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Question

Second Monitor Not Being Detected In 2nd VGA or DVI port.

Aug 30, 2015 9:55AM PDT

I finally got a second monitor and it is not being detected.

My computer has one DVI-I port, one DVI-D port, and 2 VGA.

My first monitor is a Dell S2340M
It has a DVI-D port and an VGA port.
which is connected with a DVI-I and my VGA is plugged into that, so that's an adapter? Maybe... But that is plugged into my DVI-I port on my computer.

The second monitor is an HP 2159m.
It has a DVI-D port, VGA, AND HDMI
It has only come on by me plugging the DVI-D cord into my DVI-I port.

I have tried to just hook the VGA cable into the HP monitor and into the port; failed. I have tried a DVI-D cord into the DVI-D port;failed. I have tried a DVI-D to HDMI;fail.

Everything I've tried just make it aleep, and the screen pops up and says DVI:Not detected VGA:No HDMI:No

What am I doing wrong? Please help with advise!

GPU AMD Radeon 7700
If you need more info please ask!

http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j385/SGarofalo/Mobile%20Uploads/20150830_113420_zpslad8plca.jpg

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Answer
It's not you.
Aug 30, 2015 9:59AM PDT
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Aug 30, 2015 10:25AM PDT

So what can I do? I have gone to my BIOS and I haven't seen any display settings.
I'm actually headed to Best Buy now, I was going to buy a splitter and connect it to where my main Dell monitor is working and try to use 2 VGA cords out of the splitter.
Will this work or am I wasting my time?

I'm honestly out of options. Nothing seems to work with the top VGA or DVI ports...
This isn't a task for someone as computer illiterate as myself.

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A splitter would show same on 2 displays.
Aug 30, 2015 10:39AM PDT

So yes if that's the goal, that would work.

Remember I can't see all your BIOS options or jumpers on your board. The Dell model you noted is one I can't find a document good enough to tell you which BIOS page/setting or if it's a jumper.

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Thanks for All The Help So Far!
Aug 30, 2015 10:59AM PDT

Ah, jeez. No, that's not what I'm going for.
What I can do is take a picture of everything when I pull BIOS up, would that help?
Also, here is a link to the CPU I bought if that does anything http://www.bestbuy.com/site/cyberpowerpc-gamer-ultra-desktop-amd-fx-series-8gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-black-red/9177174.p?id=1218994550644&skuId=9177174

I will try to see if there's anything at best buy I may try to plug on, but at this point I have everything I think, a DVI Cord, VGA, and even a DVI to HDMI.

If it's just that nothing in the port is coming on then it sounds like it's something in the settings.

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Cyberpower used many many mainboards.
Aug 30, 2015 11:13AM PDT
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BIOS and Board
Aug 30, 2015 11:56AM PDT
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Looks like this board.
Aug 30, 2015 12:26PM PDT
http://us.msi.com/product/mb/760GM-P34-FX.html#hero-overview

There is no entry or mention of keeping the onboard video active when a video card is installed. BUT there's a caveat here. Only when CPU is an APU is that video active at all.

http://www.pc-specs.com/mobo/MSI/MSI_760GM-P34_%28FX%29/1901
"The MSI 760GM-P34 (FX) does not support onboard graphics. Any system build that uses this motherboard therefore requires a separate graphics card, or a processor that has a GPU on the same die, such as AMD APU processors. There are 1 PCIe x16 slots on this motherboard. This means it is perfectly capable of accommodating the latest graphics cards, although it is important to try and use a graphics card with the same graphics card interface of VGA, as anything below will not reach the motherboard's potential, and anything above will have its performance slashed to the bandwidth maximum of the MSI 760GM-P34 (FX)'s VGA. The MSI 760GM-P34 (FX) does not support multiple graphics cards via Nvidia SLI or AMD Crossfire."

So now we know what's up, you'll have to tell which CPU or APU is installed.
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Getting Real Fancy On Me
Aug 30, 2015 12:45PM PDT

I get somewhat lost in the fancy talk, lol, pretty computer handicap.

I'm assuming/hoping this is good news for me trying to get this second monitor up and going??

But, a picture speaks a thousands words, so through this picture it will possibly save myself the embarrassment of trying to type what you need.

Saw something earlier about displays should show two, (I am unsure if this is correct or not), but mine only shows the AMD Radeon 7700.

http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j385/SGarofalo/Mobile%20Uploads/20150830_143845_zpspafbjufz.jpg

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Better Image.
Aug 30, 2015 12:54PM PDT
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Tiny pictures.
Aug 30, 2015 1:11PM PDT

Sorry but since I can't see which CPU or APU is installed, that's on the System tab most of the time I can't tell you if the VGA or DVI port should or should not work.

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System Tab
Aug 30, 2015 1:24PM PDT
http://tinypic.com/r/1zpu1dw/8

Sorry about that, I'm just trying to use pictures because I figured it'd be easier for you since there's only so much that I know about all this.

this is from the system tab.
I hope that pic comes more full from links.
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The Fx6300 is a CPU, no graphics.
Aug 30, 2015 1:39PM PDT

The onboard video ports are not going to work with this CPU.

The reason, while technical is in a post above.

What is this second display for? Gaming would have me change the video card. For browsing I'd try some USB 3.0 Video card if the price was right. Since this has only USB 2.0 I'd pop for the usual USB 3.0 card to keep the graphics speed up.

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2nd Monitor
Aug 30, 2015 1:45PM PDT

the second display was going to be just a browsing monitor.

I stream using Twitch.tv and rather than having a laptop setup next to me, it's more convenient to have two monitors to have one for the chat and browsing in general as I stream.

So 2 monitors is a no go unless I upgrade Video Cards.
That's a bummer. I suppose I will look into it.