Questions tagged [daisychaining]
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Daisy Chain two Dell monitors using USB-C to Displayport - MacBook Pro 2017
Is it possible to Daisy Chain two Dell u2715h monitors connected to a MacBook Pro 2017?
So the setup would be USB-C to DP cable from the MacBook to first monitor and then the first monitor connected ...
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Daisy-chainable DisplayPort Monitors
I am the proud new owner of a MacBook Pro with a mini-DisplayPort. My desk setup used to allow me to position the screen of my old MacBook beside an external monitor, essentially allowing dual-head. ...
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Daisy chaining APs or connect them into the central router?
I have a question about connecting APs to the main router.
In the picture below there are two options. Both options are connected entirely by ethernet cable and the access points act as ethernet ...
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DisplayPort over USB-C resolutions
I have the following equipment:
laptop HP Spectre x360 - 13-ac002na
monitor Dell U2419HC
monitor HP E324q
I'd like to be able to connect the laptop to the Dell monitor with a single USB-C cable, and ...
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Computer restarts when turning monitors off and on
I usually leave my computer on overnight, I just turn off my two monitors which are daisy-chained. A month ago I noticed that the Computer would turn off / restart overnight. When I turned on the ...
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Mini DisplayPort daisy-chaining
I haven't found any documentation saying it's not possible, but I've been trying to find if daisy-chaining Mini DisplayPort-to-DisplayPort with successive monitors connected using DisplayPort.
So:
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How to create an open wireless along with private wireless?
I am working in a restaurant and we got our own 10Mbps speed Internet connection. The high speed is intended for our servers and credit card phone line. We recently decided to open wireless up to ...
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Can you MST connect monitors using " 'displayPort' to 'mini displayPort' " cables only?
Can I MST connect multiple monitors using mini DP -> DP cables only? (I'm confused on whether I might need a DP -> DP cable between the monitors?)
Image of mini DP -> DP cable
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DisplayPort Daisy Chaining Fails with BenQ PD2710QC + LG 32MA68HY-P
I have a 5th gen X1 Carbon running fully-patched Windows 10. Attempting to use DisplayPort daisychain with:
BenQ PD2710QC (primary monitor, native resolution 2560x1440, connects to laptop via USB-C)
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How can I daisy chain a Surface Pro 2 to multiple monitors?
I am considering a Surface Pro 2, and have read on this Microsoft site that:
If you have the latest Windows updates, you can daisy-chain multiple monitors from your Surface Pro 2.
They don't seem ...
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DaisyChain from GeForce GTX 860M HDMI output
I have a laptop with GeForce GTX 860M, which has an HDMI output. The laptop connects to a DELL screen HDMI in, and the DELL screen DisplayPort out is connected to another screen's DP in. Should that ...
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Daisy chain 2 external monitors on laptop without DisplayPort [closed]
I have:
2 Dell U2414H Monitors
1 DP in
1 mini DP in
1 DP out
2 HDMI
A laptop with (No DisplayPort)
i7-4710MQ processor
16GB DDR3 (2x8)
GT 840M - 2.0GB DDR3
1 HDMI port
2 x USB 3.0 PORTS & 1 x ...
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Can I Daisy-chain if my laptop only has HDMI output?
My HP Pavilion laptop only has HDMI output & I'm wanting to Daisy-chain to two external monitors. My monitor, Philips Brilliance 241B7, manual says it needs DP or USB-C input to Daisy-chain.
Can ...
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How Daisy Chaining Monitors work?
Can this only be done with Display Port 1.2? Can someone please explain how does this works?
Also, Dell u2713H supports Daisy Chaining, what advantage this support mean? Can I connect 3 2560x1440 ...
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Daisy chaining from laptop to two monitors
I am setting up a home office and considered PA278CV's to be my displays. I'd like to buy two of them and daisy chain them from my laptop. Am I able to do it in this manner:
Laptop
USB-C to USB-C
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DisplayPort, Intel 5500, MST: Can I daisy chain 2 x 2560x1440 and 1x 1920x1080 displays?
I have a Thinkpad T450s laptop. It comes with Intel 5500 graphics and a displayport 1.2 (don't think it's 1.3).
I'm trying to figure out if I can add 2 screens @ 2560x1440 and retain the laptop ...
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Daisy chain two switches and one router
I'm trying to set up my home network but I have some connectivity issues with my switches. Basically the scheme is R <-> S1 <-> S2. The problem is that the two switches don't appear to be ...
