Bought an "Asus - Essentio Desktop" and am trying to hook it up with my old "Acer" monitor, but nothing will appear (pictures)

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Pictures showing my situation:
In/Outputs on back of PC: http://i.imgur.com/BGSVlyU.jpg

HDMI Plug I'm using:
http://i.imgur.com/qHie12M.jpg

VGA/HDMI Plug Inputs on Monitor:
http://i.imgur.com/qVOxkkJ.jpg

Power Supply/Audio Jack on Monitor:
http://i.imgur.com/9H9Q2WN.jpg

Closer Comparison of VGA/HDMI input on Monitor:
http://i.imgur.com/tiagRla.jpg

Monitor:
http://i.imgur.com/r7WtVkP.jpg

Monitor on/plugged in for 3 minutes (nothing):
http://i.imgur.com/m2K9oPX.jpg

HDMI/VGA Plugged in:
http://i.imgur.com/5453525.jpg

(Last picture, I promise!) Display of instruction Manual:
http://i.imgur.com/TkZdACi.jpg

Sorry for all the pictures, I need the answers quick and working ones so this can work and I can start playing Arma haha! It shows a HDMI input and a VGA input on the back of the desktop. Does it require both? What's the meaning of VGA and HDMI? I'd like to get this up and running quick.

Thanks,
David
 
Only use one or the other connection, not both. The images show you using a VGA cable, but it's plugged into the onboard graphics port on the board. You need to plug into the outupts on the video card, you may need a DVI to VGA adapter or a DVI cable from the ports on the graphics card to the monitor.

 
The video card is lower down on the case, with ports running side-to-side across it. I can see two of them in the second to last picture posted.

This is what a DVI cable looks like (your monitor has one DVI port to the left of the VGA)

DVI-Cable-to-Connect-Laptop-to-TV.jpg