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So I have an old Polaroid monitor that I would like to set up as a second display, but whenever I try to connect to my PC through HDMI, it says not supported. Why does this happen and what can I do to fix it? Do I need a new monitor?

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3 minutes ago, Vex101 said:

So I have an old Polaroid monitor that I would like to set up as a second display, but whenever I try to connect to my PC through HDMI, it says not supported. Why does this happen and what can I do to fix it? Do I need a new monitor?

Maybe not detected by graphics card driver? Try updating them.

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The weird thing is, in display settings it says I have another monitor connected, it just doesn't show anything except not supported

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and in the display adapter settings, it says that it is connected to the graphics card

 

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3 minutes ago, Vex101 said:

The weird thing is, in display settings it says I have another monitor connected, it just doesn't show anything except not supported

Try lowering the resolution of that display in Windows Display Settings. Usually if the monitor is detected but is showing a "resolution not supported" message it means your computer is trying to push a higher resolution than the monitor supports.

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I actually already tried this. It says that the default resolution for the monitor is 1280 x 800. I tried that and everything lower. Nothing worked

 

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On 10/19/2020 at 11:24 AM, Vex101 said:

I actually already tried this. It says that the default resolution for the monitor is 1280 x 800. I tried that and everything lower. Nothing worked

 

Is the monitor working with any other system or laptop?

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I haven't tried anything other than my Nintendo Switch which works.

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