VGA to S-Video adaptor issues

[Django77]

I just bought a laptop recently without an S-video output on it. It has VGA out so I bought a VGA to S-video/RCA adaptor. For some reason I cannot get the secondary monitor to work, I can plug in another monitor without the adaptor and it works fine. As soon as I use the adaptor, it acts like a secondary monitor is not detected. I have XP as an OS.

Any help would be awesome, I have no experience with these adaptors.

[kaj27]

Those adapters are garbage. They only work if your video card supports it. More than likely it doesn't.

Thankfully my video card has HDTV support and I just used Component cables. Great addition to my HTPC.