Questions tagged [external-display]
An external display is a display device, such as a TV, projector, or extra monitor, that is not the primary display for the computer. Use this tag if your question is specific to the external display, rather than about multiple monitors in general.
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How to know if a potential monitor acquisition would be compatible with my macbook M1 and a new mini-pc?
Currently, I have a MacBook Air M1 (2020) running MacOS 13.3.1. Also, I am planning to buy a Minisforum UM560 (link) to run a Linux environment.
In addition, as a new workstation, I am planning to buy ...
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Stop Ubuntu laptop from suspending when external diplay goes off when lid is closed
I work with a single external display and I'd like to know if it's possible to keep my laptop lid closed at all times.
If the external display is used I can close the lid, and the laptop will not go ...
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How can I set my internal display to my integrated gpu and all my outputs to my external gpu?
I know a question like this has already been asked, but they only asked if it is possible. I want to know how someone actually does this. In particular, the second option from that question's accepted ...
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DisplayLink Manager, BetterDisplay and HiDPI mode for 2k monitors on macOS 13
I have been using a 2k monitor with my 2021 MacBook Pro "M1 Pro". The native resolution is 2560x1440. The macOS operating system does not think it is HiDPI and refuses to provide the HiDPI ...
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Mac Ventura external Display problems
I have had weird* behavior since Mac OS Ventura on my M1 Max Macbook Pro 14". When I am using an external display then sometimes+ it starts with a partial resolution, keeping the rest of the ...
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Input Not Support on AOC display, after setting wrong refresh rate
I got a new AOC branded display.
I hooked it up to my Mac Mini, and it was working fine until I set a refresh rate not supported by the display.
I could still use the display with Windows (from the ...
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Colors red in external monitors - Ubuntu 22
I have a Lenovo extreme gen3 with ubuntu 22 installed. I have an external monitor at home where the colors are perfect.
The weird problem is that all the external monitors other than my one at home, ...
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How to play HDR with windows 11 on my Laptop?
I have a laptop, MSI 63M 7REX. I am not able to use HDR capabilities in Windows 11 OS.
I have MSI laptop, model 62M 7REX. It has Nvidia GTX 1050ti. It has a minidisplay port (I don't know which ...
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Connecting Laptop to External Monitor. I/O and GSync issue
I am using Asus TUF F15 2021 (i7 11800H and RTX 3060)
I want to connect to ext monitor which supports 144Hz GSync via DP but no GSync 144Hz via HDMI.
I have a Type C Thunderbolt 4 and an HDMI output ...
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How to connect Dell laptop to an external VGA monitor?
I have a problem with an external monitor.
The story so far: My laptop (Dell Latitude 7290) comes with a native highest resolution of 1366x768., which actually burns my eyes :)
That's why I decided to ...
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How can I get the application switcher to show on my top display?
I connected my iPad as a bottom monitor, but when it's oriented below my main screen and I press command + tab, the application switcher shows in my iPad which is not what I'm looking for. Can I ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS failed to detect an external HDMI monitor
On my new laptop (Asus Expertbook B9400 with i7-1255U, the GPU is embedded Iris Xe) I've a freshly installed Ubuntu 22.04 LTS dual boot with the original Windows 11.
When Windows 11 is running, it can ...
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Windows 10 extend display both sides
I have one monitor connected to my laptop. I sometimes put my laptop one the left side and sometimes on the right.
I think on Windows you can only have extended monitor on one side.
But why can't the ...
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Monitor turns on and then immediately turns off
I have an MSI MPG Artymis 343cqr monitor, and I'm using a laptop with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 graphics card. Also, the monitor is connected via HDMI.
Whenever I press the power button on my monitor,...
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Choose which monitor to use the native resolution of when mirroring screens with shortcut
I have an external monitor which I use with both my MBP and a desktop PC. When I'm using it with the PC I like to switch the Mac into mirrored mode so I don't lose windows or the cursor off the side ...
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How to run a program whenever hdmi is connected
I have installed an application called 'Monitorian' to adjust the external monitors' brightness and it works well. I want to run it automatically whenever I connect HDMI cable. How can I do that? Is ...
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How to check support for Ultrawide 1440p?
I have MSI GF75 Thin 10SC and I wanted to buy an ultrawide monitor with 3440x1440p.
