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October 7th, 2024 14:46

Stuck on dual monitors

When I first turned on my new Inspiron 3030, I used a HDMI TV as the monitor.  A couple of days later, I added a VGA monitor, which appeared as display 2.  Now the computer won't show anything on the VGA monitor unless the HDMI TV is connected.  With both monitors on, I have a dual display, but even if I select display 2 as the main display, if I disconnect the HDMI, the display on the VGA monitor goes black.  How do I make it forget about "display 1" and go back to a single monitor?

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October 7th, 2024 19:45

Inspiron 3030 Desktop or 3030  Small Desktop?

Do you have an add-in video card or only onboard Intel Graphics?

Is the HDMI monitor connected to the onboard Intel HDMI port or to an add-in video card HDMI port?

You're using VGA, so how is this monitor connected?

  1. Adapter from onboard Intel DP port to VGA?
  2. Adapter from a port on add-in video card to VGA?
  3. Add-in video card have a VGA port?

Are you rebooting PC after setting the VGA monitor as #1 and then disconnecting HDMI monitor?

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