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Posted on Wed 21st, October 2020

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• #26

chez_jay in reply to @Light_EDDed

That's not HDMI, you have DVI, VGA, DP in that order...
• #27

goodhead

I've been through a similar thing recently with a HP laptop provided by a client. My situation was different as it only had hdmi output which I wanted to split over 2 monitors.
The cheapest way I found to do it was to buy a docking station for that hp laptop model of eBay.
• #28

Light_EDDed in reply to @Stonehedge

Nope
• #29

Light_EDDed in reply to @chez_jay

Laptop on has hdmi
• #30

chez_jay in reply to @Light_EDDed

Where? Your pic shows DVI, VGA, DP... [edit: sorry that's the monitor, I now realise]
• #31

goodhead in reply to @chez_jay

That's his monitor presumably
• #32

Light_EDDed in reply to @chez_jay

That’s on the monitor
• #33

chez_jay

Get a HDMI <-> DVI cable, it'll be much cheaper than HDMI -> DP cos it's passive.
• #34

Light_EDDed in reply to @chez_jay

That will work will it? No weird stuff I need to do?
• #35

aggi in reply to @Light_EDDed

Get a HDMI to DVI-D cable for a fiver and use that.

Edit - no weird stuff needed. One of these https://smile.amazon.co.uk/AmazonBasics-Adapter-Cable-Latest-Standard-Black/dp/B014I8UU2W
• #36

goodhead in reply to @chez_jay

Yep.
Although if you do have an actual IT department ask them if they have any docking stations for your laptop kicking around.
Alteratively do what I did and look on eBay for a second hand / refurb docking station for your laptop model (press Function + Esc and look for your model number)
• #37

Light_EDDed

Thank you all! So pleased I have got this sorted.

I’ll report back when I get the hdmi/dvi lead.

Fucking computers!!!
• #38

cozzzzzzzz

anyone here got any experience using a WD my cloud NAS ? I'm trying to send some files to it via FTP but I can't even connect to the device (via filezilla) because there doesn't seem to be an option in WD's piece of shit proprietary software to setup users/passwords

edit: nevermind, seems like this is not possible on my version of the drive. fml

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