- Mar 25, 2016
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Dear people,
I've ran into a problem.
I've made a whole document about it. I did this because I couldn't do some things and otherwise this forum would get an extreme mess. It describes all steps I took before I posted this on this forum.
Link to dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xdl6q279ej7eip1/My%20triple%20monitor%20problem.pdf?dl=0
Or link to Google: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9DbrEN5HoDvVXhMaFN1aE9VU2c
NOTE: I’ve made this file really big so you can understand what I went through and I hope that you can help me!
So, thank you in advance for reading all of this!
I hope that you maybe know a solution or know something that helps me.
All help is appreciated!
TLDR:
Last week I ordered 2x the Sapphire Active mini DP to SL-DVI Adapter.
My graphics card is the Sapphire R9 280x Toxic(http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/350989/sapphire-r9-280x-3gb-gddr5-toxic/specificaties/).
This card has the following connections:
1 x Dual-Link DVI-I
1 x Single-Link DVI-D
1 x HDMI
2 x Mini-DisplayPort
I've 3 monitors with DVI connections. The LG Flatron E2242 monitor(http://www.lg.com/us/support-product/lg-E2242T-BN), the Acer P235H monitor(http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/240883/acer-p235hbd-zwart/specificaties/) and the Acer GN246HL monitor(http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/382442/acer-gn246hl-(um-punt-fg6ee-punt-b06)-zwart/specificaties/).
I ordered these active adapters because I want to use these 3 monitors all at the same time.
I have connected the 2 Sapphire Active mini DP to SL-DVI on the mini-displayport connections of my graphics card. I saw that the package of the cables that they have an DVI-D connection. But after I opened the packages I saw that the cables have DVI-I connections.
I know that the DVI-I connection carries Digital and analog signal while the DVI-D connection only carries digital signal.
I have connected the cables as following:
The mini-displayport from my graphics card with the Active mini DP to SL-DVI adapters. On the DVI-I connection of the adapters I plugged in DVI-D cables. These cables go to the DVI-D inputs of my LG Flatron E2242 & Acer P235H monitors.
Now, when I go to the Windows screen configuration both monitors connected to the adapters won't show up. I find this very strange because this should mean that either my never used mini-displayports are both broken or the adapters are both broken. But it also could be that I perhaps made the wrong connections?
Do you guys know how to get this working?
I'm thinking of retouring the adapter cables because I'm not able to find a solution.
I'm getting really desperate.
Thanks in advance!
Rody
Ps: I've also posted this in the graphics card section but now when I rethink I think it better fits in the Display section. I don't know how to delete the other thread (nevermind someone already deleted it, thanks!)
I've ran into a problem.
I've made a whole document about it. I did this because I couldn't do some things and otherwise this forum would get an extreme mess. It describes all steps I took before I posted this on this forum.
Link to dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xdl6q279ej7eip1/My%20triple%20monitor%20problem.pdf?dl=0
Or link to Google: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9DbrEN5HoDvVXhMaFN1aE9VU2c
NOTE: I’ve made this file really big so you can understand what I went through and I hope that you can help me!
So, thank you in advance for reading all of this!
I hope that you maybe know a solution or know something that helps me.
All help is appreciated!
TLDR:
Last week I ordered 2x the Sapphire Active mini DP to SL-DVI Adapter.
My graphics card is the Sapphire R9 280x Toxic(http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/350989/sapphire-r9-280x-3gb-gddr5-toxic/specificaties/).
This card has the following connections:
1 x Dual-Link DVI-I
1 x Single-Link DVI-D
1 x HDMI
2 x Mini-DisplayPort
I've 3 monitors with DVI connections. The LG Flatron E2242 monitor(http://www.lg.com/us/support-product/lg-E2242T-BN), the Acer P235H monitor(http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/240883/acer-p235hbd-zwart/specificaties/) and the Acer GN246HL monitor(http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/382442/acer-gn246hl-(um-punt-fg6ee-punt-b06)-zwart/specificaties/).
I ordered these active adapters because I want to use these 3 monitors all at the same time.
I have connected the 2 Sapphire Active mini DP to SL-DVI on the mini-displayport connections of my graphics card. I saw that the package of the cables that they have an DVI-D connection. But after I opened the packages I saw that the cables have DVI-I connections.
I know that the DVI-I connection carries Digital and analog signal while the DVI-D connection only carries digital signal.
I have connected the cables as following:
The mini-displayport from my graphics card with the Active mini DP to SL-DVI adapters. On the DVI-I connection of the adapters I plugged in DVI-D cables. These cables go to the DVI-D inputs of my LG Flatron E2242 & Acer P235H monitors.
Now, when I go to the Windows screen configuration both monitors connected to the adapters won't show up. I find this very strange because this should mean that either my never used mini-displayports are both broken or the adapters are both broken. But it also could be that I perhaps made the wrong connections?
Do you guys know how to get this working?
I'm thinking of retouring the adapter cables because I'm not able to find a solution.
I'm getting really desperate.
Thanks in advance!
Rody
Ps: I've also posted this in the graphics card section but now when I rethink I think it better fits in the Display section. I don't know how to delete the other thread (nevermind someone already deleted it, thanks!)
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