General computer talk/advice

I saw a way to do this with the Raspberry Pi... Gimme a few minutes

 

As long as it's got a video output it should be able to.

 

Pretty sure the VGA/HDMI on the laptop are output only.

 

I'm not sure if this will work, but I think it's worth putting up.
http://www.raspberrypi.org/use-your-desktop-or-laptop-screen-and-keyboard-with-your-pi/

 

You mean input?
You can't use a monitor by connecting a video cable to the graphics card of the PC it's connected to.

 

Oh, I thought he meant use a screen as a second monitor for a laptop, not a laptop as a second screen. I don't know about doing it other than A. using a remote desktop or B. taking out the laptop panel and using adapters to give it a vga/dvi/hdmi input.

 

I think that's a pi feature.

 

A. to me there are no stupid questions.
B. it could end up costing you, but like the guys paving the road ahead of me, what you could do is set up the laptop as a HDMI receiver ( set it up with a tv box HDMI input controller) and then you would have to broadcast your main or second monitor PC video feed to the receiver for display on the laptop.
Software frequency might make it unwatchable though. I am working a similar question with audio, how to run two default sound devices as to play sound out of my video card HDMI and from the onboard soundcard without any delay through what Stereo Mix can do.

Side note: Hard-drive magnets dominate refrigerator magnets. Torx 9ish screwdriver.

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I've got 2 computers that I have no use for. They are 12+ years old. And were rebuilt about 10 years ago. They each have 1 gig of DDR ram, 100GB HDD, two optical drives, and I can't remember what processor. Short of destructive experimentation, any suggestions for what to do with them?

 

Maximum OC.

I did it with my old P4. Only got 4GHz but I did push 1.8v through it for keks. (Still works fine.)

 

Oh fun!

 

That is an extremely vague explanation and that method (or what I can make of what you've said) will duplicate the PC screen on the laptop rather than use the laptop as a second monitor.

I'll just pretend I just understood that perfectly and decided to ignore it.

Cwazywazy mentioned using a video output to use the laptop as a monitor. That's not possible, as you'd be sending video signal to an output, not an input. It's the same thing as connecting your PC to the video output of a PC that is in turn connected properly (output to input) to the monitor you wish to use, since the laptop has an internal connection between the GPU and the screen.

As cwazywazy said, OC the crap out of it. Netburst CPUs can achieve incredibly high clock speeds (and still have rubbish performance).
If you achieve a somewhat stable insanely high clock on a P4, try folding on it for the lols. Or playing Beam.

 

That is what I am saying. I actually think he has a good idea.

Take the laptop, provide it with a video input. Connect the second monitor output of main PC to laptop video input. Then laptop can operate and function as second monitor display plus laptop all by itself if power is right.

 

I do have a Pentium 4 2.0 PC... Let's see how high it can go, shall we?
First, how do you even clock this thing? Pretty sure you have to change the BCLK/FSB.

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Soldering a video input would require you to disconnect the laptop's internal connection, rendering it unusable without an external monitor.

 

Why solder a video input when buying a video capture device for the laptop is what he wants? Soldering gets to be a hassle.

-okay maybe that is not what he wants, but that has got to be the easiest way, capture the second monitor on the laptop.

 

okay, how would a AMD FX 6300 with an AMD Radeon 270x 2GB run beamng? (I know beamng prefers intel CPU)

 

The brand does not matter, the specs matter. Your card will be happy, your cpu will want a large cache. Intel has this, but AMD has speed. From what I know.

You should buy what you like when you know you like it. The only way to play and be happy at the same time. I have a fast 8-core AMD, normal cache size at 16MB, slower, and a medium small VGA R7 series, 2G with 256-bit. Just that gets 60hz 60fps normally. 600watts

 

No, what he wants is to use the laptop as a second monitor. Have you ever used a dual monitor setup? The whole point of it is to have extended screen space, not a duplicated image. A capture card is expensive and doesn't do the job, besides, what input will you plug the capture card to?

A 6300 will not run the Moonhawk properly, let alone the T-75. You're much better off with an i3-4160/50/30 and 750 Ti.

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1. Cache makes no difference.
2. AMD has higher (slightly) clock speeds, but Intel's architecture is much more efficient which is why they perform better.
3. Your PSU's wattage doesn't affect performance in any way.

Don't give advice if you don't know what you're talking about, please. It just creates confusion.

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Can't OC the Pentium 4 from BIOS. FSB speed is locked at 400 MHz.

 

Okay BlueScreen, you win, you are right, time for gaming. Good luck, I will check back over soon.

 

What. Why would you quote my signature?

Anyway, overclocking of the Pentium 4 failed. Might actually try a very slight OC in the Q6600, FSB speed is unlocked. Although it's rather hot and I don't want to damage it as it's a decent-ish CPU, could make a good PC if I find some more RAM and put an old GPU in it.