I am using this to connect an old monitor to Dell laptop, and it blinks on and off, the connection isn't good. Do I have a bad adapter? Any solutions?
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Hard to say from the information you have. Is there any way you can use a different monitor to see if it also shows the symptoms? Or if your goal is to keep the old monitor, is there a different source device you can try?
957440
Mine has been solid as described in the manual since day one. If course, I'm not watching it while using the computer, perhaps it's a traffic blink, like on most network adapters?
579569
I don't think this will work with all computers. I have a 7-yr old Dell with a DVI tmonitor port - even with the DVI to HDMI adapter that came with the computer I'm not getting a signal. Also, so far it is not working with my Acer Chromebook either.
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Look on the back of your monitor...mine had two ports in back...one was a dvi-d and the other was a vga. I choose to purchase this cable to run (dvi-d) end to the monitor and the other (hdmi) end into my laptop. Worked perfectly. You can always check the spec's online with dell. Hope that helps:)
263297
I got it connected but the screen flickers every few seconds. I Think I got a defective mini dvi.
1418006
This adapter is specifically for output to another monitor from a Computer or Laptop... so it is an output device only. I would not expect it to be able to work as an input device at all.
101671
Yes, the same thing happened to me. Before attempting to hook up this converter, right click, go to screen resolution and check what your screen resolution is. Then go ahead and hook up the converter. Now, with the converter connected, go back to screen resolution, and for your second screen, change it to what it was when you checked it before the converter was connected. This should fix the problem. For me, the screen completely stopped going on and off. If it still blinks, just make small adjustments up or down to the resolution until it's fixed.
201420
Luis, here is what I did. I have a basic Dell monitor with a DVI & VGA input connected to my PS3. What I did: (Display)I bought a HDMI to DVI (or HDMI to VGA) and used the HDMI output from the PS3. (Audio)Then, I connected the the PS3 component plug (red/yellow/white) to a pair of desktop speakers. How to: Use the basic component plug (red/yellow/white) [red and white = audio] Go to Radioshack / Amazon or good electronics store and visit the audio department. Purchase an "Audio Component to headphone Jack adapter" What this does : connect red and white component from Xbox/PS3 to this adapter and plug speakers to the other side of the adapter. It should work! Contact me if you need clarification!
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Sorry for the delay. We are using this adapter to connect a VGA monitor to an HDMI port on a computer running MS-Windows. It should connect any VGA monitor to an HDMI port on your Dell laptop. The device is working well for us.
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Not sure, I am running Win-7 and all is fine. I know the unit works great as I have watched countless videos off my 7 year old Dell laptop with no problems. I have upgraded the old hard drive to an SSD as you ne d the speed for files coming off the disk to the unit. With the old hard drive, it sometimes stuttered but that may have been the old CPU holding it back. I am very high tech level and know the unit works great if used properly and with decent other gear set up correctly. I no longer have any PCs running XP so I can't test it for you but it is working great here on both 7 and 8.2 machines. I highly recommend the product. If you can set up a second monitor out of you Dell, then try mirrored mode with that. If that doesn't work either, then your problem is with your laptop or Windows install. If it does work, I can't say why the convertor setup is not as mine works fine... Great picture too...
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I plugged it into my Dell Laptop using the supplied cable (this means yes to VGA) - no problem at all, great, bright display. That's what I wanted, I never counted the other ports, suggest you read the specs.
2027510
If your dell monitor has a DVI port like this one it should. My graphics card has a DVI, a HDMI,, and some other port. Make sure your graphics card has the port.
716867
I assume it worked at some point (adapter) as you said: tested it twice. Mine worked fine when I made the adaptation. There is a lot of connection pens to mate up. Make sure one of them did not get bent and all connections are tight. Sounds as though it could be your home computer as well. Change out different connecting cables again, if it does not work then I am betting it is your computer.
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I tried it when my sister's laptop went blank. The driver was already installed before the gpu died. I plugged it in and it didn't work. I can't be sure, but I think the adapter relies on processing power from the mobo gpu. I recently tried this out on my desktop which installed the driver on its own, but all of my screens started flickering. My desktop is an old salvaged computer with a cheap gpu. I would say replace the mobo, that's what I did. You might spend more, but at least you are not playing a guessing game, and this product is likely to ruin your mobo if you use it long enough.
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My apologies for the long time to respond to this, this is the first time I get asked a question through Amazon. Anyways the power supply worked great for me but the problem could be from the power source or the speakers. So try to test your speaker with the same power supply at another location in your house or a friends house maybe with a portable mp3 player. Also if someone else has the same speakers borrow the power adapter or swap your friend's speakers from the monitor just to test it.
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It should if DELL says the laptop outputs VGA signals via the HDMI port and your monitor accepts digital and not analogue signals (depends on how old it is). You might need to get a HDMI-VGA convertor otherwise; another option would be to get a newer monitor with HDMI. it's only $5 so worth a try, let us know how it goes. Good luck!
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I don't remember having to do anything special when I first got my monitor, but it has been quite some time so I am not sure. Did you recive a set up disk with the monitor?. Again I'm not sure if I did or not. If not, I would go to the Dell website and click on support, and it will guide you to there downloads. I would try doing that, however, I am thinking that you probably do have a defective monitor. I would try the download first though. Kind of vague, but I hope it helps.