Dell XPS Personal Computer User Manual


 
18 Using Your Computer
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If you purchased a video card that supports dual monitors, follow these instructions to connect and
enable your monitors. The instructions tell you how to connect either two monitors (each with a
VGA connector), one monitor with a VGA connector and one monitor with a DVI connector, or a
television.
1
Save any open files, close any open programs, and then shut down your computer through the
Start
menu (see page 25).
2
Connect the monitor cables to the connectors on the back of the computer.
NOTE: If your computer has integrated video, do not connect either monitor to the integrated video
connector.
If both monitors have VGA connectors:
a
Connect one of the monitors to the VGA (blue) connector on the computer.
b
Connect the other monitor to the optional VGA adapter and connect the VGA adapter to
the DVI (white) connector on the computer.
If one monitor has a VGA connector and the other one has a DVI connector:
a
Connect the VGA connector on the monitor to the VGA (blue) connector on the
computer.
VGA (blue) connector
DVI (white) connector
optional VGA
adapter
TV OUT connector
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