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Can I daisy chain multiple displayPort monitors from a single thunderbolt port on an XPS 15 laptop?
I currently use DP chaining to connect two Dell U2414h displays to the mDP port on my 9343 XPS 13.
I'm looking at upgrading to a newer XPS 15, which has 1 x HDMI, 2 x USB3 and 1 x thunderbolt port.
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Daisychain external USB drive to WD My Book World Edition (Blue rings)
I recently bought a new My Book Essential 1TB (WDBACW0010HBK-NESN) to daisychain to my older My Book World Edition 500GB (blue rings) with one of the version 01.xx.xx firmwares.
At first when I ...
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DisplayPort Daisy Chain on Dell Monitor not working
We have a problem where a user has 4 monitors hooked up to their Windows 10 system with an RTX 2070 for graphics. They wanted to reserve the HDMI slot on the card, so I suggested running their 24" ...
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Displayport 1.2 Daisychain Hub - which keywords to search? [closed]
While attempting to look for a device that allows me to drive multiple monitors from my single Displayport (1.2), I noticed that most search results were splitters that merely duplicate the input ...
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Can I daisy-chain two monitors with only one DisplayPort input a Razer Thunderbolt 4 dock?
I have a 13" M1 MacBook Pro from 2020 (model MJ123LL/A). It has two Thunderbolt 3 ports on it.
I also have a Razer Thunderbolt 4 dock (with 1 upstream T4 and 3 downstream T4 ports, as well as ...
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Dell U2722D & U2722DE + lenovo laptips [closed]
I work in a small company, lately my boss bought serval couples of Dell U2722D & U2722DE
The set up is we connect to the DE panel with type c and from there dp daisy chain to the D channel, this ...
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Daisychaining 2 DisplayPort 1.2 monitors causes both to turn off
I have two Dell U2414H monitors for my desktop. They worked great for years. A while back both monitors did not turn on after restarting from a Windows 10 update. Having an additional laptop, I lived ...
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External hdd not working when connected to Hub USB 3.0 which is connected to other USB hub (daisy chain)
I found strange problem with 2 usb hubs connected to each other:
Legend:
HUB_A_passive_3.0_4x - USB HUB 3.0 passive (4 ports)
HUB_B_active_3.0_7x - USB HUB 3.0 active (7 ports)
HUB_C_active_2.0_4x ...
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Daisy chain two dell monitors to thinkpad e560 (via onelink pro dock)
I own a ThinkPad E560 20EV laptop.
I use the laptop with the lid closed, and connected to two external monitors, one DELL u2415 through HDMI, and an older one through the VGA port.
I would like ...
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Daisy chain from usb c to display port 1.2 from first monitor
I'm planning to purchase LG 32UL950-W monitor. It supports 4k Daisy chaining with Thunderbolt 3. At the moment I'm using Lenovo T23i-10 monitor which comes with Display port 1.2. I use USB-C to ...
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Drive two monitors from 1 USB-C/Thunderbolt (Lenovo/ViewSonic)
I have a Lenovo X1 Carbon 5th Gen.
It has 2x USC-C/Thunderbolt ports, plus USB-B and HDMI.
It supports MST.
I have also 2x ViewSonic VP2468s.
The displays have DisplayPort (In); miniDisplayPort (...
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Multiple Monitor Setup with Display Port Daisy Chain
I recently purchased a Lenovo Workstation fitted with an Nvidia Quadro K620 (https://www.pny.com/nvidia-quadro-k620?sku=VCQK620-PB) which supports daisy chaining monitors over the DP 1.2 / MST ...
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Daisy chain audio between Windows applications - is it possible?
As a fun (robot) project I have a text-to-speech Windows 7 application which produces speech which it outputs through the normal audio out or speakers. Then I also have a vocoder running in a VST ...
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Dell XPS 13 with 2 monitors daisychain?
I'm going to buy a Dell XPS 13 (the i5 model without touchscreen and with 256gb ssd) and i'm also going to buy a Dell Ultrasharp monitor U2515H. But in the future i really want to buy a second monitor ...
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Can you access Lacie 2Big visible to two macs via daisy chain?
Hi I'm planning to connect lacie to mac A and mac B via thunderbolt 3 daisy chain.
It is visible on the directly connected mac but not on the other one.
Is there a way I can access it from the mac B ...
