Acer XB270HU no signal

A few days ago I finally got my Acer XB270HU bprz 27-inch WQHD NVIDIA G-SYNC (2560 x 1440) Widescreen Monitor, and since I don't get my gpu for another month, I really want to be able to test the monitor out to make sure everything runs smoothly.

Since the monitor only has a display port, I purchased and tried two different Display port to HDMI adapters and I've used them with two different HDMI cables, and I can' seem to get any kind of signal. I've tried connecting to two different laptops as well as a Wii U, and I'm sure that the HDMI cables work.

Am I doing anything wrong here? Will I not be able to connect with this adapter? Could the display port on the monitor itself be defective

I just spent a large portion of my budget on this monitor and I'm kind of panicking because I can't get anything to work. Any advice or help would be much appreciated.

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Sharanji

Have you checked by connecting the monitor using to any computer using a DP cable without any adapter?

Also, when you connected the monitor to laptop using Display port to HDMI adapters, did you check by enabling external display on the laptop?

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ssateneth

While you can easily convert a displayport signal into an HDMI one (Displayport is smart enough to emulate HDMI), the opposite is not true. You can't passively convert an HDMI signal into a displayport signal (HDMI doesn't know how to emulate displayport). There may be powered converters out there that aren't cheap.