Hello everyone,
I have an old Dell monitor that was working fine on my old windows 7 computer. It is the Dell E173FP.
I am using a Microsoft Surface Pro 2 with a Minidisplayport, running Windows 10. I have a minidisplayport to VGA adapter that works fine when attached to my television (so it's not the port, the adapter, or the cord). I have never tried the monitor on this computer, but it ran fine on my old one. It hasn't been disturbed or been in an area of high activity, and I was extra careful moving it to my computer room.
It shows up on the devices list as GenericPHP with a monitor symbol. Nothing installs when it is connected. I tried to manually install the driver (I downloaded off the Microsoft website, Driver: R74922, comes with a file called e173fp) but it said it was compatible with my current version of windows.
When the VGA cord is plugged into the back, the monitor is fine. It shows a list of colors that move around the screen and said it was running some sort of test. (It was always like that when the old computer isn't connected). The moment I connect it to the minidisplayport adapter, even with it plugged into my tablet, the screen goes blank and the symbol goes orange. When I press it button, it says something like "Monitor in Power Saver Mode (or Sleep mode, I don't remember off hand), press any key or move the mouse to turn on", but when I do either, nothing happens.
Am I screwed out of a secondary monitor? Or is there a fix? I wasn't looking to buy another monitor, but I was hoping to put an old one to good use.
Thank you!
I have an old Dell monitor that was working fine on my old windows 7 computer. It is the Dell E173FP.
I am using a Microsoft Surface Pro 2 with a Minidisplayport, running Windows 10. I have a minidisplayport to VGA adapter that works fine when attached to my television (so it's not the port, the adapter, or the cord). I have never tried the monitor on this computer, but it ran fine on my old one. It hasn't been disturbed or been in an area of high activity, and I was extra careful moving it to my computer room.
It shows up on the devices list as GenericPHP with a monitor symbol. Nothing installs when it is connected. I tried to manually install the driver (I downloaded off the Microsoft website, Driver: R74922, comes with a file called e173fp) but it said it was compatible with my current version of windows.
When the VGA cord is plugged into the back, the monitor is fine. It shows a list of colors that move around the screen and said it was running some sort of test. (It was always like that when the old computer isn't connected). The moment I connect it to the minidisplayport adapter, even with it plugged into my tablet, the screen goes blank and the symbol goes orange. When I press it button, it says something like "Monitor in Power Saver Mode (or Sleep mode, I don't remember off hand), press any key or move the mouse to turn on", but when I do either, nothing happens.
Am I screwed out of a secondary monitor? Or is there a fix? I wasn't looking to buy another monitor, but I was hoping to put an old one to good use.
Thank you!