I have a laptop with HDMI. I also have a monitor I got from my dad, it is old and it only accepts VGA. I have a DVI to VGA converter connected to it already. I was wondering if I used a HDMI to DVI converter and connected it to the DVI to VGA converter, would I still be able to have a dual monitor setup. I was looking at this eBay item as a HDMI to DVI converter that I will use: Ebay HDMI to DVI
Is it possible to connect HDMI to DVI to VGA monitor input for a dual monitor setup?
Best Answer
The adapter you found on eBay is a (minor) fraud. It cannot provide DVI-I. It can only provide DVI-D. DVI-I is a combined connector for both DVI-A (essentially VGA) and DVI-D. HDMI is only compatible with DVI-D. If you connect a DVI-VGA adapter to the one from eBay, you won’t get any picture at all.
So you need something else to convert HDMI to VGA, and that something is an active converter. For convenience, I’ll just copy the link from Chavez’ answer: https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Active-Adapter-Support/dp/B008O7RH5C