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Hey im trying to use my Samsung TV as a second monitor but im having trouble doing it, im using HDMI from my GTX 780 to my main monitor and that works fine, but im using a displayport to HDMI cable to the TV and I cant get a signal.

 

It list my TV as a digital display in the Nvidia control panel but wont display on the TV, I know its not a faulty cable because I plugged it into the motherboard displayport socket and it displayed on my TV and even listed the TV as Samsung, but this is no good as it uses Intel graphics and not the 780, please help as its driving me fucking mental.

My PC rig: I7-4790, Gigabyte G1 Sniper Z87, EVGA GTX 780 SC ATX 6GB, Thermaltake Urban S31 Case with Window, Corsair RM 850, Samsung Evo 120gb SSD, 5TB HDD, Kingston Hyper 1866 8GB RAM

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I have mate, I only plugged it into the mobo to see if the cable was working, it ony seems to work with the mobo and not the gpu.

My PC rig: I7-4790, Gigabyte G1 Sniper Z87, EVGA GTX 780 SC ATX 6GB, Thermaltake Urban S31 Case with Window, Corsair RM 850, Samsung Evo 120gb SSD, 5TB HDD, Kingston Hyper 1866 8GB RAM

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yeah its not being recognised by my gtx 780, it only displays on the tv when connected to the mobo.

My PC rig: I7-4790, Gigabyte G1 Sniper Z87, EVGA GTX 780 SC ATX 6GB, Thermaltake Urban S31 Case with Window, Corsair RM 850, Samsung Evo 120gb SSD, 5TB HDD, Kingston Hyper 1866 8GB RAM

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try switching the ports. use the display for your primary and the HDMI for your secondary and see what happens. i have a similar setup with a 760ti but im using dvi and hdmi and it works. not sure why it doesn't work on yours. have you tried looking at your display settings in windows, you may find the problem there. 

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this is what its showing as my second monitor, its listing it as a digital display

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My PC rig: I7-4790, Gigabyte G1 Sniper Z87, EVGA GTX 780 SC ATX 6GB, Thermaltake Urban S31 Case with Window, Corsair RM 850, Samsung Evo 120gb SSD, 5TB HDD, Kingston Hyper 1866 8GB RAM

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its listing the connection as a dvi - pc when its connected to the displayport socket too

My PC rig: I7-4790, Gigabyte G1 Sniper Z87, EVGA GTX 780 SC ATX 6GB, Thermaltake Urban S31 Case with Window, Corsair RM 850, Samsung Evo 120gb SSD, 5TB HDD, Kingston Hyper 1866 8GB RAM

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its listing the connection as a dvi - pc when its connected to the displayport socket too

It may be that it isn't able to output to HDMI and display. or maby for some reason it isn't selecting the right ports to output on. Im using a dvi on my main display and a hdmi on my secondary display and i know that works. I'll try to hunt down and display to hdmi adapter and a second hdmi cable. if i can recreate the problem i may be able to help out more.  

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cool cheers mate, if its the cable i will just use the normal hdmi to the tv and use dvi for the monitor, its just weird as the mobo displayport socket actually displayed to the tv and recognised the tv brand but the 780 doesnt want to know.

My PC rig: I7-4790, Gigabyte G1 Sniper Z87, EVGA GTX 780 SC ATX 6GB, Thermaltake Urban S31 Case with Window, Corsair RM 850, Samsung Evo 120gb SSD, 5TB HDD, Kingston Hyper 1866 8GB RAM

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Ok i went through mu computer box and my GFX card boxes and of all the different adapters not one display to hdmi. i did find a mini hdmi to hdmi so iwill try replacing my dvi with it and see what happens. in the mean time i hope the dvi cable solution works. but im still working on it.

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update: I thought my 760's had a mine hdmi but they don't so my original plan isn't gong to work and i am now back to my original setup. i realy need to get a display port cable. sory i couldn't help.

I will do the best I can to help in any way. However I am not all knowing and realize that I can be wrong. If you know something I said is not factual please speak up and provide myself and otters reading reading the thread with the facts proving it. I'm not just here to help others learn I'm also here to learn myself. "An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest." Benjamin Franklin    

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its cool mate, ive read only that other people are getting problems with dp to hdmi too so im just gonna buy a dvi-i cable, thanks anyway bud

My PC rig: I7-4790, Gigabyte G1 Sniper Z87, EVGA GTX 780 SC ATX 6GB, Thermaltake Urban S31 Case with Window, Corsair RM 850, Samsung Evo 120gb SSD, 5TB HDD, Kingston Hyper 1866 8GB RAM

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