Questions tagged [displayport]
DisplayPort is a digital audio/video interface used primarily for attaching external monitors to computers, though it can also be used to transmit audio, USB, and other forms of data.
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DisplayPort vs Mini DisplayPort
Is DisplayPort identical to Mini DisplayPort in everything except physical configuration? Same capacity/bandwidth/etc?
Is there ANY advantage to using one over the other beside the physical size?
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Monitor Connection via Adapter - Any benefits/detriments?
I have a new graphics card that has
1x DVI
1x HDMI
3x DisplayPort
However, at present, I only have two monitors - both using DVI.
The three options available to me are:
Hook up one monitor (the ...
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How to use the VGA/DVI/HDMI backward campatibility feature of DisplayPort?
I've heard that DisplayPort supports sending HDMI, VGA or DVI signal through its ports by using a passive adapter or cable.
If true, how can you check if your GPU or laptop model supports that (or ...
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ASUS PA328Q 4K monitor Windows and DisplayPort issue
I have an ASUS PA328Q 4K monitor plugged onto the DisplayPort output of an MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4G. The monitor is configured to use DisplayPort 1.2. I am running Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit. The ...
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DisplayPort to HDMI 2.0 Output
I just bought myself an Asus Swift PG278Q gaming monitor. When I bought it I was led to believe it had both DisplayPort and HDMI, to which I later found out its limited to the DisplayPort. I have an ...
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Monitor gets weird "blurry?" display
So I have bought a new monitor (Asus VG248 quite a while ago) and I noticed something.
Whenever my monitor has been turned off, and I turn it back on, it sometimes gives me this display (hopefully ...
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Is there such thing as an 'active' adapter for DisplayPort to VGA?
I know in the past I've had to use active adapters when I'm dealing with a graphics card with DVI-I/DVI-D ports to get them to work with old VGA monitors.
I'm wanting to know if when I'm buying an ...
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2nd display in a dual display set up won't has no input signal
Brand new Dell OptiPlex 9020 - Core i7 4790 3.6 GHz desktop https://www.cdw.com/shop/products/Dell-OptiPlex-9020-Core-i7-4790-3.6-GHz-8-GB-500-GB/3851732.aspx?pfm=reo#PO and 2 Viewsonic 22' display ...
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3 Monitors Connected, 2 Working Only
I have an AMD R9 200 Series graphic cards which has 2 DVI, 1 HDMI, and 1 DisplayPort ports available. I've connected two monitors which DVI and the other with HDMI but only 2 work. I've read from this ...
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What could be the cause of short flickering of screens
I have assembled a new computer lately and bought two new screens.
The screens (two 4K Asus PB279Q) are each connected to the video card (EVGA GeForce 980Ti) by Display Port. In order to reach 60 ...
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Monitor blacks out randomly
I have 3 monitors connected to a Dell Display Link device that has 2 HDMI and one Display Port connections. The 3 monitors are almost identical : 24" Asus HDMI, only one having both HDMI and DP ports....
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4k Monitor Cable for 3840 x 2160 Resolution at 60Hz
I just purchased a Dell 4K monitor (P2715Q) and I am looking for an appropriate cable to use with my MacBook Pro. I've read that certified DisplayPort cables are best to use with a 4K monitor like ...
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Dell monitor stuck in power save mode
I recently bought a Dell P2414H monitor for my office work. Since I am using a MacBook Air, I also bought a Belkin docking station to connect all my peripherals. While all of them appear to work ...
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HP ZR2740w 2560x1440 monitor and Dell M4800 not working together
I've got the two pieces of hardware above. For the dell m4800, it has the i7-4700mq and nvidia quadro k1100m running windows 8/10. Enabling or disabling switchable graphics from the bios doesn't solve ...
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Display signal cuts out due to static electricity
I have two monitors hooked up to a Thinkpad T450 using Displayport MST, and every once in a while, the signal would cut out briefly before coming back. I had no idea what the issue was, and I ...
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howto conntect hp zbook 15 g2 to 2nd display over acer k272hul daisy chain incl. convert to DVI)
here is my setup:
laptop: hp zbook 15 g2 , no docking station
acer k272hul (2560*1140)
dell p2311H (1900*1080)
the goal is
connect to both displays to to the laptop and run at max resolution. For ...
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Laptop resolution cap below monitor 2560x1440
I have a few questions which Googling attempts have failed so asking here.
So I have a hp-7063sa laptop, I've hooked it up to a bigger screen ( dell u2515h) to use it as a stationary machine.
