Third monitor not working

[seanymac4514]

Presently, I have two DVI monitors hooked up to my computer and I'm trying to hook up a third, VGA monitor. Everything is hooked up to my PCI-E graphics card with the VGA monitor hooked up with a VGA/HDMI adapter. The problem-- it's not showing anything except "Power Save Mode" on the monitor. I checked the Power Settings and I don't think anything has timed out. I tried updating my graphic's driver and all three monitors worked at first but then, next time I fired up my computer, it wasn't showing anything. Any ideas on how I can fix this problem and get all three monitors up and running?

 

[faalin]

can you post your system specs? or tell us what video card you are using. Kinda hard to trouble shoot when we don't know what hardware you are using.

 

[dovah-chan]

Hmm I'm not sure. Quite an unusual combination of monitors and connections. I don't think I've actually ever heard of or seen a VGA to HDMI adapter. Very strange indeed. Most 3 (or more) monitor setups use at least one mini displayport or display port alongside two DVI connections or one DVI and one HDMI.

 

[seanymac4514]

can you post your system specs? or tell us what video card you are using. Kinda hard to trouble shoot when we don't know what hardware you are using.

graphics card-- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202004&cm_re=1003551gocl-_-14-202-004-_-Product

motherboard (don't know if you need it or not)-- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128656&cm_re=GA-F2A85X-D3H-_-13-128-656-_-Product

CPU-- http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=ad5300okhjbox&N=-1&isNodeId=1

monitors-- two AOC-2450W monitors (DVI) and one Dell E196FW monitor (VGA)

 

[faalin]

I believe you can only use 2 dvi or 1 dvi and hdmi for 2 monitors and then you have to use the display port for the third. make sure you get and active display port cable if you need to buy one.