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Best way to make M57 dual screen
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:32 pm
by pnolan
I want to add an extra monitor to my M57 small form factor desktop.
It comes with a VGA connection and nothing else, but there looks like there is a PCI slow internally (very small PCI slot) - Maybe I can add a dual DVI card there?
Would anyone of any recommendation?
Full spec below:
Product: ThinkCentre M57 6071-D5G [change]
Operating system: All [change]
Original description: Intel® Core 2 Duo Processor E4500, 1GB, 160GB 7200RPM S-ATA HDD, no diskette drive, PCI Ultra Small Form Factor (1x2), Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100, DVD Recordable, Intel Gigabit Ethernet, Windows XP Professional
Re: Best way to make M57 dual screen
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:00 pm
by RealBlackStuff
The easiest (and probably cheapest) would be to use a USB monitor adapter.
Plenty of them on eBay:
http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=usb+mo ... &_osacat=0
I'll leave the evaluation to you...
Re: Best way to make M57 dual screen
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:43 pm
by pnolan
RealBlackstuff, thanks for the note,
I was hoping there was a better lag less way to do it
For example, I have a port replicator with VGA port I can use but it seems very slow sort of like its lagging,
I wonder does anyway know of a cheap dual dvi card that would fit in the internal pci slot?
Re: Best way to make M57 dual screen
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:27 am
by RealBlackStuff
I don't want to be offensive, but you got a pretty crappy machine there.
It has built-in graphics, that probably won't tolerate a second graphics card (or any other card for that matter).
But if it does, have a look here:
http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=769120
They're all US prices. I doubt if the likes of
Elara have anything like that. Good luck.
Re: Best way to make M57 dual screen
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 3:10 pm
by pnolan
Thanks for the help and no offence taken - your right about the machine, but its small and fairly quiet and does the job.
Its not a workstation by any means,
I'll try a USB to DVI connection and see how that works,
Many thanks,
Re: Best way to make M57 dual screen
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:15 pm
by Temetka
RealBlackStuff wrote:I don't want to be offensive, but you got a pretty crappy machine there.
It has built-in graphics, that probably won't tolerate a second graphics card (or any other card for that matter).
But if it does, have a look here:
http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=769120
They're all US prices. I doubt if the likes of
Elara have anything like that. Good luck.
What?
I have never in my life encountered a machine that would not accept and work with a PCI video card.