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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · How to connect my new monitor (solved)


My monitor died and I bought a new monitor. It is Dell Ultrasharp U2515H. Now am having a hard time connecting it to my PC. The video card in my PC has two HDMI terminals. The new monitor has something called DP and Min DP, which I don't have a clue about. The monitor also has HDMI terminals, but connecting that to the PC alone doesn't work. The attached picture shows the terminals of the cable that came with the monitor. But my PC ( a dell XPS) doesn't have matching terminals. Does this mean I can't connect this monitor to my PC?

Any help will be highly appreciated.






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Jun 21, 2017 at 11:42 AM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · How to connect my new monitor (solved)


HDMI should worik fine, but you need an HDMI cable. The two cables you're showing here are mini Display Port and Display Port. This is a PC? Some have integrated video cards that provide these ports. If not, you may have to buy a video card that has these connections. But I'd try to make HDMI work seeing that you say you have an HDMI port on your computer.


Jun 21, 2017 at 12:20 PM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · How to connect my new monitor (solved)


Thank you for your reply. I do have HDMI cables.When I connect using HDMI, the monitor shows a message saying "No DP Cable. The display will go into power save mode in 5 minutes".



Jun 21, 2017 at 12:35 PM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · How to connect my new monitor (solved)


I figured it out. The monitor has a menu option to choose HDMI only.

(Duh!)



Jun 21, 2017 at 01:44 PM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · How to connect my new monitor (solved)


monitors with hdmi ports are being phased out as they cannot handle 4k & 5k data.

hang on to those mini dp and dp cables. they will come in handy down the road.



Jun 21, 2017 at 02:10 PM





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