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    HDMI cord problems

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Jeremy7791, Feb 18, 2011.

  1. Jeremy7791

    Jeremy7791 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello their everyone I received my Alienware m11x today and began testing everything on it to find out it all works great.. except the HDMI. I am using a 37" vizio led tv and when the HDMI is plugged into both the tv and laptop it does absolutely nothing. I thought this may be a problem with the HDMI cord so i tried another with no success once again. please help me =(
     
    Jeremy7791, Feb 18, 2011
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  2. Tonxic

    Tonxic Newbie

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    Try FN (function) then F1
     
    Tonxic, Feb 18, 2011
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    tazm0n Notebook Geek

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    Follow Tonxics advice and also check the video output setting in Control Panel, Intel's driver setting and/or Nvidia panel. I forget which I had to tweak to get my monitor to work when I plugged it into my M11x's HDMI port using a HDMI->DVI adapter. It didn't work right away though.
     
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    cappielloa Notebook Consultant

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    Is your laptop the R1 (Core2Duo) or R2 (i5/7)? If it is the R1, you must be using the nvidia graphics card to output over HDMI. If R2, try what the above posters said.
     
    cappielloa, Feb 18, 2011
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  5. Jeremy7791

    Jeremy7791 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes it is the r1 and i didnt know i had to have the nvidia graphics card on. thank you very much and it works works great now. +1 =)
     
    Jeremy7791, Feb 18, 2011
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