA connection? And why doesn't it work anymore?
PS. I'm using the exact same hardware -- I know it worked before -- the only difference is that dashboard update. Is there any way to roll it back? It is very frustrating!!!
