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    Dual Screens on HP DV2500 laptops.

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by ralcool, Jan 14, 2008.

  1. ralcool

    ralcool Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi all,

    Just a post for you folk to say that the HP Pavilion DV2500 series, with the onboard Nvidia 8400m GS chipset, despite lack of any real documentation- does actually support dual display modes- on either the VGA or HDMI socket + Internal Display.

    I tested HDMI with a HDMI-DVI Cable. And a normal VGA cable for the other port.

    Vista detected the new display on reboot and set to default 1440x900 (Being an LG L194WT 19". It has VGA and DVI inputs).

    Changing cable between the HDMI or VGA port between boot, was handled by windows without me doing anything.

    I could not find a direct answer on the web. So here it is. Me happy.
     
    ralcool, Jan 14, 2008
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  2. M1chel

    M1chel Notebook Geek

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    Thank you, this answers one of my old questions! Reputation++
     
    M1chel, Jan 14, 2008
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