Dual monitors issue

[clanty]

I am trying to get a dual monitor set up working. At the moment the first monitor works fine without issue but I cannot get the second one to work. I believe there to be 2x VGA ports at the back of my PC (see pic below) but it does not work when using a VGA cable with it. I believe my graphics card is able to use 2 monitors as it says I am using 2048/4096mb of the "total available graphics memory" in the windows settings.

I have posted pictures below which will give you a visual idea of the problem along with a link to my previous thread which was unsuccessful. Thanks for your time.
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-3034454/dual-monitors-detecting-monitor.html#17873781
https://gyazo.com/91f0b8db40428cce015fe28dae44cc4f
https://gyazo.com/d09a72e89cf2b34acc089b4a9174fd93

 

[Ethanh100]

You have a monitor plugged into the Graphics card and one plugged into the motherboard correct? Normally this should not work. The motherboard will select one output, either onboard graphics or a pcie card and only output to one, not both. You would have to plug both of them into the graphics card. you can buy an adapter on ebay or amazon if the port is not the same as the cable.

 

[clanty]

"You can buy an adapter on ebay or amazon if the port is not the same as the cable."

Hello Ethanh100,

What adapters should I look into buying?

Thank you!

 

[Ethanh100]

Well that appears to be a an HDMI port on the back of the graphics card that is un-occupied, correct? What type of cable is it that is plugged into the motherboard in the pictures?

 

[clanty]

https://gyazo.com/2be73198dae08f07f58381a846273b1e

^this one?

As per my last thread, a user recommended I buy this product (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2m-DVI-to-HDMI-Digital-Cable-Lead-PC-LCD-HD-TV-6ft-GOLD-/120343383549?hash=item1c05064dfd:g:CEQAAOSwPhdUz2ck), which I did, and it did not fit into the slot

 

[clanty]

Sorry, the actual product I bought was this (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01B1JO33I/ref=pe_1909131_77697001_tnp_email_TE_AMZLdp_1)

The end of HDMI cable is rectangular instead of curved, did I buy the wrong product?

 

[Ethanh100]

When you tried out that cable, which side did it not fit in, the monitor, or the computer, or both? and yes i was referring to that picture.

 

[clanty]

The computer side. When I searched for DVI to HDMI on Amazon I must have picked the short straw! I have just ordered this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/AmazonBasics-DVI-HDMI-Adapter-Cable-Black/dp/B014I8UQJY?ie=UTF8&ref_=pe_385721_129984031_TE_item_image

Do you think this will work?

 

[Ethanh100]

Yes HDMI on the graphics card and DVI into the monitor

 

[clanty]

What do you mean "HDMI on the graphics card"? Sorry if this is a silly, and obvious, question!

 

[Ethanh100]

I was just clarifying things kinda talking to myself lol. I was just saying yes that is correct. The side with HDMI (the smaller skinnier one) will go into your computer graphics card, and the DVI side of the cable going into your monitor. Your monitor hasa DVI input correct? If you are not sure tell me the model of it.

 

[clanty]

No problem lol

& yep is does, thanks for your help! Just out of curiosity, why is there two different DVI to HDMI adapters with almost identical ends? The top result on Ebay is a different model to the one on Amazon which caused me to buy the wrong one -.-

 

[Ethanh100]

There is DVI-D and DVI-I, as shown here:

DVI-D can work with either "D" or "I". DVI-I can only work with "I". Im guessing that cable that didnt work was dvi i.

 

[k1114]

The cable you bought was displayport which looks similar to hdmi but they are not the same. Dp is not hdmi.

 

[Ethanh100]

Oh yeah now that i look back i realized that was DP. that was your problem.

 

[clanty]

Gotcha. Thanks guys!!