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  1. MVP OF LIFE MVP OF LIFE is offline

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    Dec 15th, 2005 (12/15/2005 10:47pm)

    how do you guys set up more than one external monitor to your laptop? I've got two dell 2001fps and an inspiron 8600. i've got one hooked up fine, but i'm having trouble setting up the second one. the inspiron only has one vga connector on it. any suggestions?
     
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    Dec 15th, 2005 (12/15/2005 10:55pm) in reply to MVP OF LIFE

    Just plug a vga monitor into it, and then hit the function-monitor button (something like function+F5) until you get an output on your laptop plus the vga monitor.

    Then right click on your desktop and goto properites, and finish setting it up from there.

    -DaJokerz
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    Dec 15th, 2005 (12/15/2005 10:59pm) in reply to MVP OF LIFE

    ive done that to get the first monitor working properly, but how can i hook the second one up?
     
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    Dec 15th, 2005 (12/15/2005 11:01pm) in reply to MVP OF LIFE

    you need to have two monitor ports.
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    Dec 15th, 2005 (12/15/2005 11:03pm) in reply to MVP OF LIFE

    Lol someone please answer the man. I bought two flat screen dell monitors when I got my dell 9300 laptop, and one is sitting here idle because I have been too lazy to figure it all out. Do I need a splitter that connects to my laptop port that allows two monitors to be plugged into one port? (if that doesn't make sense, it's because I can handle any software/program, but not the harware issues.)
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    Dec 15th, 2005 (12/15/2005 11:03pm) in reply to gambowler

    Since a lot of laptops dont have two, what do you do?
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    Dec 15th, 2005 (12/15/2005 11:08pm) in reply to MVP OF LIFE

    not sure about the 8600, but the 9300 has a vga and a dvi video connector. i think most desktop video cards with dual monitor capabilities have vga and dvi ports, so you should be able to get a dvi/vga adapter.

    if you don't have two ports, i'd assume your are sol.
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