I have an old laptop w/no hard drive i want to use the monitor, mouse and keyboard for a desktop tower would this conect it and how?
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KVMs are designed to share an external keyboard, mouse, and monitor with multiple computers. The keyboard, mouse and screen on the laptop are hardwired into the motherboard of the laptop and cannot be shared via a KVM like this. If you had a working laptop and a desktop, you could use a set of external keyboard, mouse and monitor to control both the laptop and desktop with this KVM.
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Does the monitor on the laptop work? If it does, then yes you can. But I don't see how your laptop monitor works with no hard drive since the hard drive contains the BIOS to boot the compuer and the monitor.
53449
The display on the desktop needs a connection for the "monitor" which I don't believe it does.. so no...
53450
I don't think that would work. The mouse and keyboard plug in through USB ports into the KVM device that go back and forth to be used between all the devices connected. Several times I've attempted to use my laptop to control the keyboard and mouse functions on the other system (when I thought my keyboard and/or mouse had died with random power outages) and it never worked. I think you need something connected via USB into those ports.
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There are 4 connections available on this unit. Forget the audio one. The mouse can be connected directly to the desktop. The keyboard on the laptop does not have an external connection. So no to it. The display on the laptop does not have an external connection, does it? So the answer is no way unless the laptop display has an external connection and you supply an additional keyboard.
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I have this tower but have no idea if you can or not. I would assume so but you should consult Dell or your local computer geeks.
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Take a look at the back of the computer, there should be an PS/2 input for old mouse/keyboard, which would accept the reciever for this otherwise cordless combo.
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Keyboard and mouse, yes. There is no tower as the processor is in the monitor. My 7th ASUS purchased for work in the last year.
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Yes, You can connect a mouse and keyboard to it if you want. You can also connect a larger screen with HDMI cable.
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yes thats the thing I am doing now except there is a laptop instead of monitor. I have keyboard and mouse, It is pretty useful for its price. Thank you. hope this helps. Sorry for late answer.
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This is a computer itself. You cannot 'hook it up' to another computer in that way. it would not work. However you could buy this computer, and I could even upgrade the RAM for you and make it faster and it would probably be better than his older computer. Also you can use it with any DVI monitor, and USB keyboard/mouse.
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This is just a Keyboard, Video and Mouse(KVM) with Audio. It will NOT help with printers or scanners. For that, you'll probably need a network.
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Yes for sure. If your desktop is not wireless Davy you can always use an Ethernet cable
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The USB ports work fine here, I have not had any issues. I use them all the time. You need to make sure you plug the USB cord from the monitor into a USB port on your tower though.
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No sorry it won't work in an old desktop as they use the 80 pin IDE (PATA) connector. This is for older laptops with the 44 pin PATA interface.
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Yes. The way I have it set up is I have two monitors for my desktop, one for my work laptop. I only have the VGA connectors hooked up, and can switch one of the monitors between the desktop and laptop. For keyboard and mouse, they are connected directly to my desktop. I use synergy on the desktop and laptop so the laptop shares the keyboard/mouse with the desktop. That way I can always access both computers with the keyboard/mouse regardless of which one is using the extra real estate on the second monitor.
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Depends. If not use an USB extension cable. USB male to USB female. My tower is right above my keyboard on my desk and the mouse is beside the keyboard and no extension cable is needed.
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Sorry so long in responding. Keyboard and mouse are "not" wireless. I upgraded with a 600 watt power supply but didn't look specifically to see how much RAM I could add. There was room to add RAM but just not sure how much. Hope this info helps.
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No set up is required. Just plug in all of the cables and go. Your computer has no idea that it is sharing a mouse, keyboard, monitor, mike or speakers.
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Yes. I actually have 1tower, 1 laptop. The laptop runs divi to the kvmp, the tower runs blue. End result is dual monitors for laptop, single monitor for tower, 1 mouse, 1 keyboard.
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The keyboard and mouse do connect to the tower via the USB ports in the back but they works great! Before connecting everything I just knew I would be purchasing a wireless setup but find that there's really no need because of how ergonomic and good it feels to type with the keyboard that came with the computer.