GadgetKnot

Connecting PS4 to PC Monitor (DVI/ VGA) - blank screen problem & audio One problem connecting PS4 to a PC monitor is that most of these monitors (at least not the latest or expensive one) only have DVI & VGA port.  It has put me through a numbers of hours what has went wrong? Why didn't the screen show - just blank? What did I use? I bought a HDMI-DVI converter as image attached & use it with a HDMI cable What i get? This adapter works with my mac mini but not PS4. On PS4, blank screen. After safe mode resolution reset to 480, see PS logo for 1 second then blank screen again. What are the hypothetical NOT True Reasons you may get to trying to troubleshoot? Unchecked "Enable HDCP" in PS4 System setting Is the adapter failing to response to a HDCP handshake? Is my monitor HDCP compliance? Go into safe mode to restore the PS4 to 480p resolution so all screen type fits DVI got DVI-I & DVI-D - am i using the right adapter? What I ...

This is a problem that troubled me a long long time. Up to a month.  And this sound is so irritating that i played PS4 much lesser too. What I have tried: Clear all the notifications (it works for one time) Go into sleep mode (at total shutdown -- hold power down for about 8 second and let go once 2nd beep is heard) Rebuild database Update system OS (oddly enough it can keep update the OS with the same OS you already installed) Think i have only not tried to reset and delete all data i have (cos many games are downloaded via PlayStation Plus Free Games -- don't want to lose them) Only after the a long search, one PS4 support forum's thread identify the real problem: The Screw for manual eject of disc drive is loose. I was so don't know what to say when I realise this is true.   Many of the PS4 folks even send it back for warranty. Thanks for the support forum HERE . Solution summary: Step 1: Remove the glossy section of the cover Turn off the PS4...