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
    2020-10-08T23:02:31+00:00

    I can confirm this configuration works with my Surface Book 2, however I have to reconfigure all my displays (order, orientation, and enable) every time I undock/dock or restart the laptop.

    I believe I had that issue with my setup only if i connect to the wireless before plugging into the dock.  When i plug back in first, the two side monitors are in the right orientation then i just connect to the wireless adapter.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-10-14T00:29:01+00:00

    I am using 2 monitors (plus a surface laptop 3) connected to the dock via HDMI Cable plus Mini Display port dongles.Windows does not recognize the 2nd monitor at all.  And when both monitors are plugged into the dock, neither are detected.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-10-17T14:33:19+00:00

    Very helpful. Can you confirm you are extending to all 4 displays and not mirroring on any of them using the wireless HDMI adapter? I can get 3 external monitors but not the Surface (pro 6) which I didn't think was an issue until I realized none of my monitors have sound. I would prefer my setup to look exactly like yours with the surface in the middle as long as each of the 4 screens works independently and doesn't just replicate another display.

    Thanks!

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-10-17T15:13:11+00:00

    Very helpful. Can you confirm you are extending to all 4 displays and not mirroring on any of them using the wireless HDMI adapter? I can get 3 external monitors but not the Surface (pro 6) which I didn't think was an issue until I realized none of my monitors have sound. I would prefer my setup to look exactly like yours with the surface in the middle as long as each of the 4 screens works independently and doesn't just replicate another display.

    Thanks!

    All 4 are independent. I’ll try to post some pics of the cabling when i get a moment.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-10-18T20:04:31+00:00

    Hi

    It would be great to get the pictures of cabling... I have two external monitors and the Surface Pro... it would be great to get a 3rd external monitor... which would have to be via wireless. and connected after the dock.. right?

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