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    Connecting two extra monitors?

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Larven, Apr 13, 2009.

  1. Larven

    Larven Notebook Guru

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    Hi everybody, I´ve browsed this forum for a while and recently decided to signup. :D

    I´m wondering if you can connect two extra monitors to the M17. Right now i have connected one monitor with the VGA output.
    Is it possible to connect one more through the HDMI output?
     
    Larven, Apr 13, 2009
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  2. Hep!

    Hep! sees beauty in everything

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    Your video cards only have one set of video outputs, one for the internal monitor, one for the external. AFAIK, you cannot do a third monitor without adding some extra hardware, like a matroxdualhead2go or similar.
     
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  3. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    There is also USB to VGA/DVI.
     
    sgogeta4, Apr 13, 2009
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  4. beige

    beige Notebook Deity

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    i saw something like a monitor switch witch will split up to 4 monitors
     
    beige, Apr 13, 2009
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