Acer Aspire E15 HDMI Randomly Stopped Working

noobinator2013

I have always used my Acer Aspire E15 E5-576G-5762 with a second monitor (HP 22cwa) connected via HDMI and had no troubles with it. As of a few days ago I opened my laptop as I usually do and found that my monitor has stopped connecting completely. It recognizes when it is plugged into my laptop as it triggers a source scan, however to no avail it just says "Entering sleep mode" after a failed connection. Since then I have tried using two separate HDMI cables apart from the usual one, and connecting to multiple displays which has not led to a solution.
This led me to believe that the problem is most likely software related on the laptop side of things. The steps I have tried at this point to address more software related issues are:

• Uninstall and reinstall NVIDIA drivers.
• Uninstall and reinstall Intel drivers.
• Windows+P and change projection mode to "Extend"
• "Detect" displays both in windows displays settings and Intel control panel.
• Roll back to an earlier driver version.

I am completely lost as to what the issue could be at this point as nothing seems to fix the issue.
Any help is very much appreciated. 

JackE

>>>As of a few days ago I opened my laptop as I usually do and found that my monitor has stopped connecting completely. >>>

What multiple displays do you mean? Does that mean you tried to HDMI out to a TV or another monitor? Jack E/NJ