NVIDIA Control Panel and Samsung TV Error

[Parzy368]

I think I must be really daft and must be missing something so obvious, but here goes... I have an Alienware X51 R3 with NVIDIA GTX 960 and an integrated Intel HD Graphics 530 card. It’s connected simply by a HDMI cable. I was trying to fool around with some global settings in the NVIDIA Control Panel (which I’ve never used before, just the GEForce Experience thing) so I right clicked on desktop selected NVIDIA control panel and I get the following error message:
NVIDIA Display settings are not available.
You are not currently using a display attached to an NVIDIA GPU.

What is going on here? Really appreciate any help.

 

[jay32267]

What is the display connected to?

 

[Parzy368]

HDMI on back of PC to a HDMI input on the box that came with the
Samsung UN65JS9000. I’ve played games on it for a couple of years now, has it not been accessing my better graphics card? Total noob here.

 

[norcalsc]

you have to be plugged into the graphics card to be able to use it. sounds like you were plugged into motherboard while you were in Nvidia CP. Your GPU input will usually be lower on the case next to a series of slots or brackets. looks like this

https://images.anandtech.com/doci/6276/GeForce_GTX_660_bracket-1.jpg

 

[Parzy368]

So I should get a dvi - hdmi cable?

 

[norcalsc]

lets start over, are you able to open your case side panel to see if GPU fans are spinning?

 

[jay32267]

OK...when you say HDMI on the back of the PC...is it the HDMI that comes from the motherboard (if the motherboard has an HDMI jack) or the graphics card?

I'm thinking you are connected to the motherboard and not the card.

 

[Parzy368]

I think so. I’ll check it out tomorrow. So, you’re thinking my NVIDIA card might not be working? Holy crap.

 

[norcalsc]

If you're not plugged into it it's not serving any purpose

 

[Parzy368]

The TV is recognizing tonight, don’t know what when on last night, but it’s working now. Thanks so much for all your help. Just one of those things, hope it never happens again.