Marvel Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 The OUTPUT of the dock! Does her laptop dock have a DVI as in this pic? You can go DVI to HDMI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 DVI is Digital Video Interface. You can go from that to the hdmi. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshopper Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 nope... not one of those on the dock. It appears to have ethernet and usb. The monitor has 2 HDMI and a VGA Can't post pics. I lost the dongle for my camera and don't know how to use the cam on this machine 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshopper Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 This is interesting ... the manager of the ranch, where boy works, is sending him to school.... and paying him, too. No, not to learn Spanish... I think boy is the only "hand" that speaks English as a first language. Boy can go to school on GI bill, but, the ranch will pay anyway. I suppose he is going to learn the business side of things... IDK. Pretty cool though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 bump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 Grasshopper... for the dock to have everything work on it, there should be a software driver installed on the laptop. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 So... the dock doesn't have a vga out? How about the laptop? What outputs are on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshopper Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 The dock has a VGA out. Monitor has VGA in. Easy right... not for me The monitor runs fine by using HDMI to HDMI ... straight from the laptop to monitor. Wife sez she has a brand new monitor coming soon ... rendering all of this as a learning experience for me. I'll remember the cable ends names now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1291 Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 @grasshopper better you than me. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshopper Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 1 hour ago, Marvel said: Grasshopper... for the dock to have everything work on it, there should be a software driver installed on the laptop. she has been using this dock for some time. The monitor she was using got broken and we are trying to make this one work. If there is software in the dock, it may not recognize this monitor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invidiosulus Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 3 minutes ago, grasshopper said: she has been using this dock for some time. The monitor she was using got broken and we are trying to make this one work. If there is software in the dock, it may not recognize this monitor? If it’s been working with another monitor then it’s probably fine. Are you setting the monitor to use the VGA input via it’s on screen display and menu buttons? Sometimes even if they are set to auto detect input they won’t switch depending on the display protocol passed through from a docking station. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 1. What connections are on the dock? 2. Does it connect to the computer with a USB cable? 3. What video out ports are on the laptop? vga or hdmi? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshopper Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 .... random association. Working at the bowling alley, we would need to remove/replace CPUs in the scoring consoles. We needed to address them..... there was some choice cursewordage in my address to the thing. Actually ... there was a series of DIP switches that needed to be set... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshopper Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 8 minutes ago, Marvel said: 1. What connections are on the dock? VGA Ethernet and several USB 2. Does it connect to the computer with a USB cable? No. There is a long connection [not one of what we have been discussing] that engages the laptop when you lock the laptop to the dock 3. What video out ports are on the laptop? vga or hdmi? VGA - no. HDMI - yes I think this is what I'm seeing expand to see my answers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invidiosulus Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 The timer on the oil pumps for our popcorn machines at the movie theater where I used to work had a row of dip switches to set the time that the pump would run. Typical 8bit octet of switches with the units in seconds. first switch was 0/1 seconds, the next switch was 0/2, 0/4, etc. One morning someone had messed with the switches on one of the timer units and the guy that noticed(who might have been the guy who messed with it in the first place) thought he knew how it worked and he figured we needed about 8 seconds worth of oil so he flipped them all on and pressed the start button. 255 seconds later… 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshopper Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 just like that 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshopper Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 Kinda cool this AM.... High 50's ... signifying an end to this year's monsoon. Was a lean year. We didn't get more than 3 inches, if that much. Normally, 6 to 8 inches between July and Oct. I didn't have to cut weeds or mow the grass. The big rain missed us. We got a sniff of what hit CA and NV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JohnJ Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 Hello, my name is John. D * m # Straight Mike! But I was so stubborn, think I swapped addictions! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1291 Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 I'm up early for once. Time to hit the mower before the oven comes up to temp. Pushin mid 90's today so yea, I'm on it! Better enjoy it while I can cause leaves are next here in Sherwood forest. I could drop some big bucks and buy a rider with cans on the back but that would be too easy. So much fun whining about it every fall. lol No coffee yet but it's gonna happen in an hour. Ground and loaded just have to push the GO button! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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