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TS27needles
post Oct 29 2012, 11:53 PM, updated 12y ago

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Good Day all,

You see, I am trying for the first time to connect a 2nd monitor.

I found out the output for the 2nd monitor is a VGA adapter, and I seem to have no VGA socket at the back of my CPU! shocking.gif This monitor has no HDMI output too, so I am stuck.

- Is it possible to have a VGA to USB converter and just plug into a USB port on my CPU ? Will that work for the 2nd monitor?

Please do advise. Greatly appreciated!
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post Oct 30 2012, 12:01 AM

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What GPU are you using?
TS27needles
post Oct 30 2012, 12:03 AM

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Does GPU mean Graphics Card?

Is this a GPU ? -> NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
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post Oct 30 2012, 12:06 AM

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QUOTE(27needles @ Oct 30 2012, 12:03 AM)
Does GPU mean Graphics Card?

Is this a GPU ? -> NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
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Yes and you will need a vga to dvi or hdmi to dvi adapter to connect to your GPU depending on your monitor
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post Oct 30 2012, 12:13 AM

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QUOTE(27needles @ Oct 30 2012, 12:03 AM)
Does GPU mean Graphics Card?

Is this a GPU ? -> NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
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what brand?
TS27needles
post Oct 30 2012, 12:16 AM

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QUOTE(GreenSamurai @ Oct 30 2012, 12:06 AM)
Yes and you will need a vga to dvi or hdmi to dvi adapter to connect to your GPU depending on your monitor
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VGA to DVI adapter sounds like a great idea! Cause i just noticed there is another DVI socket at the back of my CPU.

Will this surely work for my 2nd monitor? smile.gif


Added on October 30, 2012, 12:16 am
QUOTE(AssToast @ Oct 30 2012, 12:13 AM)
what brand?
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Hmm.. I'm not sure. I thought NVIDIA was the brand?

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post Oct 30 2012, 12:22 AM

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QUOTE(27needles @ Oct 30 2012, 12:16 AM)
VGA to DVI adapter sounds like a great idea! Cause i just noticed there is another DVI socket at the back of my CPU.

Will this surely work for my 2nd monitor? smile.gif


Added on October 30, 2012, 12:16 am

Hmm.. I'm not sure. I thought NVIDIA was the brand?
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that's the manufacturer, brands are the distributors like asus, msi, gigabyte etc
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post Oct 30 2012, 03:24 AM

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DVI to VGA adapter usually comes with the graphic card.
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post Oct 30 2012, 04:03 AM

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post Oct 30 2012, 09:57 AM

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well that one if you are having both monitor output the same display.
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post Oct 30 2012, 11:51 AM

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Sir Goldfries! You seem to be everywhere with good posts. Respect man
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post Oct 30 2012, 12:40 PM

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thanks but let's try to maintain our posts with relations to the thread. biggrin.gif thank you

 

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