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P2418D, two, with laptop no DP output?
Dear Dell Community
I would like to buy two Dell 2418D Monitors (Link) and use them as external screens for my laptop. When the screens are connected, I would like being able to do both:
- Close my laptop and use only the two monitors as first and second screen.
- Leave my laptop open and use all three screens (as three different screens; no mirroring)
Unfortunately, my Laptop (Nexoc B510III, Windows 10) has no Display Port output - as far as I understand it is then not possible to Daisy Chain the monitors by Display Port. Therefore, before I invest in the two monitors, I would like to know, if I would even be able to connect both external monitors to my laptop.
Laptop outputs (including its Docking Station):
2x HDMI
2x VGA
1x DVI
multiple USB 3.0
Inputs of each monitor:
1x HDMI (Version 1.4)
1x VGA
1x Display Port (Version 1.2)
1x USB 3.0 Upstream
3x USB 3.0 Downstream
Graphics card in Laptop: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600 (allows up to 3 monitors)
I looked already a lot through this and other forums and found a lot of threads with similar problems. Unfortunately, the proposed solutions didn't work for my case (e.g. connecting a DVI-multiplier to my laptop and then use DVI to connect the laptop with each monitor - the monitor I would like to have does not DVI).
I would highly appreciate your support or if you could point me into the right direction.
Thank you and kind regards,
Sandro
DELL-Chris M
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January 15th, 2019 12:00
This should work with Nexoc B510III lid closed =
Nexoc B510III Dock #1 HDMI out port --> retail HDMI to HDMI cable --> #1 P2418D 2560x1440 60Hz
Nexoc B510III Dock #2 HDMI out port --> retail HDMI to HDMI cable --> #2 P2418D 2560x1440 60Hz
Even with a dock, I do not know if the 2014 Nexoc B510III Intel HD4600 GPU can drive all three (Laptop LCD + P2418D 2560x1440 60Hz + P2418D 2560x1440 60Hz). Only Nexoc could know this.
SaLuh
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January 15th, 2019 12:00
Thank you for the quick response. I didn't know that I can just use two different HDMI-connections for different screens.
I really hope it will work when I will have the monitors.
Thank you very much again! :-)