HP envy + monitor problems

Tell me what im dong wrong guys

GPU is on
Monitor is on

minidisplay port - smaller version of dvi (cant remember the name) is hooked up. (I had to get an adapter because the original plug it came with wasnt supported on the envy)

pressed F4, duplicate. Nothing changed at all.

Went to power saving mode. F4 duplicate. The screen blinked and nothing still happened on my monitor. (it didnt blink in high power mode)

I have a calypso monitor 24". Using it for college. Any ideas? BTW it is plugged in correctly, there is a flashing orange light and it says no signal then goes blank.

 

I've noticed some people have issues with the minidisplay port and some monitors.

but it's been hit or miss. Never used it before so I can't really help much beyond that.

you are using the radeon though, right?

 

yeah i am... would my best bet be to get a USB convert instead instead of minidisplay?

 

I have no idea.

hdmi will work. maybe an active minidisplayport cable might work (apparently there are two types of those cables)

 

check out one of these, and pay close attention to the comments and posts of cheaper passive adapters (likely the kind you have)

AMD makes Eyefinity easier with line of budget-minded active DisplayPort-to-DVI adapters -- Engadget



If you are triggering eyefinity when you hook up other displays via the display port you may be running into a limitation of the passive adapters. Try an active one. If that fails... well, no idea then.