Can someone help me hook up a 2nd monitor to my iMac 2011 ?

i bought an asus 23" hdmi monitor and would like to connect it to my 2011 i5 iMac
i purchased a minidisplay hdmi cable and plugged it all in and the monitor keeps telling me it isn't getting any hdmi input ... the imac doesn't detect it
i have hooked up the same monitor via the same cable to a current model mac min and the monitor works perfectly
i have reset the pram and that didn't help
is there a step that i am missing ? ... is there a checklist somewhere ?
i have done a fair bit of research and have read apple's support on the issue but can't get anywhere with this ?
can thunderbolt ports be tested ? ... do they go bad ?
is it worth getting an dvi connector (i don't need sound) ?
thanks for any help

Hi, what is the rez of that Monitor?
Supports dual simultaneous displays -- 1920x1200 on an HDMI display or a DVI display using the included HDMI-to-DVI adapter and 2560x1600 on a Thunderbolt or Mini DisplayPort display or even a VGA display (with adapter).
Does it work on the HDMI port by itself?

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