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Digital Visual Interface is an interface for the transmission of video between a source device and a display device.

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Dual monitors, UEFI windows 10 Pro HDMI and DVI. Swapping the cables changes identity' from 1 to 2, 2 to 1, boot still posts on the right monitor. why

Dual monitors, both DVI connections, one HDMI adapter to use both outputs on GTX 730. Monitor on left primary, right secondary, boot posts to secondary monitor. I swap the cables so both monitors ...
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screen goes black for a second with display port

I have a hp elitedesk 800 g2 twr, with intel core i5 6500, I am using the integrated graphics hd 530, when using the display port on the pc, from time to time the screen goes black for a second, but ...
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VGA not working but HDMI and DVI-D are working perfectly

I installed Windows 11 than Windows 10 on a newly built PC and the VGA output gives no signal on either of them, but the HDMI and DVI-D output are working perfectly. This issue is also present in BIOS,...
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How to best connect an LCD monitor with DVI-D, Displayport and VGA to a laptop with USB-C?

What would be the best way to connect Dell UltraSharp™ U2412M LCD monitor (specs also here) with DVI-D, Displayport and VGA connectors, to my Huawei Matebook X Pro laptop (USB-C)? By "best way&...
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Could Windows Update Computer Prevent Computer from Working With VGA Monitors? If not, then what? (And How Can I Fix?)

Sunday, my Windows 10 no-name machine received a large (5 hour) update. Immediately after the update, the computer seemed to work. However, I fell asleep listening to YouTube play music. When I woke ...
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How to enable Dell Laptop HDMI output? I can't seem to see the HDMI output at all

I have a Dell Latitude 5400 laptop with Windows 10 (Pro) which has a HDMI output. Using a HDMI->DVI-D adaptor I have connected this to a monitor (BenQ senseye 3, model GL2460). The idea is to be ...
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3 monitors without VGA port on a laptop

per the subject, I don't think I'm doing this right. I'm getting conflicting info from many different people in person. I have one HDMI port and one video card on a laptop. IBM ideapad 3. I'd like 3 ...
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VGA screen DVI - D , DVI - A or HDMI adapter?

I've got an old lcd vga monitor and I would like to connect it on my Asus Prime 450 motherboard via one of the digital ports in order to experiment with my Radeon Graphic Vega 8 graphic card's scaling,...
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Is it possible for my DVI-HDMI converter to be causing applications on my G-Sync Monitor (on DisplayPort) to flash black?

For reference, I'm using a total of 3 monitors: One 60Hz tablet (the one that's hooked up using the DVI to HDMI), a 75Hz FreeSync monitor, and a 60Hz monitor. When I have the two monitors hooked up ...
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DVI cable can be transfarred to a dual link DVI port?

Screen this is my monitor LG 2006 model. Recently I bought a 1660 super graphic card but its only has 3 DisplayPorts and HDMI port. For that I bought a DVI connector cable and adapter cable for DVI ...
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My PC has VGA/DVI-D but all new monitors are HDMI - How do I connect?

I was going to get a new monitor for PC but it looks like they only connect via HDMI (or sometimes "Display Port"??). I'm fairly sure my PC is only VGA or DVI-D. Can I still connect them? I ...
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Mini DisplayPort to DVI-D (dual link) connection issue

My laptop, Macbook Air mid-August 2013, has a Mini DisplayPort. I have a LCD with DVI-D (dual link) connector. I am trying to connect my laptop to my LCD, using a Mini DisplayPort to DVI adapter (not ...
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DVI-D single link not working in DVI to VGA adapter for monitor

I have this GPU: ASUS GTX 1080 And this converter: Goobay MMK ADAP DVI F > 15 pin HD M (VGA) DVI-I 15 VGA HD M And this monitor: Samsung S22D300NY The question is, I am using a DVI-D single link to ...
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Is there a way to get 4K monitor support on my computer?