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Daisy-chaining two displays
I have a laptop with a card sufficient for multiple monitor setup. Then I have two displays:
Samsung Syncmaster NC240 (used for a virtual desktop solution originally)
generic Dell display
Can I ...
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Can you daisy chain 2 monitors with DP with monitor 1 connected to a KVM switch via HDMI?
I currently have one monitor connected to a KVM switch with only HDMI (and USB-A for peripherals).
I want to add a 2nd monitor to my set up. I am thinking of the following set up for daisy chaining 2 ...
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DisplayPort daisy chain not working
I have two Dell UltraSharp U2715H screens, supporting DisplayPort 1.2 and daisy chaining. I have confirmed this by connecting them together in a daisy chain, and connecting the first monitor to my ...
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How to monitor data usage on a network
I'm on a ship with about 20 crew, our current setup is Starlink to a router then daisy chained wired routers(static ip,no DCHP) on 5 decks below. All routers are Dlink DIR 828a1 and can only see ...
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Daisy chained second monitor missing after switching inputs on the monitor
I've tested the following setup for a presentation room:
An HDMI-device is connected to the DP-IN of a monitor via an active HDMI -> DP-cable.
A notebook or tablet is connected via USB-C to the ...
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Daisy chain two dell P2422H monitors
I have a dell docking station and two P2422H monitors I need to daisy chain. The monitors do not have thunderbolt/usb-c ports. Is there a work around to daisy chain these monitors for extended display ...
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What is the best way for connecting 2 monitors to 2 laptops?
I have 2 laptops and I want to buy 2 monitors. So that I can share those 2 monitors between 2 laptops. I tried to find different possible solutions to achieve the same. As of now I can see 2 possible ...
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Can you daisy chain Alienware monitors with an Alienware m15 r6?
I have an Alienware m15 r6 with an Alienware AW2720HFA monitor, I have just bought a second monitor, exactly the same model but can’t seem to get the daisy chain set up. How do I get this to work?
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Daisy chaining DP and HDMI
I want to connect two monitors (Samsung Smart M7 and Samsung LF27T700QQUXEN) to laptop which has only one HDMI port.
First monitor has two HDMI and DP 1.2, second monitor also have 2 HDMI and USB-C. ...
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Display Port 1.2 Daisy Chain with a DisplayPort to HDMI at last monitor
I recently bought a Dell p2419HC monitor which has type C port to connect laptop then Display port out for Daisy chain , but my other monitor does not have display port, can I use below connection
My ...
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Daisy Chaining between Lenovo X390 and two Philips Brilliance 328P6
Good day to all!
I've been trying to Daisy Chain my two Philips 328P6 USB-C docking monitors with my Lenovo X390 laptop.
Is it possible to achieve?
Thanks,
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Is daisy-chaining displayports in decline?
I am looking for a solution to connect a large computer monitor and a larger UHD TV to a not-yet-purchased new computer. I could get one with a chipset or video card with enough video connectors for ...
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Daisy Chaining 2 HP e243i monitors
my work sent me two new Monitors and I wanted to daisy chain them like my previous. I’m not entirely sure how to extend these monitors into one.
Can I go VGA Monitor to monitor then display port to ...
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Daisy chained modems on a range
I received a call today with a question that made me start rethinking things after we hung up. I can only provide the same information I was given so the details may not be enough to get an answer ...
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Daisy-Chaining 2 Drobo DAS's — Becomes 1 device or 2?
I have a Drobo 5Nt (5-disk direct-attached storage) which has two Thunderbolt 2 ports on the back.
I understand the two ports allow me to daisy-chain multiple Drobo devices together — so if I ...
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howto conntect hp zbook 15 g2 to 2nd display over acer k272hul daisy chain incl. convert to DVI)
here is my setup:
laptop: hp zbook 15 g2 , no docking station
acer k272hul (2560*1140)
dell p2311H (1900*1080)
the goal is
connect to both displays to to the laptop and run at max resolution. For ...
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Daisy chaining capacity for USB 3.0
I am trying to figure out how many USB 3.0 devices I can daisy chain together and provide an adequate (5V) power supply to. For instance Device #1 (D1), plugs into my laptop and my laptop keeps it ...
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Chaining USB 3.0 Port Extenders?
I have a Lenovo laptop with a single USB 3.0 port.
I am using a four port USB 3.0 port extender.
Can I plug in another extender into one of the open ports and will it work.