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Inspiron 3670, dual S2719NX setup
I have two Dell S2719NX monitors and a Dell Inspiron 3670. I'm trying to set them up as dual monitors. The desktop has an HDMI out port and a VGA out port, both S2719NX have only HDMI in ports. I have one S2719NX connected using an HDMI cable and it works fine. With the other S2719NX, I have a VGA cable and a VGA to HDMI adapter to connect to it, but it's not displaying anything. Using ctrl+alt+F12 to being up the graphics control panel, I can see that it's detecting the S2719NX, but still no signal is coming out. Any help would be appreciated.
RoHe
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January 19th, 2020 13:00
You cannot convert a VGA (analog) signal to an HDMI (digital) signal. Your cable is only 1-directional and only meant to convert HDMI(PC) to VGA(monitor). So what you're doing is never going to work.
Do you only have onboard Intel HD Graphics or do you also have an add-in video card? An add-in video card would be in the area marked #3 here:
If you don't have an add-in video card, you have 2 choices:
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June 4th, 2021 10:00
Greetings, I am having the same issue. My PC is a Lenovo ideacentre 510A-15ICB and I set up mines as mentioned above. HDMI to the 1 HDMI port I have, and then the 2nd monitor to the HDMI/VGA converter to the VGA output on the back of my PC. What are the options I have? Will a dock work best for this? If so, which ones? Thanks in advance if no reply.
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June 4th, 2021 11:00
"Lenovo ideacentre 510A-15ICB " is not supported here.
Quadro P400 would work in your case as well however.
https://accessories.ap.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=th&s=bsd&sku=490-BDTB
https://www.amazon.com/Epic-Service-Bracket-Computer-Supports/dp/B07HVZQFYK/
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June 4th, 2021 11:00
You have to use a card like Quadro P400 that has more than 1 display port.
https://accessories.ap.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=th&s=bsd&sku=490-BDTB
https://www.amazon.com/Epic-Service-Bracket-Computer-Supports/dp/B07HVZQFYK/
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June 5th, 2021 16:00
@carcast7 What about getting a USB3>HDMI dongle for the 2nd monitor?
Just make sure the dongle supports your version of Windows and the 'recommended' (AKA: 'native' or 'optimal') resolution of the monitor that will be connected to the dongle.