Monitor load on laptop

[Magus]

Hi folks

I have a second laptop I'm adding into the mix of equipment at our church. I have an A/B switch to connect it to the left projector. Unfortunately, during experimentation, there is a lot of lag when I flip the switch as the laptop suddenly senses something is connected to the port and switches the port on.

Short of using a splitter cable and connecting one side to a second monitor and the other to the projector, is there a simpler way anyone knows of to trick the PC into believing it's already connected to the projector so the switch becomes instant?

advTHANKSandBLESSINGSance for any info! Rick

[[Admin] osborn4]

We solved a similiar problem by attaching the laptop directly to a VGA distribution amplifier and then connecting the DA on to the projector.

In your case, you could connect the DA to your A/B switch. The laptop should sense the DA and think there is a monitor connected.