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statetrav
Copper Contributor
Feb 27, 2022

2nd Monitor

I am trying to connect my laptop to a second monitor. I am doing this through a vga connection through hdmi. When I go to settings, it shows a second monitor. If I switch to the 2nd monitor only, it goes there. (I also have the audio through the 2nd monitor and it plays there.)

When I try to duplicate or extend the screen, it tells me that the signal is out of range. I have tried to update the monitor driver, uninstalled and reinstalled, restarted, etc. And so far nothing is working. 

Is there something else that I need to do to achieve this? 

Sharon

  • statetrav What did you configure as the Hz setting? VGA to HMDI does seem like something that limits the amount of Hz.. Please try the lowest available setting first / check the specifications of the monitor.

     

     

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      statetrav
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      Thank you for the response. The second monitor shows up as L1SFCBT with a hz of 59.94 (won't go lower) and the primary monitor was set at 60. I lowered that one to 40 (lowest it would go) and nothing changed. When I push everything to the 2nd monitor, it shows. But with extend or duplicate, it still says signal out of range. Is there something else on the laptop that I need to push to get it to work? This has me stumped.
      Sharon

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