Laptop runs 3 monitors

[Guest]

Hello,
seeking suggestions on how to accomplish 2 monitors through laptop total of 3, including laptop screen.

 

[buwish]

If you connect an external monitor to a laptop, the laptop screen will turn off automatically, i.e. not enough graphics power to deal with a laptop monitor and 2 others. If you want three, you'll have to get a splitter with three separate ports on it that will run off of your vga or hmdi port.

 

[math1337]

Most laptops can run their own screen as well as one other, so a splitter with two outputs should work.

 

[ejcronk]

What if your laptop only has the one video port. Is it possible to use a USB 2.0 to Video adapter on a Dell Inspiron E1505?

 

[someguy606]

3 external and it's own lcd

dell e6420 with dock station that has 1-vga and 2-DVIs
tested and works on 1200x1600 20" monitors

 

[madmac63]

3 external and it's own lcd

dell e6420 with dock station that has 1-vga and 2-DVIs
tested and works on 1200x1600 20" monitors

http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&i...ttid=0.1&disp=inline&realattid=f_guk5trjt0&zw

Can you post your BIOS Revision and Video Driver version? Any BIOS settings you had to make?

I have an e6420 w/ a docking station w/ 2 HDMI/DVI ports and a VGA port, and I cannot get teh 2nd external monitor to light up no matter what I do. One external is cabled with VGA, the other is HDMI. Both are Dell 22" capable of 1920x1080 . . . do I need to use HDMI or DVI cables for both?

Thanks

Doug

 

[madmac63]

3 external and it's own lcd

dell e6420 with dock station that has 1-vga and 2-DVIs
tested and works on 1200x1600 20" monitors

http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&i...ttid=0.1&disp=inline&realattid=f_guk5trjt0&zw

Can you post your BIOS Revision and Video Driver version? Any BIOS settings you had to make?

I have an e6420 w/ a docking station w/ 2 HDMI/DVI ports and a VGA port, and I cannot get teh 2nd external monitor to light up no matter what I do. One external is cabled with VGA, the other is HDMI. Both are Dell 22" capable of 1920x1080 . . . do I need to use HDMI or DVI cables for both?

Thanks

Doug

 

[madmac63]

3 external and it's own lcd

dell e6420 with dock station that has 1-vga and 2-DVIs
tested and works on 1200x1600 20" monitors

http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&i...ttid=0.1&disp=inline&realattid=f_guk5trjt0&zw

Can you post your BIOS Revision and Video Driver version? Any BIOS settings you had to make?

I have an e6420 w/ a docking station w/ 2 HDMI/DVI ports and a VGA port, and I cannot get teh 2nd external monitor to light up no matter what I do. One external is cabled with VGA, the other is HDMI. Both are Dell 22" capable of 1920x1080 . . . do I need to use HDMI or DVI cables for both?

Thanks

Doug

 

[ssteward]

Doug, did you find a solution? I have the same setup except I have vga, DVI and laptop screen. I can't get both monitors to light up.

Shane

 

[blackwater11]

These guys did it: http://www.skygatemedia.com/web-design-blog/skygate-media-creative-3d-workstations/

I think you need to run external graphics cards one from secondary output (HDMI or Displayport) and then 2 more through USB3.0 outputs.. Not sure if they'll run through a hub.