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Upgrade USB ports to full function ports?
Posted on 2/12/24 at 4:08 pm
Posted on 2/12/24 at 4:08 pm
My wife bought me a dual monitor extension for my laptop. I have enough ports but they do not support video. Can these be upgraded or am I stuck? TIA
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Posted on 2/12/24 at 5:24 pm to Ambassador
Thunderbolt?
Posted on 2/12/24 at 8:48 pm to Ambassador
How old is your laptop? What type of USB ports do you have? Tell us what your wife bought you.
ETA: I think you will need a USB-3.0 or USB-C port to do what you want to do.
ETA: I think you will need a USB-3.0 or USB-C port to do what you want to do.
This post was edited on 2/12/24 at 9:06 pm
Posted on 2/12/24 at 9:51 pm to Ambassador
Most connectivity ports in a laptop are going to be soldered onto the motherboard and aren’t (reasonably) upgradable, even if your CPU could otherwise handle it. Nothing keeping you from popping it open and taking a look, though.
Posted on 2/12/24 at 10:12 pm to Ambassador
Does your computer have a hdmi or display port output?
Posted on 2/13/24 at 7:32 am to Ambassador
Are you sure that USB-C port isn't a thunderbolt port? I think AMD doesn't always use thunderbolt but can do video over USB-C as well.
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