Desktop to Laptop

bouncin · 09-15-2007, 01:42 PM

I'm not sure if this thread should go under the laptop or desktop section. What I want do is. I don't have room for my big desktop monitor. So if I run a vga cable from my desktops vga port to my laptops vga port would I be able to use my laptops monitor for my desktop. So I can just switch back and forth with my laptop and view both?

andy faith · 09-15-2007, 01:46 PM

unfortunately not as the vga port on you're laptop is for output not input.

[-0MEGA-] · 09-15-2007, 02:27 PM

Andy said it well, the VGA port on your desktop is an output, but so it the one on your notebook, so you cant use your laptop LCD for your desktop monitor via that method.

bouncin · 09-16-2007, 03:40 AM

Okay, tks for your replies everyone.

Jabes · 09-16-2007, 04:15 AM

is there any way that he could use a kvm with it?

09-15-2007, 01:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
bouncin New Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 20	Desktop to Laptop I'm not sure if this thread should go under the laptop or desktop section. What I want do is. I don't have room for my big desktop monitor. So if I run a vga cable from my desktops vga port to my laptops vga port would I be able to use my laptops monitor for my desktop. So I can just switch back and forth with my laptop and view both?

09-15-2007, 01:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
andy faith Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Coventry Age: 19 Posts: 276	unfortunately not as the vga port on you're laptop is for output not input. __________________ Main PC: Athlon XP 2400+, 1GB RAM, Geforce4 Ti 4200, Asrock K7S8X mobo, 2x40GB HDD. NEC DVDRW, Pioneer DVD\CDRW Backup PC: Athlon XP 2000+, 512MB RAM, 60GB HDD, Radeon 7500 Main Laptop: Inspiron 6400: Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz, 80GB SATA HDD, 2GB PC2-4200, DVD-RW, Radeon X1300 Backup laptop: Latitude D410, Pentium M 1.73GHz, 60GB HDD, 1GB RAM, DVD-ROM

09-15-2007, 02:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 20 Posts: 27,082	Andy said it well, the VGA port on your desktop is an output, but so it the one on your notebook, so you cant use your laptop LCD for your desktop monitor via that method. __________________ Desktop // Laptop Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0GHz // Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 // Intel PM45 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 // 512MB GDDR3 9800M GTS 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 940 // 4GB DDR3 800 750GB SATAII w/32MB // 200GB SATAII 7200RPM Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 21391 // 9179

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09-16-2007, 03:40 AM	#4 (permalink)
bouncin New Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 20	Okay, tks for your replies everyone.

09-16-2007, 04:15 AM	#5 (permalink)
Jabes banned Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Vista the best place to live :D Age: 15 Posts: 1,773	is there any way that he could use a kvm with it?