Duel VGA Monitors

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Hi, 

 

I recently bought matching monitors and they were meant to be DVI connections but when they arrived they were VGA. As far as i am aware i cannot run both on my single AMD Radeon HD 6570 Graphics card. i have tried to do this with a variety of cable but with no luck, Can anyone suggest a way to run both the monitors? I am UK based if that makes a difference to your advice

I have tried a HDMI to VGA which i didn't think would work and it didn't but i also bout a 'converter' cable that has male HDMI to Female VGA. i tried this today. when i use this the screens do not boot up but when i run the straight VGA the pc boots up fine, then if i pug in the other cable it stops working at the fan gets much louder.

 

I have run duel screens on this machine before but was straight HDMI & VGA Connections.

Still a bit of a noob at this stuff.

 

Thanks in Advance AC DOA

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You just need a DVI to VGA adapter.

Should just be a couple of quid from ebay or whatever.

 

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Did somebody say duel?

 

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like this one?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DVI-D-MALE-TO-VGA-SVGA-15pin-FEMALE-ADAPTER-CONNECTOR-CONVERTER-A-/271553954841

 

as i already have tried this below and it doesnt seem to work although the cable may be faulty but i doubt it as it was brand new
 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-5M-DVI-I-to-VGA-Male-15Pin-TV-PC-Cable-Lead-HD-Video-Monitor-Converter-Adapter-/141171417369?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item20de78e119

Thanks again :)

 

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Yeah that's the adapter I meant.

Not sure what to say about the cable but those adapters work for me. I have two of on my GPU currently.

I'd suggest a few tests if you haven't already.

Only one monitor at a time for now. Not connecting both just removes variables.

Can you confirm that both monitors work when plugged directly into the VGA your GPU has?

If so, what happens to each if you plug them into the DVI individually via the adapter cable?

If both work on the VGA and neither work on the DVI I'd get hold of an adapter just to rule out the cable being  the cause.

If both work on the DVI does the issue only arise when you are connecting to both the DVI and VGA? 

 

 

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Give me your best shot. HAHAHAHA

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I bought the adapter just to rule out the cable, both vga cables work and when plugged inot my graphics card  each monitor will work one at a timei have tried the adapter and a vga cable with only one monitor but that doesn’t work and it doesn’t work with both either

 

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This is the monitor if that helps

http://support.aocmonitorap.com/userguide/936swa/English/v-05.htm

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Okay 

So you know both monitors work when you connect them to the VGA.

Neither work when you connect them to the DVI via an adapter. But you've tried multiple adapters so its highly unlikely they are both faulty.

All of which suggests that the DVI on the GPU is at fault.

The problem could be down to the type of DVI port so you'll need to check that in the specification.  This forum thread probably covers and explains the problem better than I can explain it. This isn't a problem that I've encountered myself. The posts by the user stormy13 are the ones you really need.

http://www.sevenforums.com/graphic-cards/205294-amd-radeon-hd-6570-not-working-dual-vga-displays.html

If that is the case you'd need to buy a converter like the one in the forum post. 

 

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Thanks for your help. I couldn't find anywhere where it stated that the DVI port was a specific kind. As i result i have chosen to upgrade to a graphics card that does. 

Again thanks for the help :)