Dell XPS 8930 with HP Elite E273M

[peterfranklee1]

Purchased a Dell XPS 8930 with Windows 10 Pro 64 bit. Purchased a HP Elite E273M Monitor. Although it connects and works, every time I boot up I get message (blah, blah, blah), not sure as it disappears but the monitor works fine, looks good. The cable for the monitor has 15 pins and on the Dell XPS 8930 it is different. Should I purchase a HDMI to VGA cable as I have seen on the

Internet? I have absolutely no expertise in this area. My old XPS 8500 had a Dell monitor so there were no issues.

If anyone has seen this issue, please advise remedy. Thank you in advance.

Regards

Peter Frank Lee 

[banhien · Accepted solution]

@peterfranklee1 

Monitor has the following input ports   (1)

• (1) HDMI 1.4
• (1) DisplayPort (DP) 1.2
• (1) VGA

And looks like the Dell XPS 8930 has 2 sets of display out ports

  Lower set (from left to right)                 (2)

• DVI
• HDMI
• VGA

  Upper set (from top down)     (3)

• Display port (DP)
• HDMI

I don't know which set they use

The common port of all 3 sets is HDMI therefore please use HDMI cable to connect them together and do not try HDMI (digital) to VGA (analog) you may not get a good result.

Regards.

[peterfranklee1]

Thanks for the information. Have not had any similar monitor issues in the past as I always purchased a Dell XPS Desktop with a Dell Monitor. This is my first HP Monitor, like it, looks good. I do know the HP product line as I have a Laserjet Pro 400 Color M45dn and previously another black+white laser printer. Not one single issue with all of them. Excellent products.