[ale] AMD B550 and how to use HDMI on the mother board

[Boris Borisov]

Vga still works fine no many cards have it.

On Thu, Jun 26, 2025, 16:28 Narahari Lakshminarayana via Ale <ale at ale.org>
wrote:

> Friends:
>
> I had purchased the CPU AMD Ryzen 5 S2600 and memory from one of the
> members on this group.  I had sent that and the motherboard AMD B550  to my
> cousin in India
>
> During my recent visit to India, what I found is that there has been no
> progress on the computer build out.  When asked he said he put the CPU in
> but the HDMI is not giving any display.
>
> I remember at the time the CPU was sold to me, that CPU is not capable of
> graphics and that I needed to get a sep video card.  I remember passing
> this info to my cousin but it has been denied.  Anyways,  I brought back
> the CPU and the motherboard with me and now I  plan to construct it back to
> life.
>
> Questions for the knowledgeable folks:
>
> If I put the S2600 CPU, I need to put a sep video card, correct ?
>
> Does that video card have to have HDMI port or can a simple DVI or VGA
> port is good enough  ?  (I have a monitor with DVI connection)
>
> I do not plan to use extensive graphics of that computer but plan to use
> it to create VM's for usage.
>
> Kindly advise.
>
> -N
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