Can I hook up two CPUs to one monitor?

Question

If anyone can help me out, I would appreciate it. I just got a new computer, but I really like some of the progrmans on the old one (which are not Vista compatible) and would like to keep both up and running, unfortunately I do not have enough room for both monitors and wanted to just use the one.

Answer 1

You can do better than that, you canuse 1 monitor, keyboard and mouse.

Get a 2 way "KVM" switch that connects 2pcs to 1 set of "peripherals" and with a hot key press (mine is CTRL CTRL then 1 or 2 to switch)

Much neater and can switch between them at will once live.

Answer 2

There is a device called "Multi PC Controller" or "PC Switcher", in the market. Buy that. The idea is that, you will have both the CPU's montior,mouse and keyboard ports connected to this PC controller, and from it there will a single cable which connects to the monitor and employs a single keyboard and mouse. And, there are of course, some push buttons which does the switching. So, eveytime you want to see a specific CPU's screen, you engage one of the switches and do the necessary manipulations. For CPU 2, you engage the other switch. Hence, you operate both CPU's on a single montior, keyboard and mouse. Economical too.

Answer 3

If your monitor has dual inputs, then yes. This feature tends to be on the more expensive flat panels.


Use A KVM (keyboard, Video, Mouse) switch. Get a quality one. Cheap KVM switches cause all sorts of video and other problems.

Answer 4

Yes, use a KVM Switch, Trendnet has high quality products you can even connect more than two CPU's to one monitor check out web address I entered by "source". I have been using a TK-205i switch.

Answer 5

no