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re: Increase a laptops desktop across three displays Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 11:10 am Posted by C K (6908 messages posted) All you have to do is Google: http://www.usb-ware.com/usb-2-vga-adapter.htm However, they don't always work that well. You just have to try one and see. They aren't good for fast motion though and in fact may not work on most games. The USB buss is slower than the dedicated video buss. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Increase a laptops desktop across three displays Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 2:23 pm Posted by athegn (146 messages posted) Thank you. Speed is irrelevant as the desktop will be displaying various spreadsheets. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Increase a laptops desktop across three displays Monday, March 8, 2010 at 1:03 am Posted by athegn (146 messages posted) Searching of Google has not turned up the exact device I am looking for. I want the VGA output to be to two displays so I can stretch the Desktop across all three; the laptop's and mt two external LCDs. However even if I find one I expect the price to be more than I can justify. I may buy the cheapest single port adaptor and run my splitter off that to duplicate part of my Desktop. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Increase a laptops desktop across three displays Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 6:56 am Posted by Charlie Hadden (1338 messages posted) What vid CHIP does your laptop have? if it is an ATI you may get away with using the ATI 'Hydravision' software. Without knowing your exact setup it is hard to say and it is very difficult on a laptop where you can not add multiple cards to the system, but I know one guy that did achieve his goal using this. ATI require this program for multiple over 2 or 3 and it works in some other cases. There are definatley Mobil applications listed on the ATI site. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Increase a laptops desktop across three displays Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 11:41 am Posted by athegn (146 messages posted) The graphics card is:- Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Increase a laptops desktop across three displays Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 7:37 am Posted by Charlie Hadden (1338 messages posted) Hydravision won't work on that and this card only supports 2 monitors. I think you are out of luck. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Increase a laptops desktop across three displays Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 7:41 am Posted by Charlie Hadden (1338 messages posted) Good info on your card. http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Intel_Graphics_Media_Accelerator_950 [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 7 Discussion Forum