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Windows Forum / Windows 98 / General Topics / June 2008Dual monitor support
I'm looking for a newsgroup which might help me with a question. This appears to be the only group I can find. Since I'm here I'll ask anyway. I have a Pavilion a6460a It appears to have a Geforce 8500 GT 512mb Video card. 512 mb GDDR2 memory I/O Ports HDMI, Dual Link DVI, S Video There is no Analog connection. I need to run two monitors, 1 digital and 1 analog. Will the Dual Link DVI with some kind of an adaptor run these two monitors? 1 NO? 2 Inadvisable? (I don't know what "Dual Link means") 3 I need to change my video card Apologies, if this is the wrong newsgroup. Mickey Please don't reply, Got my answer. Mickey > I'm looking for a newsgroup which might help me with a question. This > appears to be the only group I can find. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Mickey Care to share?  SignatureGary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com > Please don't reply, Got my answer. > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >> >> Mickey Hello Gary, Well I didn't find another newsgroup although I got some help from "microsoft.public.windowsxp.video", although I'm running Vista. Anyway, I've been advised that I can run my digital monitor on the DVI plug as normal AND my analog monitor on the HDMI plug on the card VIA adaptors. I'm now going to a swap meet and I'll ask there before I buy a new card or adaptors. I'm just wondering now if anyone else has bought a system or video card with only a DVI connection and no analog plug. Mickey I'll also be calling HP on Monday (tomorrow) Cheers > Care to share? > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >>> >>> Mickey So, you don't really know if you found a solution or not, yet. I've looked around for an HDMI to VGA converter and haven't found one. Looks to me like it would cost nearly as much as simply getting another digital monitor. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0017HCBXY?smid=A2UWYMOBBYEE7C&tag=nextag-sports-mp-20& linkCode=asn And, yes, since you purchased it as part of an HP machine, you need to contact HP for support, not NVIDIA. SignatureGary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com > Hello Gary, > Well I didn't find another newsgroup although I got some help from [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] >>>> >>>> Mickey Hey Gary, how you Don't? HDMI to VGA adaptors are actually available, I saw them at a swap meet yesterday although I didn't enquire about the price as I decided to purchase a new card. However I do doubt very much that they are expensive. And for anyone interested, the Final answer to my question direct this morning from HP Support (by telephone) is. A second VGA monitor can be connected to the HDMI socket on the card allowing you to run two monitors. So there you have it, straight from HP! Mickey > So, you don't really know if you found a solution or not, yet. I've looked > around for an HDMI to VGA converter and haven't found one. Looks to me [quoted text clipped - 51 lines] >>>>> >>>>> Mickey Hey Gary, I just had a look at that Amazon site. $199 - Wow! Is that US or American Dollars? Now take a look at this site They got them from $29.95 to Hundreds AUS. Mickey. http://www.radioparts.com.au/home.aspx > Hey Gary, how you Don't? > HDMI to VGA adaptors are actually available, I saw them at a swap meet [quoted text clipped - 64 lines] >>>>>> >>>>>> Mickey Hey, I did more than an hour of research on the topic. Doesn't mean I didn't miss something, but... Your link shows me nothing, and a search of the site for the terms HDMI + VGA produced zero results. Just searching on HDMI gave me a long list, but it's in no particular order and I don't feel like browsing them all. How about you give me a link to that cheap one (or a few of them.) I'd like to see their specs and compare them to what I've learned on the topic. SignatureGary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com > Hey Gary, > I just had a look at that Amazon site. [quoted text clipped - 74 lines] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Mickey Hey Gary, There you go As I was told by Radio Parts the price can very according to quality and get very expensive indeed. Anyway have a look. http://www.radioparts.com.au/ProdSearch.aspx?Search=HDMI%20to%20DVI Mickey > Hey, I did more than an hour of research on the topic. Doesn't mean I > didn't miss something, but... Your link shows me nothing, and a search of [quoted text clipped - 84 lines] >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Mickey 1. None of those are HDMI > VGA adapters. 2. You might be able to daisy-chain adapters HDMI to DVI-I to VGA, but not HDMI to DVI-D to VGA. You can't go from DVI-D to VGA. 3. The big issue is the HDCP component of HDMI, but how that works, I didn't read up on much, except that it's the DRM portion of the signal. I *believe* that must be filtered out before the signal can be used by any other non-HDMI device. Perhaps that's what an HDMI to DVI-I adapter does. SignatureGary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com > Hey Gary, > There you go [quoted text clipped - 95 lines] >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Mickey -----------HDMI>DVI > < DVI<VGA----------------------- Your absolutely right. Mickey > 1. None of those are HDMI > VGA adapters. > [quoted text clipped - 106 lines] >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Mickey |
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