Best way to connect DVID-D, HDMI port video card to a VGA, HDMI monitor?

[cboghoss]

Situation: MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Video Card has a DPI-D and HDMI port, monitor has a VGA and HDMI port. I have a DPI-I, VGA adaptor but the DPI-I port is in the mobo and I've heard that you're not supposed to plug the monitor into that. I tried just using an HDMI cable to connect video card to the monitor, but it said no signal. Why is this happening, and what's the best solution?

Background: I just built the PC with new parts. Fan for CPU and video card are working/spinning. Monitor and VGA cable are new as well. Planning to use the computer for FPS gaming

 

[alexoiu]

What are the other components?

 

[cboghoss]

What are the other components?

Intel Core i5-3570 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor
Zalman CNPS9500 AT Ball Bearing CPU Cooler
Intel DQ77MK Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard
Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply
HP 22cwa 21.5" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor

 

[boosted1g]

So use GPUs HDMI port to HDMI port o fmotherboard.

 

[alexoiu]

Are all components new?

 

[cboghoss]

Are all components new?

everything is new

 

[alexoiu]

Try leaving single RAM module installed. Use the HDMI cable from graphics card to monitor.
Test each RAM slot.
Make sure that the monitor input is set to HDMI.

 

[cboghoss]

Today I connected the HDMI cable to the GPU and my tv and it worked fine. Tried it again with my monitor and it also worked. I don't know what was going on yesterday.