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On 12/14/20 10:55 AM, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> I ordered a Dell XPS 8940 which arrived in October, but life got in |
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> the way, and I'm only now getting around to setting it up. First thing |
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> I noticed today is that Dell "had the courage to remove the VGA port" |
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> <G>. It has HDMI and Displayport. I've got two monitors for my PCs. |
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> My main one has VGA/DVI/HDMI/Displayport inputs. |
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> But I want to attach the XPS 8940 to the older monitor, which only has |
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> VGA and DVI-D. I use the older monitor for setup/install and to keep |
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> the "hot backup" machine up-to-date. What are my options? For the main |
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> machine I'll buy an HDMI cable. Are there adapters that'll push HDMI |
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> computer output into a monitor VGA or DVI-D input? That way I can buy |
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> an HDMI cable plus an adaptor, rather than a new monitor. <G> |
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If your old monitor has DVI-D there's a plethora of HDMI to DVI-D cords |
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out there. We use a lot of them where I work. |
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Dan |
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