Wednesday, August 3, 2011

VGA And DVI-D Dual Display Configuration

Hi,

At my current workplace, I have to work on Windows XP and Linux Enterprise running on 2 different machines simultaneously. It is quite a pain to work on a pair of keyboard and a pair of mouse on the desk. With the Laptop (XP) docked and then the keyboard and mouse connected to it via USB and the addition of the keyboard and mouse of the Linux Machine, the desk looks like a plate full of spaghetti. But then just a single 22 inch LED monitor on the desk is a relief. Now in order to bring a order to this mess, I thought to innovate!!

The LED monitors are manufactured to accommodate twin display settings(click here). One is Video Graphics Array (VGA) and the other is Digital Visual Interface - Digital (DVI-D). Very seldom does one makes use of both the connectivity features. So I did a bit a research and then contacted the IT-Admin to set-up the VGA to the Laptop and the DVI-D to the Linux Machine.

From then on we three are living happily ever after!

Keep exploring!!!

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