[SOLVED] Help! Using laptop as a second monitor

[512-Bit]

Hello.
I have a desktop PC, and I don't have room to use a regular monitor for a second monitor, so I tried using my windows 10 laptop as a second monitor.
Unfortunately, whenever i attempted to connect to it, it displayed an error saying I couldn't connect.
Upon further research I found out that its something to do with the nvidia drivers blocking the connection.

PC specs:
Ryzen 5 2600
GTX 1660 Ti
16 GB ram

if anyone can help me id appreciate it

 

[jojesa]

What's the model of your laptop?
Does your laptop has any way to display video from outside sources like HDMI in or similar input connection?

 

[512-Bit]

What's the model of your laptop?
Does your laptop has any way to display video from outside sources like HDMI in or similar input connection?

It's an HP Pavilion.
It has an HDMI slot, though I don't know if it supports imput

 

[MadsModsat]

The connectors for external displays on laptops, normally only support output.

Unless you have a laptop, which specifically has a connection for video input, or you have somekind of video capture device connected to your laptop, you can not use the laptop as a secondary display for your desktop, by connecting them with a HDMI cable or similar.

 

[512-Bit]

The connectors for external displays on laptops, normally only support output.

Unless you have a laptop, which specifically has a connection for video input, or you have somekind of video capture device connected to your laptop, you can not use the laptop as a secondary display for your desktop, by connecting them with a HDMI cable or similar.

I have an elgato HD60 S capture card on hand. Would that work?

 

[MadsModsat]

I have an elgato HD60 S capture card on hand. Would that work?

Unless Windows on your desktop can detect the Elgato capture card as a diplay / monitor, I can't see how it would enable the use of the Extended Desktop feature on Windows, so I suspect it would only work as a duplicate (live stream) of your main display - which wouldn't make the use of the laptop helpful in any way as a secondary display (except if a duplicate display is what you need).

But I don't have personal hands-on experience with any Elgato products, so I can't say for sure.

 

[512-Bit]

Unless Windows on your desktop can detect the Elgato capture card as a diplay / monitor, I can't see how it would enable the use of the Extended Desktop feature on Windows, so I suspect it would only work as a duplicate (live stream) of your main display - which wouldn't make the use of the laptop helpful in any way as a secondary display (except if a duplicate display is what you need).

But I don't have personal hands-on experience with any Elgato products, so I can't say for sure.

I was able to use the capture software to get a second video output, thanks