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Using A Laptop Screen As A PC Monitor (Temporaily)
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wizkid005
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1. July 2007 @ 08:24 |
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I have a pc and a laptop but from time to time i need to travel abit and i dont have a Portable screen at hand, so i need to access my Computer sometimes but i cant.
Can any one help me?? plz
Wizkid
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wizkid005
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1. July 2007 @ 08:29 |
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Opps, i forgot the laptop has a S video and Vga outputs. and i have a new Graphics card that has a dvi video input and a vga as well.
Wizkid
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1. July 2007 @ 13:25 |
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Umm why don't you use your laptop only? Why do you need another pc? Anyway you can just use a vga cable to plug into the monitor I believe. I'm not too sure though.
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wizkid005
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2. July 2007 @ 03:40 |
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well i need the PC because It has all my personal stuff onit like my family pics, my msn details (which i can never rember) and all my emails. So i need to get access to it When i am travelling some how
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2. July 2007 @ 16:59 |
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Did you try just plugging in a VGA cable? I honestly don't know much about laptops so I don't really have to much to offer in the way of advice.
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wizkid005
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6. July 2007 @ 07:46 |
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well i went out the other day and brought a male to male VGA cable to see if i could connect them both togther and use some of the hot keys on the laptop to display the pc on the monitor, but it wouldnt let it though i really am keen to do this as my pc is much faster and has a few program's on it that the laptop cant even hold let alone run.
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6. July 2007 @ 08:25 |
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As far as I know, the VGA port on a laptop is output, not input. Don't think you can use it the other way round.
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ddp
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6. July 2007 @ 08:32 |
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wizkid005, what you want to do you can't do as no laptop can be used in the way you want just for the screen for another pc. get a lcd screen & a power inverter to power your lcd off the cigerette lighter.
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6. July 2007 @ 12:46 |
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it can b done... if ure pc has a s-video out u could buy a tv tuner for the laptop and u could c the pc on the laptops screen
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6. July 2007 @ 14:54 |
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Done yes, but used as a TV not a monitor, the picture would be pretty dire.
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wizkid005
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8. July 2007 @ 14:51 |
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well as long as it works and it is done on the cheap (as i cant really afford to travl around with things that are expensive and that cant be covered), how would i be able to do this???
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8. July 2007 @ 18:04 |
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u will need a tv tuner for laptop or a usb one and make sure the tv tuner supports s-video and ure video card of ure desktop too
oh u could get tv tuners for less than 100usd a good one costs about 50-70
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