Unsure of how to connect dual monitors to new PC

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I just received my IBuyPower PC and am unsure of how to connect dual monitors.

I connected my main monitor (white VGA cord) to the graphics card. This main monitor also has an HDMI input if needed. My second monitor only has VGA slots in which on my graphics card there are no other slots for this.

#1 - I am unsure if I need to move my card to a different location so another VGA slot appears on the back?

#2 - If not, there is an HDMI slot. When I plug my main monitor in with the HDMI, it says "no cable connected!" on my screen which is black.

Unsure of how to proceed.
 


What do you need in particular?

All the specs?

Case(AZZA EOS 209 Gaming Case - Black)
Processor(Intel® Core™ i7-4790 Processor (4x 3.60GHz/8MB L3 Cache))
Processor Cooling(AVC K7127N Liquid CPU Cooling System (Copper plate for best cooling performance) [Intel-1150] - Standard 120mm Fan)
Memory(8 GB [4 GB x2] DDR3-1600 Memory Module - Corsair Vengeance)
Video Card(NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 - 2GB - Single Card)
Motherboard(MSI Z97 G45 Gaming -- 3x PCIe x16, 2x USB 3.0, 6x USB 2.0)
Power Supply(750 Watt - Corsair CX750 - 80 PLUS Bronze)
PCI-E SSD Card(None)
Primary Hard Drive(1 TB Hard Drive + [FREE] 120GB Kingston V300 SSD)
Optical Drive(24x Dual Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive - Black)

Here is about all the useful specs.
 


What do you need in particular?

All the specs?

Case(AZZA EOS 209 Gaming Case - Black)
Processor(Intel® Core™ i7-4790 Processor (4x 3.60GHz/8MB L3 Cache))
Processor Cooling(AVC K7127N Liquid CPU Cooling System (Copper plate for best cooling performance) [Intel-1150] - Standard 120mm Fan)
Memory(8 GB [4 GB x2] DDR3-1600 Memory Module - Corsair Vengeance)
Video Card(NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 - 2GB - Single Card)
Motherboard(MSI Z97 G45 Gaming -- 3x PCIe x16, 2x USB 3.0, 6x USB 2.0)
Power Supply(750 Watt - Corsair CX750 - 80 PLUS Bronze)
PCI-E SSD Card(None)
Primary Hard Drive(1 TB Hard Drive + [FREE] 120GB Kingston V300 SSD)
Optical Drive(24x Dual Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive - Black)

Here is about all the useful specs.
 
Are you sure you're plugging the monitor into the GRAPHICS CARD'S HDMI port, a friend of mine made the same mistake a while back of plugging it into the mother board vga/hdmi port :)
 
Also there should be a vga to dvi adapter included with the graphics card, attach the adapter to the end of the vga cable then plug that onto the dvi port (looks similar to the vga port but has a little bar indent on the left I believe)