carysmarie
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Okay so I'm going to be talking in VERY simple language here since I'm not as computer savvy as I like to say I am!
Basically I decided to add a second monitor to my computer, since I'm always flicking between windows and we had a spare in the house. Boy it was not as simple as I thought it would be!
On the back of my computer, my main monitor was plugged into a blue horizontal port near the bottom with a small icon of what looks like a monitor next to it. Further up the computer, near the top of the box, there is another port that looks exactly the same - still blue, still with the icon next to, just this one is vertical instead. I plugged the new monitor in. Nothing.
I have switched the plugs around and now the new monitor is working and the old one isn't...what I gather is that the top port (the vertical one) isnt working. Any ideas? TIA.
Edit: I have gone into display settings and pressed Detect but its not finding anything. All I can think of is that the port isn't working. Is there an adapter I can get for this?
Basically I decided to add a second monitor to my computer, since I'm always flicking between windows and we had a spare in the house. Boy it was not as simple as I thought it would be!
On the back of my computer, my main monitor was plugged into a blue horizontal port near the bottom with a small icon of what looks like a monitor next to it. Further up the computer, near the top of the box, there is another port that looks exactly the same - still blue, still with the icon next to, just this one is vertical instead. I plugged the new monitor in. Nothing.
I have switched the plugs around and now the new monitor is working and the old one isn't...what I gather is that the top port (the vertical one) isnt working. Any ideas? TIA.
Edit: I have gone into display settings and pressed Detect but its not finding anything. All I can think of is that the port isn't working. Is there an adapter I can get for this?
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