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VGA "and" HDMI outputs from laptop
elvch01
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in Techie Stuff
Hi,
I have an Acer 8930G laptop in my office at home which is connected via the VGA output to a Samsung Syncmaster 22" monitor giving me a dual-screen desktop with the Samsung as primary to the left of the laptop. To the right of the laptop, is a TV which I will be replacing with a new 22" LCD TV.
My laptop has both VGA and HDMI output and I have tested the HDMI capability elsewhere in the house, but was wondering whether I could use both the VGA AND the HDMI outputs to give myself a 3-screen desktop. I strongly suspect not, and its no big deal if its not possible; I am just curious (and will probably try it out anyway when I eventualy get my TV
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I have an Acer 8930G laptop in my office at home which is connected via the VGA output to a Samsung Syncmaster 22" monitor giving me a dual-screen desktop with the Samsung as primary to the left of the laptop. To the right of the laptop, is a TV which I will be replacing with a new 22" LCD TV.
My laptop has both VGA and HDMI output and I have tested the HDMI capability elsewhere in the house, but was wondering whether I could use both the VGA AND the HDMI outputs to give myself a 3-screen desktop. I strongly suspect not, and its no big deal if its not possible; I am just curious (and will probably try it out anyway when I eventualy get my TV
) Chris Elvin
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Well i have a VGA and a DVI connected
VGA to tv
DVI to 15" monitor
I dont see how you couldn't connect a HDMI and VGA.
Best idea is try it lol.0 -
I would imagine that, while possible, the laptop graphics chip will be totally unable to handle the demands of a three monitor environment. Try it by all means, but it may not work very well.Ubuntu is an ancient African word, meaning: 'I can't configure Debian'.0
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I would imagine that, while possible, the laptop graphics chip will be totally unable to handle the demands of a three monitor environment. Try it by all means, but it may not work very well.
Can't see why not. Matrox were making triple headed graphics cards ten years ago. Integrated GPUs are more than up to it nowadays.0 -
Well I'll try it & let you all knowChris Elvin0
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I can't get 3 displays simultaneously
My laptop recognises that it has 3 displays connected, but will only send video to two of them at any one time - oh well, never mind Chris Elvin0 -
you could try different display drivers find what card you are using and see if the have an update. 3 displays can be tricky you can get specific card to handle it but most will only support 20
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beetledriver wrote: »you could try different display drivers find what card you are using and see if the have an update. 3 displays can be tricky you can get specific card to handle it but most will only support 2
Indeed - I have checked the display drivers etc (Its an NVIDIA 9600 GT in a laptop) and it appears that 2 is my limit. No great problem, it was just an ideaChris Elvin0
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