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July 26th, 2014 11:00

Help with Dual monitors on Alienware aurora R-4

Hello ive been struggling trying to get my dual monitors set up on my aurora r-4. I currently have two dell monitors that connects with a vga While my aurora r-4 has two dvi connections on it. ive been trying to find the cable i need for it and can i just get two dvi- vga adapters seperately and itll function as a dual monitor?

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September 3rd, 2014 07:00

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July 26th, 2014 11:00

heres a picture of my desktop connection (sorry i dont know much about this stuff)

heres another two pictures of my monitor connector. (blue ones the vga from the monitor i currently use the white one to connect from the vga to my desktop.

http://puu.sh/as3d1/82f3c44dfd.jpg

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July 27th, 2014 08:00

Try TigerDirect.com they should have what you're looking for

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July 29th, 2014 10:00

Hi rajonrondoson!

You can find the VGA to DVI adapter in the Dell Shop. Check out this link

August 24th, 2014 23:00

hello thanks i purchased two do u also know why i inserted both to the desktop but only one of the monitor registers from the cable while the second one on the bottom has no response 

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August 25th, 2014 07:00

Have you selected 'Activate all displays' in your Nvidia control panel?

August 25th, 2014 08:00

hmm no where may i find that?

August 26th, 2014 00:00

ive checked cataly control center and screen resolution they only seem to detect one monitor

i have two holes (sorry not familar with this stuff) to connect dvi connectors on my desktop ive tried both monitors it seems to only detect one 

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August 26th, 2014 02:00

Then I assume you do not have an Nvidia card. What graphics card do you have?

August 26th, 2014 03:00

this is my graphic card

August 26th, 2014 04:00

hmm so i need a hdmi to vga cable? im still a bit confnused why the 2nd dvi wont function

August 26th, 2014 04:00

ah i think im getting it thanks but now im confused on whether i need a display or hdmi to vga cable now

August 26th, 2014 04:00

do u think this product will do the trick?

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=332-2273#Overview

(sorry ive purchased a few useless cables for my situation talking to dell customer support chat)

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August 26th, 2014 05:00

rajonrondoson I have a question. I have two graphics cards that are similar to yours, and I don't seem to have this problem. Both my graphics cards have HDMI. On the back of your monitors what kind of connections. Do you have? For good graphics. HDMI is the best. DVI runs second. The VGA is so-so. From what I've seen of your pictures I would make your HDMI on one monitor. And the DVI on your second one. And then the catalyst which control your graphics cards should see these two monitors. Also, crossfire, in the catalyst, should be turned off, so your cards will work independently. If crossfire is turned on, then your two cards work as one. This might be part of your problem. And so, just to let you know to convert HDMI to a VGA, I pretty much guarantee you're going to be disappointed. The graphics will not be very good
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