How to do I connect 3 external monitors to my surface pro 7?

Anonymous
2020-05-12T02:02:56+00:00

I have connected 2 monitors to my microsoft surface dock and my 3rd monitor using usb-c to hdmi, but i cant run 3 at the same time. why is this so? How to fix this? 

As soon as I unplug one of the monitors the other 2 work, in any combination.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-08-25T15:39:37+00:00

    As you can see in the image below - 2 of my displays are connected to the Surface Dock and a further display is connected via the VGA display port adapter directly from my surface.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-08-25T15:34:45+00:00

    Hi all of my 3 displays are showing independent content, I am extending not duplicating. 

    My Surface Docking Station (dock) has ports to connect displays, in addition to the dock I have a port on the Surface device itself (located on the top right hand side above the USB port), known as the mini-displayport connector - I have a number of adaptor, which extend this port to HDMI or VGA.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-08-25T15:30:23+00:00

    I havent tried that connecting it via a 3rd HDMI but will test it out and post the outcome here.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-08-25T01:24:10+00:00

    Just re-read your post... do you mean "docking station" when you say "dock"? 

    I thought you mean port (as in the two ports directly on the surface pro). Please correct me if I am wrong.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-08-25T01:22:10+00:00

    Hi,

    Can you give a bit more detail?

    Do you second and third screens show different items, or do they just replicate each other? 

    And what is the mini-display port adaptor? I've only got a HDMI port and a USB c. 

    I bought a mini-hub to take the USB C feed and split it into HDMI for one external monitor and RGB for a second external monitor, but it just replicates the image on both screens (but its different to the laptop screen.)

     Ideally, I like to have three completely independent monitors. Did you do this?

    Thanks in advance.

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