I dont now if this is the correct community to post this. My computer shows signal to the screen when in the os (arch) but when I spam F2 or F12 to get into bios or boot selection it doesnt show anything to the screen. I have an optiplex 3020.
Already answered but yeah, sounds very likely that you have a GPU, and the display cable isn’t connected to your GPU.
The optiplex 3020 only has an igpu
Have you tried updating your BIOS? If your PC allows you to boot from a USB :P
I can’t blind check my USB from F12
Does it have more than one video output? If yes, you could try the other one.
Both do the same
Use a hard-wired keyboard if you aren’t already. (ref)
Physically disconnect the HDD, and the PC should dump into BIOS. This would help narrow down wierd hardware behaviors if there are any.
Keyboard is wired. When I unplugged the ssd it just stayed at the black screen.