The ...
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MacBook Pro doesn't wake up 4K external display connected via the displayport
I have a MacBook Pro Retina 15" Mid 2015 running Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) and I have a Samsung U32D970Q 4K external display that I would like to use in a closed clamshell mode through displayport ...
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Can't run 3440x1440 monitor and 1920x1080 monitor at the same time
Relevant hardware:
Acer Predator XR341CK 75Hz 34.0" Monitor
Samsung 49UB8500 TV
MSI GeForce GTX 780 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card
Asus Maximus VI Extreme ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Corsair 1200W 80+ ...
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Daisy chain 2 external monitors on laptop without DisplayPort [closed]
I have:
2 Dell U2414H Monitors
1 DP in
1 mini DP in
1 DP out
2 HDMI
A laptop with (No DisplayPort)
i7-4710MQ processor
16GB DDR3 (2x8)
GT 840M - 2.0GB DDR3
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Does the Gigabyte GTX 960 graphics card support DisplayPort dual mode DP++?
I currently run three DVI-D monitors on an aging Radeon 5770HD. Two monitors are plugged into the HD5770 and the third is plugged into the motherboard graphics port. I have 3 monitors mostly for ...
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Using USB keyboard on Dell U2514/MacBook Pro
I recently got a Dell U2415 monitor that I'm using with my MacBook Pro (2014). I want something I thought was simple: using a USB keyboard that's plugged in to the monitor's USB port.
The monitor is ...
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How do I know if a graphics card is capable of a high enough resolution or number of monitors?
Can I use the single DisplayPort output of the Inspiron 3050 Micro Desktop (Intel HD Graphics of Celeron J1800) to extend across three independent 1080p displays with a Multi-Stream Transport hub? How ...
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Dell U2414H triple monitors not all on after wake up
I have a triple monitor setup with three DELL U2414H monitors running on Windows 10. They are hooked up in a daisy-chained multi-stream transport configuration (MST). I have not changed anything with ...
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What version of DisplayPort does the Dell XPS L520X use? Or is there software that can check?
I have this laptop in hand. Is there software that can check? Nvidia GT 540M 2GB
Is it
2560×1600 (WQXGA) DisplayPort 1.1a
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4096x2160 (4K) DisplayPort 1.2
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NVidia GTX 970: Second monitor disables when third is plugged in
I just got a new PC with a GTX 970 video card. It has a DisplayPort, HDMI and 2 DVI ports. When I plug a monitor into the DisplayPort and one into a DVI port, they work perfectly. When I plug another ...
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How do I rotate 1 of 2 external displays to portrait, in OSX Yosemite?
I have a 2015 MacBook Pro Retina, and two Dell U2414 24" displays. Each display is connected directly to the MacBook by DisplayPort.
When I try to rotate one of the displays to portrait, using the "...
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Monitors not turning on with computer
I have 3 monitors connected through displayport cords and they do not turn on when my PC powers up and only turn on after I hit the PC's reset button.
Here are some details:
Graphics card has 3 ...
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DisplayPort Link Failure after monitor sleep?
I just added a 3rd monitor to my Windows 7 64-bit computer. When the monitor goes to sleep, it won't wake up. The other two monitors wake up fine (connected via hdmi and DVI).
The new monitor I ...
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DisplayPort MST and HDMI adapter
I have a Dell u2715h monitor which has both a DisplayPorts in and a DisplayPort out. It claims to support DisplayPort 1.2 and MST (Multi-Stream Transport). I do not have a second DisplayPort enabled ...
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Displayport specs: How to interpret and convert to DVI-Dual Link?
I need to drive a Dell 30" display, that is dual link DVI, 1600x2560
I am looking at an AMD board that has 4 mini DP outputs. It says, on the box:
Max DVI resolution: 1920x1200 per output
Max DP ...
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Does MacBook Air 11" (Early 2015) Broadwell support DisplayPort MST?
Does MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2015), powered by Broadwell with Intel HD Graphics 6000, and Thunderbolt 2 port (up to 20 Gbps), support DisplayPort 1.2 Multi-Stream Transport?
https://support.apple....
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Select DisplayPort for audio output
I can't get my head around a solution to output sound via DisplayPort to my monitor with integrated speakers. I have a MSI z87i gaming ac mainboard with no additional graphics or sound cards. My ...
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3 displays, one GPU, passive DP, ubuntu
I have a Radeon HD6850 card that I was using with Ubuntu 14. I had 3 dell monitors connected to this card and they worked great at 1600x1200. I had bought a Displayport to DVI adapter to get it ...
