I have a Sony Vaio VGC LT2S and I've been wanting to dual screen for some time. I've been searching for the past 2 days on how to do it. MY GFX Card is onboard, and I have no access to the VGA output, is there a way I can use SVideo or a PC Card plug in for this? I've looked at USB to VGA adapters and the reviews aren't very good. Any help is appreciated, thanks.
You'd have to get a new graphic card that has two DVI or VGA ports, even a cheap would work if onboard graphics is enough for you.
Which motherboard do you have? If you don't know, download and run CPU-Z and click on the 'mainboard' tab.
It says; Manufacturer: Sony Corporation Model: VAIO Chipset: Intel PM965 Southbridge: Intel 82801 HBM (ICH8-ME) Thanks.
its an all-in-one unit, hence, no possibility what-so-ever of changing the graphics card, or getting a VGA/DVI port from the existing hardware, or a new graphics card. the only way its going to happen is with one of those usb adapters you mentioned. image: pretty shortsighted of sony to not include a monitor connector of any kind. sorry about that.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815101001 This might be what you're looking for.
So you cannot dual screen with SVideo? @ The person who linked to the EVGA usb adapter: The reviews for that are very good and the price is reasonable. I'll look into it, thanks.
My EVGA usb adaptor came today, and I have to say it's amazing. The set up was easy, and it works flawlessly (although I can't play games on it, but I didn't intend to). No flicker, no nothing. My only gripe with the adaptor is that it gets hot, which isn't really a problem. This thing is incredible, if you don't have access to your GFX card or have a laptop, I highly recommend this.
