Can Surface pro run dual external monitors?

Anonymous
2013-02-05T22:36:00+00:00

With the ports configuration and specs of the announced Surface Pro, can one run  dual external monitors? By that I mean connecting two external monitors, one for primary display and one for extended display. Irrelevant what shows on the actual Surface screen.

This is the current configuration I have for my heavy laptop (with docking station) and want to recreate it if I swap to the cool Surface Pro.

I don't mind buying some port replicators, as long as the set-up works seamlessly once connected. I saw some other threads and no docking station is planned by Microsoft at this stage

Thanks for input

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Anonymous
2013-02-06T01:53:48+00:00

Greetings ManlioV,

That's a great question. Because the Surface Pro is running Windows 8, you could get a USB port hub and USB video cards and the Surface Pro would be able to install the drivers so you could hook up multiple monitors that way.

Hope that helps.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-03-08T20:22:33+00:00

    I actually did all of those after disconnecting from the dock (which is a ThinkPad USB 3.0 dock), which didn't recognize the multiple monitors until I downloaded the updated Win8 drivers from the DisplayLink site.  Nothing worked until I uninstalled the drivers and DL software.

    I actually like the Xbox video app, plays well and the ability to sync videos between the Pro and my Xbox is great.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-03-08T20:29:07+00:00

    It is likely a driver issue, I had no problems running the videos and moving it from screen to screen.  My issue came after un-docking, when the DL drivers seemed to conflict with what the system was expecting to find, worked fine after uninstalling.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-03-10T04:27:26+00:00

    If you disable the DL drivers (if possible), any difference?

    This is beginning to sound like a DL problem. Have you contacted them at all or tested on another device, such as a laptop with Win8?

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