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Reed James Chile Local time: 02:34 Member (2005) Spanish to English
Mar 17, 2013
Hi. I recently bought an all in ome computer and I want to connect my old flat screen monitor to it. The old monitor is not HD. I bought a VGA-HDMI cable, but nothimg happens when I comnect it to my computer. Do I need special software to accomplish this? TIA. Reed
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Steven Segaert Estonia Local time: 09:34 Member (2012) English to Dutch + ...
Video card
Mar 17, 2013
Hi Reed,
I think you first need to find out whether your video card supports two screens.
For help on how to find out, you would be better off checking in on a hardware help forum of some sorts. They can tell you how to find out what video card you have, and how to see what it can do.
Hope this helps!
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Rolf Keller Germany Local time: 08:34 English to German
Yes and No
Mar 17, 2013
Reed D James wrote:
I recently bought an all in ome computer and I want to connect my old flat screen monitor to it. The old monitor is not HD. I bought a VGA-HDMI cable
So you bought an HDMI-output (computer) to VGA-input (monitor) cable, right? This will work only with certain computer models which have a non-standard HDMI port. Probably you don't have such a computer. There are expensive (200 EUR?) HDMI-to-VGA converters to solve this problem, though.
Do I need special software to accomplish this?
No, Windows is able to use several different monitors simultaneously. But the settings (BIOS, Windows, graphics card, motherboard jumpers) must be ok.
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I assume that you are using Windows Vista or 7 Once the extra monitor is connected: Right click on your screen Choose Personalize Choose Display Choose Change display settings and than either: Choose Detect or try clicking next to display - it should show available monitors - if you can see two than choose in Multiple displays option: Extend these displays.
If the above doesn't work make sure that your graphic card drivers are up to date. ... See more
I assume that you are using Windows Vista or 7 Once the extra monitor is connected: Right click on your screen Choose Personalize Choose Display Choose Change display settings and than either: Choose Detect or try clicking next to display - it should show available monitors - if you can see two than choose in Multiple displays option: Extend these displays.
If the above doesn't work make sure that your graphic card drivers are up to date.
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Rolf Keller Germany Local time: 08:34 English to German
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Mar 18, 2013
Rolf Keller wrote:
So you bought an HDMI-output (computer) to VGA-input (monitor) cable, right? This will work only with certain computer models which have a non-standard HDMI port.
Addendum: Most (all?) of these "certain models" are AFAIK business notebooks because they often have to be connected to VGA beamers.
[Bearbeitet am 2013-03-18 11:46 GMT]
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Reed James Chile Local time: 02:34 Member (2005) Spanish to English
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Thanks for all your input
Mar 21, 2013
The man at the store where I bought my computer said that I should have dual monitor capability if the 2nd monitor is HD. I bought the VGA-HDMI cable on a whim. Now I see that I might have to buy an HD monitor to make this setup work, though I seem to have seen VGA-HDMI scenarios on YouTube.
@Stanlislaw: When I right-click on my screen, I don't see anything about a display. Do I have to go to the Control Panel to do this?
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