As per the specs my laptop supports 4K at 30hz. So if I go with the above resolution will it support ultrawide with ...
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LG C2 (TV as monitor) mouse/keyboard connectivity to pc?
I've got a PC setup with LG C2 tv (which works great as a monitor for work/gaming) but i'd ideally like to use same keyboard/mouse with the mac when i connect it to this monitor.
Surprisingly a ...
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How to reduce Win 10 display scale of everything to 50% or less?
everyone! Hey, the mobo on my main Win 10 desktop computer is broke and I can't afford to replace it yet. So I'm trying to use my Toshiba Satellite laptop running 64-bit Windows 10 Pro (an older ...
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Windows 11 does not recognize third monitor until plugging cable out and in
at home I connect my laptop with two external displays. Whenever my laptop goes to sleep mode, and I unlock it again, only one of the two external displays gets found. The other one will only show the ...
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Why does the 14" M1 Macbook Pro support 5120x1440@70hz when using an HDMI 2.0 USB-C dongle, but not via the built in HDMI 2.0 port?
Ok so I have a 14" M1 MacBook Pro and a Philips 499P9 monitor. The recommended screen resolution/refresh rate for this monitor is 5120x1440@70hz
I also have a Microsoft USB-C to HDMI 2.0 adapter.
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How do I fix the output on my external displays?
I'm trying to hook up a monitor to my laptop (extend mode). However, the display stream is quite deformed:
The resolution matches the monitor's native resolution. I have tried everything in Windows' ...
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usb-c cable is not charging laptops, but transmits video
I've bought LG 27UD88-W recently and was going to connect it with type C cable.
The seller didn't include original one and the one I was using with dell for both charging and transmitting video - didn'...
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Lenovo Ideapad Z570 with 2 external monitor setup
I have Lenovo Ideapad Z570 laptop, its 10 years old. It has 8GB RAM, i5 2nd Gen 2.4GHz processor, NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M 2GB Graphics Card, 1 HDMI port, 1 VGA port, Windows 7.
I want to connect two ...
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PIP (picture in picture) Mode no Audio from second source
I have an ASUS MX34V, that has Picture in Picture ability (PIP).
I activated and connected another source (Chromecast) and I can see the small picture correct.
I see also my main screen with audio ...
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Debian shows my display as "unknown 24"
I am trying to hook up a Debian device to 2 external displays. At present the displays are both on however they are mirrored and in display settings they are shown as a single "unknown 24" ...
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Using a 4k monitor with 2 HDMI and a full hd monitor with one hdmi does not show image on the second
I've got a 4k monitor (36") which needs 2 HDMI inputs and a full hd monitor which needs one.
I'm using a usb c dongle for both 4k monitor outputs and a usb to hdmi adapter for the full hd one.
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Windows on extended display moving to laptop screen when powered off
I attached a new monitor to my laptop and configured it to "Extend these displays". I can move applications from the laptop screen to new monitor, but when I turn off the monitor the ...
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Monitor has duplicated refresh rate in the same resolution
I'm dealing with interesting issue on Ubuntu with 2 connected monitors via HDMI.
One of them (HDMI2) has 60.00 twice for 1920x1080 resolution in xrandr output.
How it's even possible? Is there some ...
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How to make Windows 11 forget USB-C hub (monitor)
I have a Dell Windows 11 laptop attached to a USB-C hub to which I attach my monitor with HDMI. This setup was working well, until I run Dell firmware updater and a hit a bluescreen during the update. ...
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Display turning off in windows 10 when fullscreen video is paused for 15mn on second monitor
My displays shut down by themselves when I leave a video paused in fullscreen on my second monitor, even though every option is set to "Never" put them to sleep.
First I want to say that I'...
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Does my game keep running if I physically turn off the monitor? How about Digitally?
I am playing a game on Windows 10 21h2. I have some bots working in the background using image detection of the game.
Furthermore, I was wondering does the game and the bot keep running if I turn off ...
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Get PC to send a video signal when monitor turned on AFTER PC has booted
We have a TV as a monitor in our conference room, but people always have to turn the TV on first, otherwise, the PC will not send a video signal.
Is there a way to get the pc to always send a signal ...
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is it possible to add more type-c port?