I've recently bought a 4K monitor with 2 HDMI cables, and 2 DisplayPort connections. However, my old computer (Intel i3-4130 CPU, 3.40GhZ with an integrated GPU) only has a Dual DVI and a VGA ...
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DVI-D output (graphics card) to VGA input (monitor)

I have a graphics card that has DVI-D and HDMI outputs, but I've wanted to do dual monitor, so my first monitor uses the HDMI output of the GPU to the HDMI input of the monitor. I want to use the DVI-...
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Monitor is getting list in Advanced Display setting on my Dell Laptop but not able to get display on it

Problem: Not able to see anything on connected Monitor with My Laptop. I have connected BenQ G920HD Monitor which is having DVI interface with my Dell Latitude 5400 which is having HDMI Interface So ...
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PC won't boot with screen connected via HDMI

My old PC won't boot if I have exclusively one screen connected via HDMI. It does boot however if I have a second screen connected via VGA. It also boots when I don't have any screens connected at ...
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Convert DVI-D to HDMI or Display Port

I have an 8-year-old machine that I'm transitioning from to a newer one. It has a Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 video card that provides 2 x DVI-1 (dual link) output ports and a round HD-TV port. I have a ...
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Why might DVI output be toggled on/off when VGA cable is plugged/unplugged?

I'm able to connect a Windows 10 box with an NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT card using the DVI output to send 1080p at 60Hz to an HDMI input on an LG TV model number 43UM6910PUA. The LG supports this ...
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Bios/Grub/UEFI only displayed when DVI monitor is connected, black screen for HDMI

So I recently installed ubuntu on my pc as a dual boot and ran into some issues, in short: I could not get the Grub options for Ubuntu/Windows to work and was always immediately thrown into Ubuntu. ...
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Connect dvi monitor to docking with dvi and display port

I have a laptop with HDMI and mini DisplayPort. it connects to a docking station that has DVIs and DisplayPorts. I want to connect a monitor with DVI port. What would be the best option in terms of ...
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Which transport protocols does displayport support?

It is my understanding that devices with a displayport output and displayport cables are able to output multiple different protocols without any active conversion hardware on the cable. The ones ...
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Running three monitors on GNU/Linux using two graphics cards?

Is it possible, and practical, to use two graphics cards in GNU/Linux to run three monitors? Currently I have one R280X which supports two monitors, and in some cases three. In my case, I probably ...
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Getting rid of limited RGB range with HDMI and Nvidia graphic card

I have two monitors, both connected to a Nvidia RTX 2060 graphic card, one with a DVI and one with a HDMI cable. Monitor 1 with DVI has a perfectly clear screen, Monitor 2 with HDMI has a blue tint ...
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Second external monitor strange behavior for Dell E6420, Windows 7

I have Dell Latitude E6420 with Dell E-Port Replicator PRO3X (on the picture at the bottom). I have two Lenovo L24q-10 monitors with maximum resolution of 2560x1440 (QHD). One display (main) is ...
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Eject sound when turn off monitor or went to sleep

Specs Ryzen2600 Rx570 ITX ROG ASUS b350 Windows 10 1809 (17763.316) The monitor is Zowie 2411L via dual-link DVI. The secondary monitor is a random LG monitor. Both being 24inch and 1080p. If the ...
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Two different graphic card on a pc

I have a 144hz monitor with dvi dual-link input and an RTX 2060 with only displayport & hdmi output. So I cannot achieve 144hz with hdmi. I have to buy an active DP to dvi duallink adaptor for ...
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Why does my computer's audio shut off when I connect a VGA/DVI-I cable?

i'm trying to do dual monitors with an 1920X1080 LG monitor which works just fine and has every since i set it up with my computer, and a Vizio 1024X768 monitor. I had to get a VGA cable and a VGA DVI-...
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Dual monitor setup issue - Both monitors are detected but second screen Is blank/black

I recently bought a new monitor for my PC... and I have a big problem. I connected 2 monitors to my graphic card: Geforce GTX 1050. One with HDMI and the second one with a DVI adapter. They are both ...
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DVI-I to VGA Adapter does not work?

So I was trying to find a way to get dual monitor for a while now. I bought this https://www.lazada.com.ph/-i100246212-s100289910.html?urlFlag=true&mp=1. Now I tried connecting my second monitor ...
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Why my Asus ROG Gl702zc will not connect to my second monitor?

