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8th October 2008, 03:50 AM
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Ok so I got a 15 inch flat monitor today from work. Pretty sweet really. The only problem is that I only have the two ports on my graphics card. Since I already have two displays I don't have a free one. What I am wondering is if I can use something like this ... Newegg.com - Computer Parts, PC Components, Laptop Computers, Digital Cameras and more!
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Will it make it so that the two monitors connected to that splitter and then to the graphics card, just be like a clone of each other? Or will it recognize the two displays and I can use them as two displays? Hope that made sense. 
Also on the monitor there is a usb plug. I can't seem to figure out what the heck its for though. I hooked it up and didn't do anything. I have seen those on some monitors that had the usb plugs on the computer to like say hook up a usb mouse or something, but this monitor doesn't have any usb plugs on it for something like that. Anybody got any ideas on what its for?
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8th October 2008, 12:49 PM
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That cable will only allow cloning i expect as there is no electronics within it.
For the usb port, have a look online via the monitors make and model and see if there is any useful info to be found. 
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8th October 2008, 02:42 PM
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Some monitors have USB hubs built into them - but I guess you would have seen those if they were there...if not it might be an audio device such as a Lancing?
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8th October 2008, 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Rik  That cable will only allow cloning i expect as there is no electronics within it.
For the usb port, have a look online via the monitors make and model and see if there is any useful info to be found. | Ok that is what I thought. Would I be able to pop in a cheapy pci card and use that to do a third monitor? I have a fx5200 in my dell that I could use.
Ya Albert no usb built in to the monitor. That is why I can't figure out what the heck the usb plug is for.
Ill try and look it up and see what I can find on it.
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8th October 2008, 05:51 PM
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A pci graphics card should give you more options than just cloning only i expect.
What is the make and model of the flat panel?
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8th October 2008, 05:51 PM
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If you have a PCI card and a spare slot - go for it.
From my experience the graphics performance will work at the best peformance of the slowest card - in truth I never bothered to measure it but sticking an old slow low RAM card into a decent machine really slowed it down!
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8th October 2008, 07:18 PM
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The model number is 150P1H/76
I do believe it is a Philips.
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8th October 2008, 10:54 PM
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After a bit of googeling i found this - [FS] Raw lcd monitors - dslreports.com
The usb socket is clearly shown but there is no information about it there.
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9th October 2008, 03:54 PM
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Welp I guess I won't add a third monitor unless I go sli at some point in time. For know I think I will just let me sister use it since she only has a crt.
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9th October 2008, 04:01 PM
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The thing is, i don't think that will work either unless you have an sli system with 2 graphics cards that are not set to sli.
I think, but im not %100 sure on this, that sli cards will work fine and individually when not in sli mode, when in sli mode you will either have clone only or quite possibly output from only one card.
I have an agp system so it will be best to get some information from someone that has sli to be completely sure.
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10th October 2008, 03:18 AM
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ya well I won't be going sli any way.
For one thing I don't have 150 bucks to shell out for another 8800GT. And its pointless really. Especially for what I want it for. Though your right in sli it might just make it that one card does the video... I guess I might google, you got me curious bout it now. Still though I am gonna let my sister use it. Good old monitor, the colors look great. Thanks for all the help guys.
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10th October 2008, 11:15 AM
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Don't quote me on this, but i believe it is possible to get a usb video device that can run a monitor and is completely configurable. I remember reading about such a device but i cannot remember where or when.
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10th October 2008, 11:23 AM
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You could have a shufti at Splitters | Audio / Video | LINDY UK = I rate Lindy kit. Not the cheapest but it always does exactly what it says on the box.
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10th October 2008, 01:35 PM
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Thanks for the link albert. They have a internal vga splitter, just got to see if I can find something like that on newegg or tigerdirect or something.
Hmmm.... something else I should google eh Rik? Sounds interesting. I was actually thinking that was possibly what the usb plug was for on the monitor but don't know how to get it to work.
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10th October 2008, 01:45 PM
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I had a look at an online manual that looked like it was for your monitor, it wasn't much help in relation to the usb. All it had was an explanation of what a usb hub was so i can only surmise that the socket is, or is for the use of, a usb hub.
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10th October 2008, 02:40 PM
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From what Sam was saying, there is only the one USB connection on the thing. This is weird.
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10th October 2008, 03:17 PM
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Yup, i agree Albert, very weird. The only explanation i can come up with (and this is a pure "educated" guess) is that it is a socket for a hub and that usb data can be transmitted to and from it via the dvi cable. I can find no evidence at all online to support my guess so don't take it as "rule of thumb" at all.
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10th October 2008, 03:26 PM
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do we know if it is the A or B end of the USB cable??
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10th October 2008, 03:34 PM
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If you have a look at the pictures i found and linked to in post #8 you will see its a B.
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10th October 2008, 04:17 PM
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I seem to recall (in other words I am not sure!) dealing with something like this ages ago and the USB point was for settings control and so on. As there are no other USB outs that is what it has to be I guess.
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