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vga cable

  • 15-02-2010 11:48am
    #1
    passingthrough
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 529 ✭✭✭


    i bought a vga cable so i could hook up my xbox to my laptop but im unsure how to do it. i have it all connected but im not sure how to get the picture up, it just stays on my normal laptop screen, any ideas where im going wrong. im running vista


Comments

  • #2
    calex71
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,126 ✭✭✭✭calex71


    I'm 99% certain that the vga port on your laptop is vga out, not vga in, making what you are trying to do impossible I'm afraid.


  • #3
    spooky donkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,042 ✭✭✭spooky donkey


    Yes that is correct. I used a VGA cable to connect my xbox to my PC monitor but thats not the same thing that is a VGA in.


  • #4
    TouchingVirus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,582 ✭✭✭TouchingVirus


    Laptops have VGA out as said above, and I don't know any laptop that has a dual switch (I/O) on the VGA port. Thus hooking up the VGA cable to the laptop won't have any effect, you won't be able to use the laptop screen as a display for the console.


  • #5
    JasonEFlood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16 ✭JasonEFlood


    Actually some dell models come with this as an option. Its an usually option alright, but I hook my ps1 up to my laptop when I am traveling. It can be done - but check the laptop specs


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