I have recently bought the Asus ROG GL702zc laptop, and I want to connect it to my HP S2031a monitor. Since both these devices don't share any port, I have tried to connect it by an HDMI cable and ...
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dvi and vga dual monitors

I am trying to set up a dual monitor system on my PC that contains a DVI port and VGA port. the VGA port is connected to one monitor with a standard VGA cable. And the second monitor is connected to ...
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Dual screen set up to Nvidia GeForce GT 740 graphics card

My office PC had an Nvidia GeForce 210 graphics card with a DVI-I output (along with a VGA output) and I had my dual screen set up like: Monitor 1 - VGA to VGA Monitor 2 - VGA to DVI-I -> VGA adaptor ...
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Gaming console HDMI out to old DVI monitor with sound separated

Hi I have a gaming console which only outputs video and sound via HDMI port. I want to connect it to an old monitor I have, which takes DVI as input for video and has a 3.5 mm stereo headphone jack ...
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Getting Monitor to work with ubuntu 14.04

I seem to be having a weird problem and hope someone can help me out. I got a high resolution monitor to upgrade from my existing one. Here is the output from xrandr Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, ...
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Maximum length of cable for a 144Hz monitor

I have just picked up 3xASUS VG248QE monitors that can run at 1920x1080@144Hz but I am having trouble finding what the maximum length of cable which officially supports the required length. Due to ...
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Dell U2312HM not powering on

I have such a monitor, and since some months I have a VERY strange problem, at least for me. I generally use to completely turn off the current with an electric switch (I'm Italian, hope this term ...
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Dual monitor VGA/DVI not working after switching PC

I have a problem with my second monitor. My primary monitor is connected via VGA->DVI and my second via a DVI both plugged into one DVI port with a dual cable. I have had this setup for over 2 years - ...
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DVI-D single link / DVI-D dual link

Can I put my DVI-D single link in my computer, wich has a DCI-D dual link input? I bought a DVI-D to HDMI cable to connect my PC screen to the playstation. Unfortunately I bought a DVI-D single link, ...
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No signal over DVI to HDMI cable

I tried to connect my backup gaming rig to my mounted tv. My backup rig has a Ati Radeon HD 4670, which has a VGA, HDMI and DVI-I connectors for output. I tried using a DVI-D to HDMI cable, in order ...
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Black screen (no signal) after installing graphics card

I'm trying to install a Radeon HD 3650 256MB that I bought used from Amazon in my HP a1640n desktop (Windows XP Pro SP3 32-bit). However, whenever the card is in the machine, it can turn on, but only ...
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Connecting two computers to one monitor to livestream

I've seen multiples posts about this topic arguing that you can connect two computers to a single monitor using for one DVI port and for the other VGA for example. If I've understood well in this ...
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DVI-D over HDMI fundamental problems?

Is DVI-D over HDMI inherently a lossless setup? Assuming there are no specific driver bugs or wire problems or hardware bugs, would such a setup have a degradation in video quality or capability? In ...
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Samsung SyncMaster 740B DVI broken

I have an old Samsung SyncMaster that I want to get going with my new computer (Geforce 750Ti graphics). The issue I have, is that the GeForce only has DVI and HDMI outputs, and my monitor doesn't ...
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Weird picture quality using DVI

I have a Windows XP (yes, XP) desktop that has a NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT graphics card, using an LG W2042TQ (20 inch widescreen monitor ). I always had a kinda “weird” display on that computer—not ...
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Setting up dual monitors on a AMD Radeon HD 6800 series

I have two VGA monitors, and two DVI to VGA adaptors. My GPU (AMD Radeon HD 6800 series) has no VGA slots, just 2 DVI slots and one HDMI slot. When I connect the monitors, only one of them works. The ...
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1600x900 or 1920x1080 over DVI on Mac using Quadro 410

a couple of years ago I built myself a Franken-Mac using some hardware from iMacs and a few Mac compatible parts, namely I needed hyper-threading so it uses an i3-4330 rather than an i5-2500, and I ...
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2nd monitor not working properly

Im using 2 monitors, the first one im using dvi, the second one, hdmi to vga adapter (vga TV/Monitor, plugging in the hdmi port on my graphics card (gtx 1070 g1 gaming)); If i turn on my pc with both ...
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nVidia 9600 GT with 2 monitors on DVI and a StarTech USB2VGAE3 adapter for 3 monitor setup

I have a nVidia 9600 GT (1xHDMI, 2xDVI, 1xDP) and a StarTech USB2VGAE3 adapter. I had this setup with 2 monitors connected to the DVI ports on 9600GT and 1 to the StarTech. Worked perfectly. StarTech ...
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How to make Nvidia Surround work?

So, I had never had a nvidia graphics card before, I recently got the GTX 1070 G1 Gaming and I intend to have 3 monitors hooked up to it, not just for gaming, but for general use too. This graphics ...
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