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Dual Monitor Not Working [Asus Radeon HD 7850]

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  • DVI
  • VGA
  • Graphics
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September 10, 2014 7:02:50 PM

I have two screens I'm trying to use at the moment. One is a HDTV screen with a VGA input and the other is a old Dell flat-screen monitor with a VGA input. My graphics card has two DVI ports: One DVI-D and the other DVI-I. I'm running a VGA-to-DVI-I cable for my TV and a VGA-to-DVI-I with an DVI-D adapter to my Dell monitor. The DVI-I port is not giving me a signal and I can't figure out why. Do I have to update something in the Catalyst Control Center? Am I not supposed to use a DVI-I to DVI-D adapter for VGA? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

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September 10, 2014 7:10:17 PM

I have used DVI-D to VGA and DVID-I to VGA adapters to drive monitors from a GPU. If you switch the cables - does the other monitor work?
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September 10, 2014 7:13:06 PM

Switching the cables works. The only cable that's not giving a signal is the VGA-to-DVI-I with a DVI-D adapter.
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September 10, 2014 7:14:37 PM

Switching the cables works. The only cable that's not giving a signal is the VGA-to-DVI-D with a DVI-I adapter. Sorry, I messed up on the last response
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September 10, 2014 7:33:20 PM

the "chain" of adapters may be the issue - or there could be a problem with one or more of the cables/adapters (i.e. bent pins). I try to keep it to a single adapter on a cable if possible - preferably getting a single cable with no adapter.

Here is one: http://www.amazon.com/HDE-DVI-DVI-I-male-Cable/dp/B002I...
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September 10, 2014 8:12:39 PM

Thanks for the help, I had a feeling that chaining too many together would cause a problem. I'm just going to exchange for a single cable tomorrow. Thank you
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