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06-Nov-2009, 10:38 AM #1
Solved: is my Laptop built in VGA for Output & Input?
I have never even thought to ask this question until now. Hope it's not a stupid one

I would like to use a standard USB KVM switch to connect two laptops, using one of them for the display apparatus. Has anyone here ever done this, or is it even possible?

My thought was to connect the second laptop as intended with the KVM switch cables, then connect only the USB input cable to the KVM to the first laptop where I want to display. Then, if my logic is correct, I would connect the KVM switch video out to the VGA on the 1st laptop....
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06-Nov-2009, 10:46 AM #2
the VGA is output NOT input on laptops - to connect to screens and projectors - toggled on/off by one of the F keys
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06-Nov-2009, 10:52 AM #3
Thanks for the quick response, etaf. I was afraid that was the case.

I appreciate you resolving this question for me.
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