- Jul 27, 2013
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So I recently picked up a Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 Ghz 2GB GDDR5 OC Edition from Newegg as it was on sale and I've been looking to upgrade from my Asus 7750.
I just got the card installed into my PC, plugged in the HDMI cable to my main monitor, and it ran fan, I installed the drivers and whatnot. Then I turn it all off and plug in my second monitor using DVI, both monitors are now running off the card, power it up, and neither monitor receives feed. So I turn it off, unplug the HDMI thinking it's an issue with running dual monitors, and the DVI still refuses to work.
I've used both DVI ports on the card and neither work, I can test the DisplayPort thing because I don't own the cable, but from what I'm thinking the DVI ports are broken. The HDMI now runs fine but this is a pain in the ass because I need both my monitors up and running and I can only run one at the moment because the card doesn't have two HDMI ports. Could this be a driver issue or something, and is there any way to fix it without just RMA'ing the thing?
Specs:
AMD Phenom II x4 965 Deneb 3.4 Ghz
12GB DDR3 RAM
Radeon HD 7870 OC Ghz Edition
Some MicroATX MSI Mobo
Coolermaster 80+Bronze 600W PSU
I just got the card installed into my PC, plugged in the HDMI cable to my main monitor, and it ran fan, I installed the drivers and whatnot. Then I turn it all off and plug in my second monitor using DVI, both monitors are now running off the card, power it up, and neither monitor receives feed. So I turn it off, unplug the HDMI thinking it's an issue with running dual monitors, and the DVI still refuses to work.
I've used both DVI ports on the card and neither work, I can test the DisplayPort thing because I don't own the cable, but from what I'm thinking the DVI ports are broken. The HDMI now runs fine but this is a pain in the ass because I need both my monitors up and running and I can only run one at the moment because the card doesn't have two HDMI ports. Could this be a driver issue or something, and is there any way to fix it without just RMA'ing the thing?
Specs:
AMD Phenom II x4 965 Deneb 3.4 Ghz
12GB DDR3 RAM
Radeon HD 7870 OC Ghz Edition
Some MicroATX MSI Mobo
Coolermaster 80+Bronze 600W PSU
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