Setting up 3 monitors, Help

[DevilsHand676]

I found a monitor laying around and decided top add it to my current set up, but nothing is showing up on the screen. It is connected via DVI (though a vga adapter). The computer picks up that there are three monitors but the screen says "There is no signal coming from your computer. Press and key on the keyboard or mouse to wake it up" 

 

Again the computer picks up the third display and even says the monitor type (a DELL E170S). 

 

I have made sure my graphics card can do three monitors and it can (it can go up to 4). The graphics card is a

"GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1050 Ti DirectX 12 GV-N105TG1 GAMING-4GD 4GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 ATX Video Card"

and it is updated to the most recent driver.

 

I don't know if there is a setting im just overlooking or what 

 

 

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Fixed:

My adapter (vga male to dmi female) did not work so I just went with a hdmi to vga. Works fine now 

Edited March 1, 2017 by DevilsHand676

[Glenwing]

Just now, DevilsHand676 said:

I found a monitor laying around and decided top add it to my current set up, but nothing is showing up on the screen. It is connected via DVI (though a vga adapter). The computer picks up that there are three monitors but the screen says "There is no signal coming from your computer. Press and key on the keyboard or mouse to wake it up" 

 

Again the computer picks up the third display and even says the monitor type (a DELL E170S). 

 

I have made sure my graphics card can do three monitors and it can (it can go up to 4). The graphics card is a

"GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1050 Ti DirectX 12 GV-N105TG1 GAMING-4GD 4GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 ATX Video Card"

and it is updated to the most recent driver.

 

I don't know if there is a setting im just overlooking or what 

Did you select the right input on the monitor?

[DevilsHand676]

Just now, Glenwing said:

Did you select the right input on the monitor?

yea the monitor only has one input, a VGA

[DevilsHand676]

1 minute ago, DevilsHand676 said:

yea the monitor only has one input, a VGA

 

2 minutes ago, Glenwing said:

Did you select the right input on the monitor?

whats odd is that when i move the mouse over to where the third monitor is it disperses (like it is going to the other monitor 

[0ld_Chicken]

Did you try the monitor by its self to see if it is working?

[DevilsHand676]

Just now, 0ld_Chicken said:

Did you try the monitor by its self to see if it is working?

yes I tried the monitor on another computer and it worked fine 

[Master Disaster]

Just now, 0ld_Chicken said:

Did you try the monitor by its self to see if it is working?

Ninja'd.

[0ld_Chicken]

1 minute ago, DevilsHand676 said:

yes I tried the monitor on another computer and it worked fine 

was that with or without the display adapter?

[DevilsHand676]

9 minutes ago, 0ld_Chicken said:

was that with or without the display adapter?

huh yea just tried to use it with out the adapter (on a different pc) and it worked. guess my adapter is busted

[0ld_Chicken]

Just now, DevilsHand676 said:

huh yea just tried to use it with out the adapter (on a different pc) and it worked. guess my adapter is busted

If possible, try the adapter with another working monitor/cable/computer to make sure but that sounds like that is the case.  I don't know much about adapters, I know some need to be active/passive but I'm not sure which.  Did the adapter work before?

 

[DevilsHand676]

1 hour ago, 0ld_Chicken said:

If possible, try the adapter with another working monitor/cable/computer to make sure but that sounds like that is the case.  I don't know much about adapters, I know some need to be active/passive but I'm not sure which.  Did the adapter work before?

 

no i just got the adapter today from the store, I am going to return it got a male dvi to female vga (i had male vga to female dvi) idk maybe that will work