[SOLVED] Male hdmi out the back of tower

Dec 31, 2018
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I just got a new gaming computer and there is a male hdmi cable sticking out the back of it. It’s sticking out maybe a foot. The cable wasn’t long enough so I got a female to female adapter for it and plugged it in. No picture, no sound. All the hdmi ports on the back work fine, but I figured the one sticking out was for my graphics card so I wanted to use it if I could. Any clearificarion as to what the cable is for or why it didn’t work would be awesome! Thanks guys.
 
Solution
That case has a HDMI port on the front panel(next to the usb ports on the top front of the case). That cable is how you'd get a signal from an HDMI port on the back of the GPU to the HDMI port on the top of the case.

USAFRet

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This requires a pic.
 

Supahos

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Wait this is a prebuilt... Trace the wire inside to see where it's going. Just hook monitor up to GPU. I suspect they sent the cable inside the computer for you to use and it goes nowhere... I thought you built the computer, not that it was a cyberpc
 

USAFRet

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But how did it go through that little hole in the back plate?
 

USAFRet

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As we cannot yet see what is at the other end, unknown.
But that is one magic cable to do that.

There is a specific cutout in the slot cover. Any "HDMI" at the end we cannot see would be fatter than the cable.
 

USAFRet

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Ah...
So you'd plug that into the HDMI on the GPU, and then the monitor into the HDMI on the front panel.

Strange, but OK.
 

bignastyid

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I believe it's for making VR headsets easier to plug it.
 

g-unit1111

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Yes, my S340 Elite has a similar connection. Just tuck the wire in the back and forget about it.