Will This Work?

I am looking to have 3 external monitors coming off my laptop to extend my display, however I've run into a couple of things that have me confused..

I've got a Compaq Presario CQ42 laptop running 8GB of RAM.
The three monitors are eMachines E190HQV 18.5"
I'm looking to do this by using this splitter.

Will this work and if not, how can I make it happen?

vga external monitor

asked Nov 19 '11 at 23:40

itsTorin
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that will not work, using a spliter will only mirror 1 screen, it will be 3 copy's of the same screen, you need 3 separate outputs on the laptop to use 3 extended desktops so you can use each monitor as a separate screen.

answered Nov 20 '11 at 00:05

roguekiller23231
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edited Nov 20 '11 at 00:06

Can anyone back this guy up?

(Nov 20 '11 at 04:41) itsTorin

Yes, this is the way it will work, even though you have a splitter, it will just repeat the signal from the output to all three screens.

(Nov 20 '11 at 06:23) Tim Fontana

Ya he is right. You are using a splitter so you are splitting the one signal that is coming out of your computer. If you want for monitors then try the suggestion below by @Billy Aoki

(Nov 20 '11 at 10:22) TheTechDude

1	http://www.evga.com/uvplus/ You'll need something like this to make it work, if I'm not wrong. answered Nov 20 '11 at 07:21 Billy Aoki 3.7k●27●37●78

0	Is there any cheaper way to do this guys? I really don't have $300 extra to spend. answered Nov 21 '11 at 04:04 itsTorin 16●1●1●2 sell the extra one monitor LOL. its useless if things won't work anyway, (Nov 21 '11 at 05:18) xedric14

0	Yes, you will need some new graphics card. Some laptops have 2 video outputs with the use of a dock, but I don't think I've seen any with 3. answered Nov 22 '11 at 02:54 KylePolansky 2.0k●4●8●39

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