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November 13th, 2015 16:00

Dell UltraSharp U2415 and XPS8700

I've just taken delivery of the XPS8700 and the Dell UltraSharp U2415 and per the suggestion on the Dell website, also purchased a Griffin HDMI Male to VGA female adaptor. 

I need help connecting the screen, I'm tearing my hair out - I keep getting the message 'No DP Cable - The display will go into Power Save Mode in 5 minutes'. 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Anna

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November 15th, 2015 18:00

Here's the setup guide for that monitor.

Don't know why you'd need that adapter.

What video output ports do you have on the XPS 8700? Do you have an add-in video card (NVidia or AMD)?

If you have an add-in video card, you have to connect the monitor to the add-in card, not to the on-board video ports which are disabled when a video card is installed.

Ports for the video card will be ~3/4ths of the way down from the top of the PC on the back, not in the middle where the on-board ports ae located.

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