Comments on: Two external monitors on a docking station

By: Nina

Nina — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:11:38 +0000

go to control panel, search for power options then set close the lid to “do nothing

display settings – choose extend your monitor

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:09:57 +0000

look for power options under control panel change settings for close the lid to “do nothing” set your display settings to extend and use the identify button to determine which monitors your are extending to

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:49:58 +0000

I have two monitors in use with a Dell Latitude and docking station, and all is well. Problems arise when I come back to the docking station after working elsewhere: Windows XP doesn’t have any “memory” of what the multiple monitor display should be, and I have to set up multiple monitors again every time. Is there a way to aoid this, or software that can manage the monitor setups for me?

Thanks

By: Notebook Display Enquirer

Notebook Display Enquirer — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 22:27:29 +0000

I am trying to connect dual-external-monitors to a Dell Latitude X1 laptop. The ultimate goal is for the laptop to be closed, hidden away, with the dual monitors displaying independent applications (not cloned). Does the Targus ExpressCardâ„¢ Notebook Docking Station support dual-monitors that will display independently for a notebook? I have both digital and vga adapters for the monitors. Support graciously told me to purchase the product, and if it did not perform as I would like, then I could return it for a 15-25% restocking fee. Lesson Learned: understand hardware capabilities and compatibilities.

Any advice is appreciated!

By: Gerald

Gerald — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 05:27:16 +0000

The Website is not yet activated…I added a video card and a monitor to my PC and all I can get on my new monitor is the right HALF of the screen.
I clicked on desktop/Properties/Settings/the new monitor and checked the box â€œExtend my windows desktop onto this monitorâ€ and it did NOT like that at all.
It shut down-started back up-and wanted to know if I wanted to start in â€œSafe Modeâ€.
The only thing that worked was â€œLast good configurationâ€
Also, I â€œRestoredâ€ to yesterday so I could KNOW it is back to a â€œgoodâ€ config.
I looked in System Info and it appears to have configured a driver but color planes; color table entries; resolution; and bits/pixel shows “Not Available”
Can you show me how to correct the problem ?

By: cgarison

cgarison — Sat, 26 May 2007 13:16:44 +0000

Matrox offers a product called DuelHead2Go which allows you to run two monitors off of the video port of your computer while keeping laptop display running as well. It cost around $170.00.

By: Bob Hickman

Bob Hickman — Thu, 24 May 2007 23:24:23 +0000

Thanks so much for this info. I call dell and talked to their “Gold support”. Sorry “extend mode not supported” they told me. I sent an email to their tech support, “sorry extend mode not supported”, I had them escalate the problem. Same answer.

I then resorted to good old Google. Your answer with the key statement “and close the lid on your laptop” was all that I needed. Both monitors came right up, and worked in extend mode.

Thanks for your tip.

By: Trey

Trey — Sun, 13 May 2007 02:02:25 +0000

Need some help, please. I am trying to connect my dell latitude 600 with the dell docking station to my 17 inch desktop monitor as well as a 26 inch toshiba lcd tv. My docking station has a vga output (which i have connected to the desktop monitor via a vga cable) and a dvi output (which i connected to the HDMI input on the tv via an dvi-hdmi cable).
I can get a picture on the desktop monitor but I cannot get a picture on the LCD tv. When I dock the laptop, i keep the lid closed and everything I have read tells me that i should be able to project on to two different video sources at the same time, but I have not been able to.

Any help you could offer would be appreciated.

Thank you.