[SOLVED] I want to use my second monitor. However my gpu only has one hdmi and it’s been occupied (3 display port free). My second monitor has vga and hdmi con

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I wanted to note, that you said you had 3 DP ports free, and the HDMI was occupied. Then ordered an HDMI to DP cable, when you established that you need a DP to HDMI cable. If that is true, you ordered the wrong cable.

Please see this source BEFORE you accidentally use the wrong conversion technology and damage your hardware!
source: https://www.tempest-av.com/single-p...-and-DisplayPort-to-HDMI-Conversion-Explained
 
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I wanted to note, that you said you had 3 DP ports free, and the HDMI was occupied. Then ordered an HDMI to DP cable, when you established that you need a DP to HDMI cable. If that is true, you ordered the wrong cable.

Please see this source BEFORE you accidentally use the wrong conversion technology and damage your hardware!
source: https://www.tempest-av.com/single-p...-and-DisplayPort-to-HDMI-Conversion-Explained
Thank you so either way dp monitor to hdmi pc or dp pc to monitor Hdmi, will not work? So what’s the alternative? Buy a monitor which has display port available?