My Pavilion has two HDMI ports and no VGA port. How do I switch to use the second HDMI port?

[RobC101]

My HDMI port is malfunctioning and I have no video. My back panel has no VGA port, but it has two HDMI ports. The second one seems disabled. How do I switch the second HDMI port for my main video output?

I tried entering the BIOS setup and the video works fine in there, but I see no option to enable the second HDMI port. When I exit BIOS setup and Windows loads, I loose my video.

[banhien · Accepted solution]

@RobC101 

Your machine has Radeon R7 450 video card therefore the following video ports (in red) on integrated graphics are disabled

Figure : Lubin back I/O panel

1. VGA
2. HDMI out
3. USB 3.0: 2
4. USB 2.0: 2
5. LAN (Ethernet)
6. Audio jacks

The  Radeon R7 450  has 3 rear I/O connectors: DVI + HDMI + DisplayPort.  Now

1. If ONLY the HDMI port failed, you can use  DVI or Displayport all you need is a new cable
2. If all 3 ports failed, you can remove the whole Radeon R7 450 card anf you integrated graphics will be activated, you can use HDMI port.

Regards.

[RobC101]

Thank you very much for your answer. I bought a DVI to VGA converter and it works fine.