Strike Posted January 13, 2011 Posted January 13, 2011 i was wondering if anyone know if i can run 2 moniters off my tower? Quote
Henrawr Posted January 13, 2011 Posted January 13, 2011 You can! It's called-dual monitors. Look at the back of your tower and if there is another port next to the one that your monitor is plugged into, all you will need is a cable that will fit. Quote
Strike Posted January 13, 2011 Author Posted January 13, 2011 okay just checked and atm im using 1 screen 1 tower. the cable is male VGA both ends. ive got another VGA slot but i need a female cable for it with male on the other end to go into the other screen. can you buy a female to male VGA? Quote
Thrill Posted January 13, 2011 Posted January 13, 2011 They have reproductive organs? Yep, male and female adaptors Quote
Strike Posted January 13, 2011 Author Posted January 13, 2011 yeah but heres a link from ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/S-VGA-HDB15-Male-2-Female-Splitter-Monitor-Adapter-/320636201315?pt=UK_Computing_CablesConnectors_RL&hash=item4aa7682963 could i use this for 2 screens? Quote
Strike Posted January 13, 2011 Author Posted January 13, 2011 well i want to have two screens with seperate log on at the same time but what would i do about keyboard and mouse because shorly the keyboard and mouse would work on the same screen and i want seperate one. what would i do? thanks Quote
Thrill Posted January 13, 2011 Posted January 13, 2011 You need a KVM, keyboard video mouse. So you can have 2 sets of keyboard and mouses running on one machine Quote
ford1001 Posted January 14, 2011 Posted January 14, 2011 is the difference between the male and female adapters the plugs go in and out? Quote
Shaunno Posted January 14, 2011 Posted January 14, 2011 also what graphics card is it, because even though it has two outputs dual monitors may not be supported, i'd just check that before buying the adapters and such. Quote
Strike Posted January 14, 2011 Author Posted January 14, 2011 okay well the graphics card is very rubbish. so i dont think ill be able to do it :/ Quote
Shaunno Posted January 14, 2011 Posted January 14, 2011 alright well if you know what model and make it is ill have a look if you want Quote
Henrawr Posted January 14, 2011 Posted January 14, 2011 Integrateds usually work, just not in games. is the difference between the male and female adapters the plugs go in and out? Not much, they just help differentiate between two different outputs in this case. So the female will have a different output and not just exactly the same. Quote
Strike Posted January 15, 2011 Author Posted January 15, 2011 okay when ive got some time later ill have a look what make and model it is thanks guys Quote
Brad Posted January 27, 2011 Posted January 27, 2011 I do dual monitor sometimes and in order to do it I believe you have to have 2 outward ports on the same Graphics card, not one on your graphics card and another on your on-boared graphics card, for example I have 2 DVI outward ports on my computer so it works fine. This isn't 100% but its what I do. You can not have 2 keyboards and 2 mice at the same time, because it sounds like youre trying to have 2 computers on one tower. Your computers have to be built for this. Dual monitors are used for having two full screen applications open at the same time to make it easier for multitasking not for having two computers on one PC. I use my dual monitors for things such as watching a tutorial video on youtube on one monitor while actually doing the tutorial on the other monitor. Quote
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