I bought a portable monitor(Viewsonic va1655). In the monitor's manual, there are two options to connect:
option 1: type-c to type-c(power and data cable). one cable is enough for both power and data ...
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Keyboard plugged in display cannot be used until monitor wake-up message disappears
I have a Dell UltraSharp 49" (U4919DW) display and I use it as an input to connect all my devices (keyboard, mouse, headphones, etc.) and connect to my laptop (Dell Precision 5560) through USB-C. ...
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ArchLinux - Dell Latitude 3420 Laptop - External display issue with USB-C / Displayport MST Hub
I'm running an up to date ArchLinux Laptop, the Dell Latitude 3420. So far I have been successfully using a USB-C / DisplayPort MST Hub (Novoo NVHUBGY11PDNS [1][2][3]) until today.
The USB-C port on ...
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ThinkPad P15 with hard drive encryption and docking station with external monitors : startup password prompt does not appear on external monitors
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad P15 connected to a USB-C docking station, itself connected to two monitors. I do not want to use the laptop's monitor (compared to the other monitors, it is too small and its ...
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Lenovo ThinkPad P15 with USB-C docking station not going to sleep
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad P15 connected to a USB-C docking station, itself connected to two monitors. I do not want to use the laptop's monitor (compared to the other monitors, it is too small and its ...
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Initial sound lost when playing through external monitor
I connected the display port of DELL 3221QS monitor to USB-C on my laptop running Windows 10 Pro. There is a sound issue, whereby sometimes (not 100% of the time) the beginning of the audio is lost. ...
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Second Monitor(HDMI) not detected on Manjaro-i3wm, but works fine with Windows
I have a dual boot system with Manjaro-i3wm and Windows 10. The second monitor doesn’t work with Manjaro, works with windows. It is not detecting the HDMI connection. Can someone please help.
Here is ...
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How to get rid of this yellow spot on my acer monitor?
I didn't use anything on my display I just noticed this spot today. Can someone help me and tell me how to remove it?
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Daisy chained Dell P2419HC monitors fonts are blurry but video and pictures appear fine
I have got two Dell P2419HC daisy chained to my laptop. The connections are as following
Laptop to 1st Monitor -> usb-c
1st Monitor to 2nd Monitor -> DP 1.2 cable.
Images and videos are fine but ...
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My Acer V206HQL's display is half cut off from the top & same is reflecting in the bottom
My Acer display is half cut off from the top, the same is visible at the bottom of the display divided by a white line, also there is a fringing issue, I can guarantee you this is hardware related not ...
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Is there any way to find out if a display color depth is native 8 bit or 6 + 2 FRC?
Consider a monitor whose specifications say "Color depth: 8 bit" on any website where you buy it from.
But the thing is, it can be 6 + 2 FRC OR native 8 bit. I recently learned this thing. ...
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Macbook doesn't display screen through USB-C, only charges
I've connected my screen, AOC 27P2C, to my MacBook, Pro M2 13" 2022, through USB-C. The specification of my screen says:
"USB-C 3.2 x 1 (DP alt mode, upstream, power delivery up to 65 W)&...
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Two identical monitors showing different settings in Advanced Display Settings
I am using a Dell laptop, with a Dell dock, to attached two Dell Monitors (U5252D). I am hoping to replace my older Dell U2419H. Both connected though display port cables to the Dell dock.
When I add ...
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External Acer Touchscreen Affects Laptop Onboard Touchscreen Running on Windows 11
How do I get taps I make on my Acer T232HL external touchscreen monitor to affect it, and not my Dell Latitude 7320 touchscreen? This laptop is running Windows 11. If I touch the onboard laptop ...
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External Monitor flickering issue
I have a Samsung S24E650 monitor. It is connected to my laptop or even docking station and it both options the screen flickers.
I am doing this connection using a dvi in to hdmi out cable.
The drivers ...
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Prevent MacBook Pro from sleeping when the lid is closed and the AC adapter is being unplugged
My MacBook Pro is connected to two external monitors using a docking station. The internal screen lid is constantly closed and I don't usually use it. I only use the external screens.
The problem is ...
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Can I use two monitors and a tv display with mac mini?
I have a 2020 Mac Mini M1. I have extended a display using HDMI port for monitor 1 and thunderbolt 3 to HDMI for the 2nd monitor.
I would like to have a tv display mounted above these two displays for ...
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