Multiple monitor/ Covered HDMI question

[Yesterworld]

Good morning/afternoon/evening everyone. Thank you for taking some time to read this.

I have an HP Desktop ( Model TG01-1120) that i currently have with two monitors.

I am looking for a way to hook up to a third monitor. Currently one is plugged into the only hdmi port and the other one with a HDMI to DVI port. There is actually a third HDMI port on the upper left part of the back of the desktop. This was covered by a black piece of plastic. I tried connecting it to the third monitor with a cable, but no luck.

I have tried using the following with no luck:

• HP Dock USB-C G5. This comes with a thunderbolt usb c plug, but my desktop doesn't seem to be compatible.

• USB 3.0 to HDMI adapters haven't worked either.

• Direct USB to HDMI were not helpful either.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Again, thank you for your help and time.

Specs are below for reference.

• Intel Core i5 10th Gen 10400F 2.9GHz Processor

• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 4GB GDDR5

• 8GB DDR4-2666 RAM

• 256GB Solid State Drive

• Microsoft Windows 11 Home

• 3-in-1 Media Card Reader

• 10/100/1000 Network

• 1x1 802.11ac Wi-Fi+Bluetooth Combo

[banhien]

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@Yesterworld wrote:

There is actually a third HDMI port on the upper left part of the back of the desktop. This was covered by a black piece of plastic. I tried connecting it to the third monitor with a cable, but no luck.

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@Yesterworld 

The specs of your machine is

               https://support.hp.com/nz-en/document/c07955567

It has dedicated  NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 (4 GB GDDR5 dedicated) therefore iGPU is disable that why its HDMI port is covered by a black piece of plastic.

 >>>>> Direct USB to HDMI were not helpful either

USB to HDMI  with DisplayLink Certified should work for example

            USB-A to HDMI adapter

Regards.

[Yesterworld]

Appreciate the response. I'll try the adapter.