my main display is vga and so is the second one i got
my video card only has 1 vga output, 1 hdmi and 2 dvi
so I bought some little vga to dvi adapter and tested it but it wouldn't detect the second monitor
I thought it was just the adapter so I bought a vga to hdmi cable
it just came in the mail today and I tested it but it still wont detect the second monitor
I've tested the second monitor with a straight vga cable and it worked fine, but it wouldn't detect my main display either (I tried with both the vga>dvi and vga>hdmi)
I also tested it with my tv (hdmi) and my main display (vga) and it worked fine, it detected both displays simultaneously, which is why I thought the vga>hdmi cable would work
I also have AMD Catalyst Control Center and it won't detect it either
any ideas of anything else i can try to get this working?
my video card is a Gigabyte radeon r7 250x 2GB
my main display is a Samsung Syncmaster 2043NW
the second display is a Dell E176FP
thanks!
An HDMI to VGA cable is not going to work. Very very few HDMI devices support analog HDMI output. The little vga to dvi adapter would not work either, since you are going from a digital to analog signal. Unfortunately that VGA output is the only analog output on your card. Digital to analog converters are expensive and often quite finicky, your only option may be an active HDMI to VGA adapter, but it really depends if your card will properly use it. I'd look around online to see if anyone has had luck with them. Another thing you could do, depending on your motherboard, is hook up the secondary monitor to one of your onboard ports.
by active hdmi to vga adapter, you mean one that would convert the digital signal to analog?
do you think I've be better off trying to get a digital display instead of looking for a converter that would work?
my mobo doesn't have an onboard port :(
[editline]15th September 2014[/editline]
how about an active DVI-D to vga, would this work?
[url]http://www.computervalley.ca/cb-dv0011-s1/siig-dvi-d-to-vga-active-adapter-converter-m/f-1-pack-1-x-dvi-d-male-digital-video-1-x-hd-15-female-vga-black?gclid=CPTM2ujY48ACFQuCaQodM1oAKw#!prettyphoto/0/[/url]
I bought this one
[url]http://www.ebay.ca/itm/201155386126?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649[/url]
estimated delivery between oct 6 and oct 22 I'll post back when I get it if it works :)
I really don't know. It's honestly a bit of a guessing game on if it will work.
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