Questions tagged [display-adapter]
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Is there a work around to configure brightness or color on a DisplayLink monitor?
I run 3 monitors in addition to my laptop display at work - two of the monitors are using DisplayLink adapters. I've always thought that all my displays were too bright (and possibly give me headaches?) - even after I reduced their brightness as…
shaneykakes
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How are these remote/headless display dongles used?
I have a "dumb" TV in one room, and a PC in another room. It's been suggested to me I might want to get a "display emulator" dongle, which will somehow let my PC believe it is feeding a regular display (e.g. DisplayPort as in this Fueran device),…
einpoklum
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How to force a resolution on Windows 7
I have a machine with Windows 7 x64 and 2 screens.
Both Samsung,
a SyncMaster 2443NW (max 1920x1200) and a SyncMaster 2032MW (max 1680x1050)
Problem is that the 2032MW on Windows 7 one only gives this ranges:
And the 24'' monitor, only gives a…
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Can an external USB VGA adapter be used as the primary monitor?
I have an external USB video adapter (USB plug on one end, box with VGA connector on the other) – it's a Triton See2-UV150.
I was hoping it could be used as the only / primary adapter, but it does not seem to work that way. Just wanted to see if…
Scott Sz
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Connect monitor without taking an extra PCI-e slot or using on-board graphics
I have a Supermicro x9dri-ln4f+ connected to a microscope.
It needs to have USB3, a high-res lag free display and 10GbE in same server. Currently my 6 PCIe slots look like:
#1-4: important cards,
#5: GPU, and
#6: USB3 card
Using the on-board…
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Does DisplayPort cables only one-way?
I saw this DELOCK 82438 Mini DisplayPort - Displayport cable where the image shows one end is an input, while the other is an output. They also say in the description that this is a Mini DisplayPort male > DisplayPort male cable, indicating the…
totymedli
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Only two screens can be active at the same time
I'm having the problem that only 2 monitors seem to work simultaneously. Right now I have these monitors:
Samsung SyncMaster S24B350 (VGA to DVI adapter)
Samsung SyncMaster P2450H (DVI to DVI)
Iiyama E2483HS (HDMI to DP cable)
and this…
Jeroen Vannevel
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HDMI to VGA adapter issue - signal keeps cutting out
Most of our school is still using VGA for projection. We would eventually like to go to HDMI but that is going to take at least a couple years. The laptops (HP Elitebook 850 G5) we are getting from the Ministry of Education only have HDMI ports now…
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What is the display adapter driver used for?
I just reinstalled Windows, and although there was no any display adapter driver (like the NVIDIA Geforce driver) installed, the display looked fine.
What is the display adapter driver for? Does it improves the displaying?
I am using Windows XP and…
URL87
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DVI to VGA adapter only working in one output
I have a AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series graphics card which has 2 DVI outputs. I tried to set it up with 2 monitors which both have vga connectors on the end and used 2 dvi to vga adapters like these.
For some reason nothing would reach the monitor, it…
Tom Jenkinson
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What is the black connector called?
I am having trouble identifying one of the connectors on the cable in the images below. The blue connector should be a male VGA connector, but I've no idea what the black one is. If I was to take a guess I would say mini-display, but the connector…
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lenovo e50 and external graphics card
I have a very cheap desktop PC that a friend of mine bought. Its a Lenovo e50. However we need dual outputs so I was gonna install a PCI graphics card. So I've bought a Sparkle Geforce 210.
However I've put the card in, and it just refuses to…
Chud37
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Windows 8.1 can not detect correctly adapter ram
I have Lenovo Flex 2-15 with 4GB of dedicated RAM, with GpuZ and Nvidia Control Panel correctly recognizing this, but msinfo32 and dxdiag (Windows built-in unit) can't do this properly.
System Information (msinfo32) reports my Nvidia 840M GPU RAM…
mine wwe
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WHY: Mini Displayport to Displayport adapter connected to Alienware m17 laptop for dual monitor not working?
I just bought this: accellcables.com/K088B-003B.html and am trying to connect my ASUS 27" (2560x1440) monitor up to my laptop through it's mini displayport. After wrestling through possible solutions I finally got the other monitor to come on (for 2…
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DVI-D (Dual Link) to VGA Adapter
I have just both a DVI-D (Male) to VGA (Female) Adapter so I use dual monitors when using my computer. I have an ECS H61H2-M2 Motherboard with an I3-2120 CPU with no graphics card installed (out of budget). But anyways, I've tried two adapters and…
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