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Can I use a DisplayPort cable to connect from MacBook Pro's Thunderbolt port to a DisplayPort monitor and maintain 4K resolution 60Hz
I would like to connect a MacBook Pro 13" Retina 256 Gt SSD (Early 2015 model, MF840KS/A) to an HDMI/DisplayPort monitor and maintain 4K resolution with 60Hz.
But since MacBooks still lack ...
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Will XPS 13 2015 laptop support daisy chaining multiple monitors from a single display port?
Will my XPS 13 2015 laptop support daisy chaining multiple monitors from a single display port output?
I understand that this will require display port v 1.2, but I've not so far been able to find ...
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Second screen goes black on certain website (Firefox/Chrome on Windows 8.1 on MacBook Air)
Whenever I go to http://htw-berlin.de (the only URL with this issue so far) with Firefox 38 or Chrome Canary 45, the entire screen goes black until I close the tab. But only if the window is larger ...
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4K monitor does not support 60HZ via HDMI on 3840x2160
I am confused about HDMI -- I have a GTX 770 with 1xDP, 1xHDMI and 2xDVI. I just bought two Dell Ultra HD 4k Monitors (P2715Q) and while the first one gives me 60HZ over DP, another only shows 30HZ ...
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Is it possible to use HDMI out and DisplayPort with daisy chaining simultaneously?
Specifically, I'd be interested in if such a combo works on notebooks with graphic adapters such as the Geforce GTX 850M .
E.G.:
Monitor 1: internal
Monitor 2: external via HDMI
Monitor 3,4,5... ...
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DisplayPort to DVI adapter: quality concerns
So I searched the local market and was not able to find a DisplayPort to DVI-D cable. My next option is to buy a DP-to-DVI adapter and then attach it to my monitor using a standard DVI-to-DVI cable. ...
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Use Displayport-Splitter to connect two computers to one Displayport jack of a monitor
I have here a Windows computer (Lenovo W510) and a MacBook Pro (Early 2011). Now I want to connect each Displayport output of the computers to one Displayport input of the monitor (iiyama PL2779Q). So ...
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OSD not working on AOC q2770pqu monitor
I have a newish AOC q2770pqu monitor and it has been working ok until today. I usually use it with a DP connection, but this morning I want to use it with HDMI. I couldn't get into the menu system to ...
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QHD through HDMI on Dell U2715H
I have an Acer TimelineX 4820TG laptop.
I'd like to buy the Dell U2715H screen (sorry link in french). It is a 2560x1440 px display.
But
My laptop has only VGA and HDMI port, and the screen has ...
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Daisy chaining monitors with no DisplayPort on laptop
I purchased two U2414H monitors from Dell and am trying to connect them to my laptop (Inspiron 3421) but I don't have a DisplayPort on my laptop.
The laptop has 2-USB 3.0, 1-HDMI, 1-USB 2.0
The ...
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How do I get full resolution out of my monitor?
I have a Monoprice 27in IPS-ZERO-G Slim Monitor WQHD 2560x1440 - Dual Link DVI, VGA with a max resolution of 2560 x 1440 connected to a NVIDIA Quadro K620 video card. The Connection is as follows:
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Connect non-displayport GPU to displayport monitor
I am trying to connect my GeForce 690 GTX to Asus Swift PG2780. I have tried http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/product_index.aspx?pid=357&lid=1 but the monitor has no signal. Any ...
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Cant select which HDMI/DisplayPort monitor to output sound to
I've been banging my head against this issue ever since I got a third monitor. I have searched all over and can't seem to find anyone having the same issue.
Currently I resort to physically ...
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Linux Mint: Power Management does not turn off displayport monitor
I have two monitors connected to this system... one via displayport and one via DVI. When I go into the screen saver settings, I enabled Power Management and set standby, suspend, and off to 1 minute. ...
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3 Screen Setup with 2 MiniDP, 1 HDMI, 1 DVI Port Available?
I have a GPU with 2 mini display ports, a dvi port, and an hdmi port.
I have previously tried to set up three screens with this but wasn't able to do so as the displayport screen didn't show anything.
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Howto enable GPU-scaling with nVidia GTX 680 and UltraHD-DisplayPort-1.2-monitor?
I am running a Dell UltraHD-monitor in 3840x2160 at 60 Hz (DisplayPort 1.2). This monitor doesn’t support upscaling when running in DP 1.2 mode.
nVidia's latest drivers seem to prevent GPU scaling ...
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