Hello
I'm trying to set up Dual monitors at my work.
I'm pretty sure, I would need an adapter to fit in the 2nd plug in.
The blue background cable is the main one that fits into the monitor port.
I would need some sort of adapter so that i can put the grey background cable into the port that reads 1O1O A.
( Sorry for my wording, computer noob….)
Does anyone know the adapter and/method that i would need to use?
Thanks for any help in advanced.
Thanks for the reply.
Is their a way to check that the computer has a graphic card that supports multi-display?
Plug one into the blue plug.
There is a display port that kind of looks like a USB port next to it, just get a full size DisplayPort to VGA adapter.
Don't need any graphics cards or anything, just one adapter.
Drew22's recommendation for a adapter looks like this, by the way.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Display-Port-DisplayPort-DP-to-VG…
Got one and hopefully it works
To be honest, i haven't seen a graphic card that doesn't support multi display for a very very very long time.
e.g. Looking at PCCG (https://www.pccasegear.com/products/22464) and checking out the specs (http://www.sapphiretech.com/productdetial.asp?pid=E7795F99-4…). Even that card supports it. If you were to buy one, probably ask the seller to confirm.
I'll probably check first if you can use the DisplayPort + VGA.
A friend used this software and said it was good,
no extra hardware other than a extra monitor
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dualmonitortool/
see how you go
I bought one of these from ebay for $25 delivered
it comes with the splitter video cable.
downloaded drivers from here
install card. run driver installer, re-boot . dual monitors
Highly dependent on your CPU on-board graphics, how much access to install software drivers you have and if your workplace gives you access to the BIOS. If yes than you can output via the display port labelled as '++D' and the VGA. You don't need anything else.
there's a display port right next to it. it's the ++D looking one. one monitor through this and the other through the existing blue port
look at the ports on your two monitors and if your second one has a similar ++D shaped plug connect these with a "display port" cable.
This is on my work computer, So i believe i would have restrictions on downloading certain programs
Programs won't do anything for you, you need an adapter cable.
Hey skipy89,
No that won't work. You'll need a graphic card that'll support multi-display or have multiple video outputs (pretty much all graphic these days will have this). If you get a VGA splitter, monitor 1 and monitor 2 would just output the same thing.
The |O|O A is just a serial port. This is not a video output port.
Just noticed, not sure if it'll work but you might be able to have one monitor connected to the Display Port and the other connected to the VGA. From your picture the display port if the one left of the first photo.