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bugshaw at 01:41pm on 21/04/2009
bugshaw at 01:41pm on 21/04/2009I have a shiny new monitor. It works with my home PC and my work laptop, is it possible to connect it to both of them at once, to avoid crawling under the desk to fiddle with the cable? In a perfect world there would also be some way to switch between PC/laptop, but I'm resigned to the option of only having one device at a time switched on.
*peers at computer and monitor*
*peers at Wikipedia*
The monitor has a VGA socket and a male DVI-D (dual link)socket;
The PC has a VGA socket and a female DVI socket;
The laptop only has a VGA socket.
Currently I keep one end of a VGA cable attached to the monitor, and switch the other end between PC and laptop.
Any suggestions? Maplins said I could only split it if they were both VGA. Thank you!
EDIT: I appear to have some solutions, many thanks :-)
*peers at computer and monitor*
*peers at Wikipedia*
The monitor has a VGA socket and a male DVI-D (dual link)socket;
The PC has a VGA socket and a female DVI socket;
The laptop only has a VGA socket.
Currently I keep one end of a VGA cable attached to the monitor, and switch the other end between PC and laptop.
Any suggestions? Maplins said I could only split it if they were both VGA. Thank you!
EDIT: I appear to have some solutions, many thanks :-)
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