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XPS 8930, dual SE2417HG, setup?
I need help connecting 2 monitors to my XPS 8930 tower. I would like to extend my screen but am having great difficulties connecting both monitors to the tower since there is only one HDMI card. Help please
Vic384
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January 12th, 2020 05:00
We need a little more information about you XPS 8930. Do you have a discrete graphics card? The Dell SE2417HG has two HDMI ports and a VGA port. If you do not have a discrete graphics card you can connect one of the monitors to the Intel Integrated HD Graphics port (#4 in the Back Panel diagram of the Setup and Specifications manual, page 12. For the other monitor, you will need to connect it via a HDMI cable and an active DisplayPort to HDMI adapter to the DisplayPort port (#3).
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January 12th, 2020 06:00
You need a HDMI cable like the one you already have and an active DisplayPort to HDMI adapter like this.
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January 12th, 2020 06:00
Thank you so much for replying. I do not have a discrete card. My specifications are below. What type of cord should I purchase to connect one monitor to the Intel Integrated HD Graphics port? I have an HDMI for the other one.
Windows System driver, XPS 8930 - No speakers, Integrated with WAVE MAXXAudio Pro, Dell USB Mouse, DW1810 driver, Black Dell KB216 Wired Multi-Media Keyboard English ,Tray load DVD Drive (Reads and Writes to DVD/CD), 802.11ac 1x1 WiFi and Bluetooth, 1TB 7200 rpm SATA HDD, 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 2666MHz UDIMM Non-ECC, Intel(R) UHD Graphics, Windows 10 Home 64bit English, 9th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 9700 (8-Core, 12MB Cache, up to 4.7GHz with Intel(R) Turbo Boost Technology)
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January 12th, 2020 14:00
Thanks again! Purchasing a active DP to HDMI adapter fixed the issue.