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
    2020-12-07T00:28:35+00:00

    Crest_Z,

    Please stop misleading people to believe that the Surface will not support 3 monitors. I like many others below have had success setting up three monitors with absolutely no issues. My current setup includes two 32" monitors via HDMI (Docking Station) and a third 32" monitor via Mini Display Port to Display Port. Works like a charm.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-11-23T18:25:24+00:00

    I have plugged in a third display using a USB-C to HDMI. I am ok not using the surface display, but cant seem to get all 3 external displays working. Is there something that needs changed in the settings?

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-10-08T18:28:36+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.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-09-08T10:41:33+00:00

    Hi Crest_Z

    Please clarify this as i am using a dock to power two monitors, and today plugged a USB-C to HDMi direct from my Surface Pro 7 to the 3rd monitor and it doesn't work.

    Thanks

    Coe

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-08-25T21:41:08+00:00

    Hi Bobby,

    That makes sense... I think we have the same ports on the Surface... one USB A and one USB C...    I bought a simple splitter to take the feed from the USB C and split it into an RGB and a HDMI feed, but its the same duplicated image.

    I can see what you have done. It seems I need the Surface Dock to get the extra two screens out. Can you tell me what Dock it is? is there a model number? 

    Also, do you use the Surface screen at the same time as well? Or three completely separate external monitors? Which would make 4 screens if you counted the Surface as well?

    Thanks very much. You have been very helpful.

    Regards

    Willem 

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