No hdmi output windows 7

[jmeader]

please help me with this issue i cannot find anything helpful after hours of searching on google relating to this issue

my card: geforce gt 545 oem 3gb (taken out of another pc that my friend gave to me)
os: win 7 ultimate 64 bit
cpu: xeon x3430
ram: 8gb ddr3
board: msi socket 1156 for xeon cpu

i've twice installed latest drivers GeForce 285.62 Driver

i've been into nvidia control panel and then setup multiple monitors & it only detects my other vga monitor not the hdmi one

i'm using a brand new hdmi cable & can confirm i've connected it to the correct hdmi connector on my monitor, it has 2 hdmi ports and i've tried both

when i go into device manager & display adapters there is only 1 adapter that says nvidia geforce gt 545, should there be another 1 for the hdmi?

i'm out of options, i even work in i.t as a breakfix engineer coming across similar issues like this but i cannot deal with this & really need some help so i'm really hoping someone will help me out here

i'm wondering if its anything to do with my other hardware such as the xeon cpu? (a longshot but i've only just built this pc & never built a xeon system before & would normally go for core i5 or core i7)

 

[jdenova007]

I don't think it should show another display adapter just for HDMI, as long as it shows the video card it should be fine. My HDMI is always been plug and play.... I know some monitors have a CD with the driver for it... Have you tried that(Doubt it makes a difference) but worth a look.

I am unsure about your CPU causing it as I have never used Xeon either... but highly doubtful that a CPU would limit your GPU's connections like that....

What if you let windows 7 install the drivers automatically rather than DLing them from Nvidia...

 

[hang-the-9]

Try the card in the system it was in, could be the port is bad.