Second Monitor HELP!

[Projeqts]

Good evening.

I have a second monitor (the same as my main one), but when I go to detect it on Windows 7 nothing appears!

My graphics card is: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 285 Dual-X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

There is nothing wrong with the second monitor as it is detected when I put my main VGA cable in.

I'm thinking the problem lies where I'm using the second VGA and I've had to purchase a DVI-D 24+1 25 Pin Male To VGA 15 Pin Female Video Converter.

The monitor is a Samsung B2030. (Quite old)

All help appreciated!

 

[Shiari]

Someone will probably correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe DVI-D doesn't support a VGA signal ... you'll need something more native.

 

[Confused Stu]

Someone will probably correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe DVI-D doesn't support a VGA signal ... you'll need something more native.

Spot on, mate. DVI-I supports a VGA connection, but DVI-D doesn't.

Projeqts - if both your monitors only have a VGA input, you will need to use the white DVI-I output on your 285 (which you already are) and you'll need an Active Displayport to VGA adapter for the second (something like StarTech's DP2VGA2 adapter). The key word is "Active" as this converts the signal from DP to VGA, rather than a Passive one that will simply change the connector shape.

A quick Google search shows there are HDMI to VGA adapters and DVI-D to VGA adapters out there, but I've never used one so cannot say if they will work or not.

Does your motherboard have any VGA outputs? If so, you could run your main screen from the GPU and your secondary from the onboard without buying any adapters. I'm currently running 3 screens from my 290 and the fourth from the onboard Intel and it works very well for me.