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OTCkrak
Registered: May 2007
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03-25-10 02:14 PM
I need a temporary solution to connect 2 monitors out of my laptop(4g ram, windows 7 32bit, 256mb video ram).
right now, i have the laptop lid closed and the image appears cloned into the two monitors out of a vga splitter cable. I want to extend a single desktop into the two monitors. It appears windows does not detect the 2nd monitor?
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Scataphagos
Registered: Apr 2009
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03-25-10 02:18 PM
Quote from OTCkrak:
I need a temporary solution to connect 2 monitors out of my laptop(4g ram, windows 7 32bit, 256mb video ram).
right now, i have the laptop lid closed and the image appears cloned into the two monitors out of a vga splitter cable. I want to extend a single desktop into the two monitors. It appears windows does not detect the 2nd monitor?
A splitter only clones the primary monitor's image. To have Extended Desktop, you need 2 monitor ports. Most notebooks today have a monitor port on the back, usually VGA. You can connect an external monitor then Extend the display to that monitor along with the notebook screen... through Display/Properties/Settings
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OTCkrak
Registered: May 2007
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03-25-10 02:24 PM
Quote from Scataphagos:
A splitter only clones the primary monitor's image. To have Extended Desktop, you need 2 monitor ports. With many notebooks today, they have a VGA port on the back where you can connect a monitor... then you can Extend the display to that monitor along with the notebook screen... through Display/Properties/Settings
my desktop has a DVI output and the splitter (1 DVI/1VGA) works perfectly with only a single video card into two monitors.. I'm assuming the analog VGA output is nferior in this regard
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Scataphagos
Registered: Apr 2009
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03-25-10 02:29 PM
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my desktop has a DVI output and the splitter (1 DVI/1VGA) works perfectly with only a single video card into two monitors.. I'm assuming the analog VGA output is nferior in this regard
Getting extended desktop onto a desktop computer is no problem at all... notebooks can be different. The issue isn't "number of video cards"... it's "number of ports". ATI has a new card which will run 6 monitors.... but it costs plenty.
Some new desktop mobos have VGA, DVI, HDMI, and even Display Port..
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Bolimomo
Registered: Sep 2008
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03-28-10 07:17 AM
Quote from OTCkrak:
my desktop has a DVI output and the splitter (1 DVI/1VGA) works perfectly with only a single video card into two monitors.. I'm assuming the analog VGA output is nferior in this regard
This does not seem to make sense to me. If a gadget is truly a "splitter", from its name it only splits out the same VGA (or perhaps DVI) signal from one set of cable into 2 sets of cables. The signal itself is the same. So the 2 monitors hooked up to this gadget would display the same image.
If you want monitor A and monitor B to display different parts of your Windows applications, you would need the hardware that supports 2 DVI or VGA ports.
If your laptop does not have an extra VGA/DVI port outlet, you can use one of the USB-DVI/VGA adapter. I use one to drive a third monitor from my laptop.
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stratman34
Registered: May 2010
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05-18-10 03:35 PM
I use a Matrox DualHead2Go. It combines the monitors and presents them to windows as a single "large" monitor. It also has software that allows you to manipulate windows within each single monitor or the large combo monitor.
They work very well, and are not terribly expensive.
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