DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter won't detect secondary monitor

[Jakestaudal]

Hi,

I just puchased an HDMI to DisplayPort cable.

It won't detect my monitor which is a Dell.

I've installed new drivers and all, but still doesn't work...

What do I do?

 

[alexoiu]

Hi, try with an active adapter dp to hdmi.

 

[Jakestaudal]

What is an active adapter?

 

[alexoiu]

Something like https://www.amazon.com/Displayport-Adapter-Display-Converter-Notebook/dp/B01N2Y699H/ref=sr_1_6?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1505317725&sr=1-6&keywords=Active+DisplayPort+to+HDMI

 

[Jakestaudal]

I've got this one http://www.compumail.dk/vare-oversigt.php?varenummer=985882

 

[bloodroses]

Assuming you're trying to connect the hdmi output of your computer to the display port input on a monitor:

AFAIK, you can't go from hdmi to display port without an active adapter to convert the signal. Display Port can output a HDMI signal natively, but HDMI cannot display a Display Port signal natively. The item Alexoiu linked will not work either. To get a device that does what you need, they'll run around $40 plus, such as this one:

https://www.amazon.com/gofanco-HDMI-DisplayPort-Converter-Power/dp/B01BXMOREI

Your other option is to check to see if there's different inputs on the monitor. HDMI to DVI will work with a simple adapter since the signals produced are native to each other.

https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Input-Output-Adapter-Cable/dp/B014I8UQJY/

 

[alexoiu]

I've got this one http://www.compumail.dk/vare-oversigt.php?varenummer=985882

That one is a simple cable(passive). And yes, based on the above post, and just to be clear, what port on the graphics card are you connecting to what port on the monitor?

 

[bridgeTT2019]

Bloodroses, If i am connecting a Dell monitor to a laptop, via a docking station, will this work:

https://www.amazon.com/gofanco-2-Pa...DCP&qid=1553530198&s=electronics&sr=1-2-fkmr0

with an HDMI cable?

OR the link that you provided, do you need the USB charger cable, like does it need it's own power?

Thanks