Help plz

MrKennedy · 26 May 2011 at 16:20

i have the dell u2311h and have been using it fine with my pc however i since bought a hdmi to display port cable so i could use my xbox on it, but i am now getting no signal on the display port but the dvi works fine?

cmndr_andi · 26 May 2011 at 17:36

Hi there,

You say you got a HDMI to Display port cable? (not to be confused with a Displayport to HDMI adapter)

Is that an active cable and what make and model number is it?

MrKennedy · 26 May 2011 at 18:15

i have no idea what it is soz i know its passive cos of the price. i got it off of the bay for cheep.

cmndr_andi · 26 May 2011 at 18:20

Ah, in that case it won't work. HDMI and Display port are entirely different digital video signals. The passive cables only work if you're using them with a graphics card that has the ability to output a DVI/HDMI video signal along a passive adapter. Your xbox can't do this.

Personally I would suggest hooking it up using an adapter like this, and use a HDMI switch box like this if you don't want to be forever swapping over the cables.