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Problem with hooking up a monitor with an hdmi cable
Created 13th February 2014 @ 04:20
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Well, I own an HD monitor for quite some time, and only recently I figured out I could use an HDMI cable to connect it to the PC instead of the antique DVI.
Problem is, everytime I connect it only with the HDMI, it either doesn’t read it, or reads it as a second monitor.
Tried out all configurations, yet I can’t figure out, what the hell am I doing wrong, and why the HDMI is being read as a secondary monitor. (Own a BenQ)
how exactly would hdmi improve your experience that you suddenly want hdmi instead of dvi?
my dvi is breaking down and i don’t have a spare one, so i grabbed the hdmi instead
Which Benq monitor?
What cables exactly?
Are you using both at the same time or just the HDMI and it’s still recognized as a second monitor?
BenQ GW2550H
DVI-I
HDMI (standard)
No, when the DVI is hooked up, it works like it should. When I put in 2, it is just black, and when I leave just the HDMI, it is set as a secondary monitor.
(Switching the DVI cuz it has jitters when brightness of the screen is lower. It really is annoying, like looking at the TV through a camera. I might just buy another DVI, but would be cool if I could just work with HDMI. Would save me those extra cents.)
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HDMI (standard)
Nice one.
Which standard? 1.1, 1.2, 1.2a, 1.3, 1.3a, 1.3b, 1.3c, 1.4, 1.4a or 2.0?
Are you really sure about the monitor model number?
Hard to say which one, seems like a regular one, i have it from an xbox that I had long, long time ago.
Try GW2550HM http://www.benq.com/product/LCD/GW2750HM
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Hard to say which one, seems like a regular one, i have it from an xbox that I had long, long time ago.
Try GW2550HM http://www.benq.com/product/LCD/GW2750HM
That’s a GW2750HM.
Is it really that hard? I prefer to troubleshoot existing products.
There is no “regular” HDMI cable. Is there anything printed on it?
Quoted from Setsul
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That’s a GW2750HM.
Is it really that hard? I prefer to troubleshoot existing products.There is no “regular” HDMI cable. Is there anything printed on it?
wow who crawled up your ass mr.cranky?
Well why don’t you help him?
I can already guess what the problem is, but I want to rule out that it’s something less complicated to fix, because what I think the problem might be is pretty time consuming to fix when you have to explain it to someone who is mixing up model numbers and hasn’t managed to find a google result with the same/a similar problem.
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