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I have a Dell Latitude 8420. It is connected to a dock. Is there any way to have two monitors connected to this setup and also use the laptop screen too? I want the desktop extended on the 3 displays. I am using Windows 7 Professional. How would things change if I wanted to have 3 external monitors and not use the laptop display? | ||||
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If I'm correct, you will not be able to use all three monitors at the same time. If you hook up two monitors to your docking-station, you will not be able to use the laptop screen at the same time. If you only use one external monitor, you can still use the laptop screen. This is due to limitations of the GPU. I have a Latitude E6510 with a docking station and experienced the same thing. If you absolutely need to use three monitors, you can maybe look into "exotic" solutions like using an external USB graphic card. | |||||
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From what I have read about the linked dock, you're limited to two displays. This can be made up in one of two configurations:
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I can confirm that a USB graphics adapter is the solution. I use a HP 8510W wit a HP usb docking station. This has displayport VGA technologie which support even playing HD video on mij 1600*1200 screen. 1680 pixel wide is the max for this dock. When using the dock, you lose Aero on all of your screens | |||
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