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    "screwless" VGA cable?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by dasbacon, May 17, 2011.

  1. dasbacon

    dasbacon Notebook Enthusiast

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    i'm wanting to use both VGA and HDMI, but normal VGA cables are too wide and covers part of the HDMI port.

    other than hacking off part of the end VGA cable, does anyone know of a cable that doesn't have screws?
     
    dasbacon, May 17, 2011
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    KCETech1 Notebook Prophet

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    not that I know of, I say get the sa or dremmel and hack it off
     
    KCETech1, May 18, 2011
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    XEROenvy Notebook Consultant

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    you'd think it would be easy to find one but I had to hack the problematic side off mine. And now I have the issue where the Intel Controls the HDMI, and it causes some issues look here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/hp-...025-intel-3000-controls-hdmi.html#post7502804
     
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  4. dasbacon

    dasbacon Notebook Enthusiast

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    yeah i ended up hacking mine off as well Twitter

    i have my hdmi connected to a 22" computer monitor at 1680x1050 and the vga to an older 50" plasma at 1366x768. this is with the lid closed on the laptop. i'm not having any issues with the hdmi, but the vga may have some issues, i'm not 100% sure yet. if i see any problems i'll post again.
     
    dasbacon, May 18, 2011
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    XEROenvy Notebook Consultant

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    The problem I have is not with the HDMI, but how the Intel manages all the display adapter. If I clone the display, it lags a lot, and if I use extended there is no lag whatsoever! I don't get it. With extended desktop it has to manage two different screens!
     
    XEROenvy, May 19, 2011
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    dasbacon Notebook Enthusiast

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    normally when you clone the monitors need matching resolutions, am i right? most monitors don't preform well when they aren't displaying in their native resolution as far as i know.

    i'm having a lot of problems with jumpy frames on video when i'm extending with my monitors. when i only have one enabled i'm not seeing jumpy video.

    only the vga monitor is lagging when i'm extending monitors. if i set the hdmi monitor to main, vga lags. if i set the vga to main, vga still lags.

    edit; well this is interesting. when i switch to the power saving intel gpu instead of the high preformace 6490m radeon i don't get any lag on either monitors when extended enabled lol.
     
    dasbacon, May 22, 2011
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