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Hey guys i recently got a screen from a friend for free but...I have no idea what the wire is called that i need to dual screen i thought it was the normal one he gave me but it turned out it wasn't so any help is great thanks in advance.

heres a picture of the place to plug it in on the back of the screen:
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and one of the place to plug the other end of the wire in to the desktop: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
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I've always just called it a VGA cable, I don't know if there's some computery name for it.

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inuyasha555 wrote I've always just called it a VGA cable, I don't know if there's some computery name for it.

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Thank you for the quick reply but there are only 9 pointy things here [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] the vga cable has 15 is there more than 1 type of vba cable?
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Rust wrote
inuyasha555 wrote I've always just called it a VGA cable, I don't know if there's some computery name for it.

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Thank you for the quick reply but there are only 9 pointy things here [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] the vga cable has 15 is there more than 1 type of vba cable?


Ahh I see.

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So you'd be looking for some type of DE9 cable which doesn't seem easy to find :/
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inuyasha555 wrote
Rust wrote
inuyasha555 wrote I've always just called it a VGA cable, I don't know if there's some computery name for it.

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Thank you for the quick reply but there are only 9 pointy things here [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] the vga cable has 15 is there more than 1 type of vba cable?


Ahh I see.

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So you'd be looking for some type of DE9 cable which doesn't seem easy to find :/

Do you think somewhere like argos might have it? or will i have to buy from someone of ebay?
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Rust wrote
inuyasha555 wrote
Rust wrote
inuyasha555 wrote I've always just called it a VGA cable, I don't know if there's some computery name for it.

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Thank you for the quick reply but there are only 9 pointy things here [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] the vga cable has 15 is there more than 1 type of vba cable?


Ahh I see.

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So you'd be looking for some type of DE9 cable which doesn't seem easy to find :/

Do you think somewhere like argos might have it? or will i have to buy from someone of ebay?
Quick question, Are you currently running your single screen on a dedicated Graphics card or the integrated Graphics card on the Motherboard?
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Cymru wrote
Rust wrote
inuyasha555 wrote
Rust wrote
inuyasha555 wrote I've always just called it a VGA cable, I don't know if there's some computery name for it.

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Thank you for the quick reply but there are only 9 pointy things here [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] the vga cable has 15 is there more than 1 type of vba cable?


Ahh I see.

[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

So you'd be looking for some type of DE9 cable which doesn't seem easy to find :/

Do you think somewhere like argos might have it? or will i have to buy from someone of ebay?
Quick question, Are you currently running your single screen on a dedicated Graphics card or the integrated Graphics card on the Motherboard?

Im not sure how do i check?
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Rust wrote
Cymru wrote
Rust wrote
inuyasha555 wrote
Rust wrote
inuyasha555 wrote I've always just called it a VGA cable, I don't know if there's some computery name for it.

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Thank you for the quick reply but there are only 9 pointy things here [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] the vga cable has 15 is there more than 1 type of vba cable?


Ahh I see.

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So you'd be looking for some type of DE9 cable which doesn't seem easy to find :/

Do you think somewhere like argos might have it? or will i have to buy from someone of ebay?
Quick question, Are you currently running your single screen on a dedicated Graphics card or the integrated Graphics card on the Motherboard?

Im not sure how do i check?
Do you have a dedicated video card? If not. I doubt you can set up dual screens. You seem to have a older motherboard
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Cymru wrote
Rust wrote
Cymru wrote
Rust wrote
inuyasha555 wrote
Rust wrote
inuyasha555 wrote I've always just called it a VGA cable, I don't know if there's some computery name for it.

[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

Thank you for the quick reply but there are only 9 pointy things here [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] the vga cable has 15 is there more than 1 type of vba cable?


Ahh I see.

[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

So you'd be looking for some type of DE9 cable which doesn't seem easy to find :/

Do you think somewhere like argos might have it? or will i have to buy from someone of ebay?
Quick question, Are you currently running your single screen on a dedicated Graphics card or the integrated Graphics card on the Motherboard?

Im not sure how do i check?
Do you have a dedicated video card? If not. I doubt you can set up dual screens. You seem to have a older motherboard

I asked when i bought the desktop if i could dual screens on it and they said i could im not expecting to run skyrim or something on the desktop i just need to be able to manage/view alot of windows at one time.
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Rust wrote
Cymru wrote
Rust wrote
Cymru wrote
Rust wrote
inuyasha555 wrote
Rust wrote
inuyasha555 wrote I've always just called it a VGA cable, I don't know if there's some computery name for it.

[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

Thank you for the quick reply but there are only 9 pointy things here [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] the vga cable has 15 is there more than 1 type of vba cable?


Ahh I see.

[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

So you'd be looking for some type of DE9 cable which doesn't seem easy to find :/

Do you think somewhere like argos might have it? or will i have to buy from someone of ebay?
Quick question, Are you currently running your single screen on a dedicated Graphics card or the integrated Graphics card on the Motherboard?

Im not sure how do i check?
Do you have a dedicated video card? If not. I doubt you can set up dual screens. You seem to have a older motherboard

I asked when i bought the desktop if i could dual screens on it and they said i could im not expecting to run skyrim or something on the desktop i just need to be able to manage/view alot of windows at one time.
Just because you have two ports on a card. This does not mean you can dual screen. Can you please find out what Graphics card you have?
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