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How can I split a thunderbolt port?
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Displays are display port, sometimes HDMI, not thunderbolt. Display port also runs over TB and uses the same connection, but is a bit different.
In order to run two displays on a single TB port, one display must be a TB display, like the apple thunderbolt display. Otherwise you must grab a $$$ TB expansion chassis and a Video card that in turn drives multiple displays. You can daisy chain a thunderbolt device (like an Apple Display) with a display port device, but the display port device must be at the far end of the chain.
In order to run two displays on a single TB port, one display must be a TB display, like the apple thunderbolt display. Otherwise you must grab a $$$ TB expansion chassis and a Video card that in turn drives multiple displays. You can daisy chain a thunderbolt device (like an Apple Display) with a display port device, but the display port device must be at the far end of the chain.
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Make sure your next Thunderbolt device, like an external HD, has two Thunderbolt ports, so that you can daisy-chain one of the Dell monitors to that second TB port. These monitors, being Displayport devices, must be at the end of a Thunderbolt chain.My problem is that I have an iMac and two dell monitors connected to the available ports. So I can't really daisy chain
