An adapter changes one physical form to another. Most commonly used to describe data cable changers (such as PS/2 to USB) and laptop power cords that convert AC power to DC for the computer.
Questions tagged [adapter]
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What are differences between VBoxVGA, VMSVGA and VBoxSVGA in VirtualBox?
VirtualBox 6.0 provides a new setting called Graphics Controller. There are four options to choose from:
None
VBoxVGA
VMSVGA
VBoxSVGA
In the user manual I have found this information:
Graphics Controller: Specifies the graphics adapter type used…
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Does a HDMI-to-DVI (dual link) adapter exist? I don't care about the price
My monitor supports full-resolution display (2560x1440) only when connected to through either the DVI-D dual link port, or the DisplayPort.
My laptop, though, has neither of these two kinds of output. Instead, all it's got is a HDMI port (which is…
alex k
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How many port adapters, and which ones can be stacked up and actually work?
Someone posted this pic on twitter today:
That won't work, right?
Why, exactly? And, specifically, at which point the stack of adapters stops working?
Wes
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Bluetooth adapter not detected on Linux
I've been using Arch Linux for a while and bluetooth has been working without issues. Now, for no explicable reason, Arch doesn't detect my bluetooth adapters anymore.
I tried doing:
$ sudo systemctl enable bluetooth,
$ sudo systemctl start…
user891127
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Can't convert HDMI to DisplayPort - root cause?
I have a DisplayPort based monitor, and a laptop with a DP out. I recently got a second laptop with HDMI out, and went looking for a HDMI -> DP converter. I was very surprised to find that such a thing effectively doesn't seem to exist.
This…
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Can I use a power adapter with more current but lower voltage on another laptop?
Possible Duplicate:
Laptop power supplies, does current matter?
I have the opposite problem outlined in Laptop power supplies, does current matter?
My AC adapter (19 V, 3.95 A, 75 W, 3-pin) Part No. PA3468E-1AC3 for Toshiba Laptop L40 18Z is now…
linuxwannabee
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"Modern" Ethernet over coax
So, I've just bought a house. It's reasonably new - built in the early '00s. One of the features that got built in was a cable TV drop in every room. The cabling is gorgeous - there's even a wiring cabinet of sorts in a closet where the cables…
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Is it okay that part of the power jack is outside the device?
I have some devices whose DC adapter connector/jack is only partially plugged in.
For example, my monitor has an AC to 180 W DC power supply. When connecting the transformer to the monitor, the DC adapter connector/jack is not fully inside the…
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2.5" SSD in a 3.5" desktop drive bay normal?
I'm a little out of touch with modern desktop builds, but I recently built a new machine anyway. I want to pick up a SSD for my I/O intensive apps (EverQuest 2 and Flash CS4 mostly), but I'm having trouble finding any in the 3.5" form factor.
Is…
Cory Petosky
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Standard SD card and Micro SD card with adapter; same speed?
I'm going to buy a new SD card to be used in my car's audio player. What I would like to know is, if I buy a micro SD card with adapter, will it provide the same read/write speed as a standard SD card of the same model? Does using adapter affect…
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How to make a USB wireless adapter to support WoWLAN?
I heard that none of the USB wireless adapters can support Wake on Wireless LAN because USB can't maintain the adapter's power when in sleep mode. Is that true?
Is there a way to make a USB wireless adapter support WoWLAN?
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Is it possible for HDMI <--> DVI-D adapter to make the output picture unstable?
I mean it's not a converter, it's not supposed to make changes in video signal.
My chain is:
Tablet PC -> USB Type-C hub -> HDMI output -> HDMI cable -> HDMI <--> DVI-D adapter -> Monitor
So I am looking for what is making picture unstable in this…
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Din5 plug adapter to USB
I have an old keyboard I'd like to use on recent devices (no PS2 port). But it's still on a 5 pin din plug. I tried to plug that in a Din-2-PS2 adapter and that in PS2-2-USB, but the keyboard was not recognized at all. Is there anything I have to…
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Can I use my green (mouse) USB-to-PS/2 adapter for keyboards?
I have a USB keyboard which I want to connect over PS/2 to my computer.
I only have a green USB-to-PS/2 adapter which has the symbol of a mouse on it.
Can I use it for the USB keyboard anyways?
My motherboard has a PS/2-combo-socket, e.g. it accepts…
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RJ45 doubler that allows 2 computers on one plug
At my work 20 years ago we lacked an RJ45 port. This was solved by plugging in a RJ45-doubler.
It was a passive adapter (so it was neither a switch nor a hub) and looked visually similar to:
The doubler had the effect that A and B both could reach…
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