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How to use dual monitor on DELL XPS M1530?

Hi,
I have a DELL XPS M1530 laptop. System tag: HSN064J

Looks like it has a VGA out, and an HDMI out - yet all the guff says that it has dual monitor / extended display support. How? This is another DELL Outlet job. If I need a particular cable, what cable?

Thanks,
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akashj

Does it work with just VGA? So you have your laptop screen on and on your VGA monitor be it flat screen, tv whatever...you should see either a clone or a extended desktop of your laptop

Some machines you need to activate it...not sure on the M1530, I think its pressing the Fn + F8 button which activates it
Others you have to activate using the display properties (right click on desktop>properties/settings and last tab on that screen if its XP) -

Sorry I'm vague, I'm on a PC at the moment and laptop is at home

bcops

ASKER

Ah ... that's not quite what I meant .... I meant, have my laptop display spread across two monitors .... not cloned from laptop screen and monitor ....

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vodka7

Right click your desktop, Properties, Settings, click the 2nd monitor, select Extend My Desktop to this monitor... or launch the Nvidia or ATI control center and there should be a tab that says multidisplay and there should be a setting that says Extend Desktop

bcops

ASKER

Errrr, OK, not sure I'm making myself clear.
I have a laptop, I have two monitors, each monitor cable of taking a VGA or a DVI input.
My laptop has one VGA output and one HDMI output.

What do I physically need to be able to do to connect up both monitors to the one laptop so that I can have a desktop spread across the two monitors? A special cable? A HDMI-to-DVI cable? What?

Thanks,
B

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bcops

ASKER

k, ordered, let's see what happens.
Many thanks,

B