As we all know, new tech stuff has to be irritating and make us wonder why we bought it. I got my drawing tablet today and it's being a pain in the arse to set up.
2 options for setting it up.
a) 3 way cable that means it uses up HDMI and USB slots.
b) USB c to USB c that means it only uses the USB c slot, leaving my one HDMI port free for my monitor.
I'm trying to use b because I no longer have a VGA cable to connect my monitor. I've ordered one from Amazon in case nothing will work but I'd rather use HDMI really. So here's the issue.
I downloaded and installed the tablet drivers fine. I have power to the tablet. When I start up the software and the tablet, the software says "no device connected". The tablet says "No signal" then goes to power saving mode. I've tried uninstalling my USB drivers, the tablet driver, updating every driver imaginable. I've disabled antivirus, left antivirus on. Restarted the PC multiple times.
Once, only once, did I get the tablet software to recognise there was *something* so I was able to mess in a settings menu. However after maybe 2 minutes it crapped out again and complained nothing was connected. At no point did I get a picture on the tablet. I've been researching and know it needs to be USB 3.1 to support display out over USB c, which my drivers are. I've tried detecting other monitors, nothing. Tried putting the PC into extend mode, nothing.
Any ideas? It's not a huge hardship if it will work via the 3 way cable and I have to go back to VGA for my main monitor but the less cables the better!
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completely forgot I could download a manual. Haha. Such a dork. 