How to connect two monitors to a DELL Inspiron 5520 15R

Question

I have a DELL 5520 notebook. The machine has two graphic cards working together (intel 4000 and radeon 7670). I'm trying to connect it to two external monitors. I also tried to set it up to 1 monitor and 1 TV at the same time. The result is the same 2 out of 3 are working.

So, i'm connecting the monitors to VGA and HDMI port. However only one of them is working or in the case that i close the lid of the notebook, then the 2 externals are on.

In the company there are guys which already set their laptops with two monitors without external hardware and they gave it a shot, but it doesn't seem to work.

Any ideas on how to accomplish this?

P.S. It's a DELL Inspiron 5520 15R (i7 version). Apparently it's not US spec, so it HAS intel 4000 gpu and it HAS Radeon 7670.

Solution

• Here are the specifications for the Dell Inspiron 15R 5520 (All Models)

• The New Inspiron 15R Special Edition has an AMD Radeon™ HD 7730M 2GB, but again that's all it has. Does NOT have two cards.

• Your laptop does NOT have 2 graphics cards.

• And when you run a monitor on VGA (Analog) and HDMI (Digital) any one can run at a given time. Analog and Digital will not run at the same time. More information here.

• You will need external hardware to run it simultaneously.

Comments

[aliasgar]

So is it a Dell Inspiron 15R 5520 or a Dell Latitude E5520 ?

[Mariyan]

It's Inspiron 15R

[Mariyan]

Well, the processor comes with intel 4000 gpu. Check here.

[Mariyan]

Apparently it's not US spec, so it HAS intel 4000 gpu and it HAS Radeon 7670.

[aliasgar]

send me ur localized spec link.

[Mariyan]

It's in Bulgarian

[aliasgar]

AMD Radeon 7670M с 1 GB DDR 3 собствена памет right? Still there is only 1 Graphics card, and still the same logic applies either VGA or HDMI. If u had a DVI and HDMI it would have worked as both would have been digital. Btw, a pro laptop guy says, it will still work on Intel 3000/4000, and there is no way to swap between the two adapters. Here is the link : uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120829001536AANMnu‌​X

[Mariyan]

Thanks for your effort man. I will go ahead and test once again.