I have a laptop that I want to try to connect to a pair of monitors I picked up, in order to extend my desktop.
I have found more than one USB-C hub that would do the job, but the Laptop doesn't have USB-C ports, or Thunderbolt either.
The laptop does have one USB-A port that's colored blue for 3.0, so there are two options:
(1) "convert" USB-A to USB-C, if that's actually possible, and then just get a USB-C hub, or
(2) find a hub/dock that actually uses USB-A on the host end.
For (1), this product looks like the kind of A-to-C adapter I would want, but one of the pictures on the entry helpfully tells me that it would not support sending out any display data. I can't tell if that's because that particular adapter product can't do it, or because it's not actually possible to do (for instance, because USB-A simply can't send it). Please let me know. If it's possible, this is the shortest route.
For (2), I am having a very tough time finding anything that looks like a hub that could be plugged into the USB-A 3.0 port, at least on Amazon. The most common search results are still for hubs that have USB-C on the host end. The second most common is for hubs that are purely USB-A. I have found this USB-to-HDMI hub with no VGA/DVI, and this USB-to-VGA hub with no DP/HDMI, and very little else. Is there perhaps a website that specializes in just cables/connectors and hubs? I'd love to be able to actually filter these results.
- Laptop - Lenovo Z70
- USB A 3.0, HDMI, VGA
- Monitor 1 - Dell P2417H
- HDMI, DisplayPort, VGA
- Monitor 2 - Dell 2208WFPt
- DVI-D, VGA
I have found more than one USB-C hub that would do the job, but the Laptop doesn't have USB-C ports, or Thunderbolt either.
The laptop does have one USB-A port that's colored blue for 3.0, so there are two options:
(1) "convert" USB-A to USB-C, if that's actually possible, and then just get a USB-C hub, or
(2) find a hub/dock that actually uses USB-A on the host end.
For (1), this product looks like the kind of A-to-C adapter I would want, but one of the pictures on the entry helpfully tells me that it would not support sending out any display data. I can't tell if that's because that particular adapter product can't do it, or because it's not actually possible to do (for instance, because USB-A simply can't send it). Please let me know. If it's possible, this is the shortest route.
For (2), I am having a very tough time finding anything that looks like a hub that could be plugged into the USB-A 3.0 port, at least on Amazon. The most common search results are still for hubs that have USB-C on the host end. The second most common is for hubs that are purely USB-A. I have found this USB-to-HDMI hub with no VGA/DVI, and this USB-to-VGA hub with no DP/HDMI, and very little else. Is there perhaps a website that specializes in just cables/connectors and hubs? I'd love to be able to actually filter these results.