Hello all
I have recently bought the Gigabyte M32Q KVM monitor which in theory allows me to press a button and switch between KVM of two different machines (work and home, for example), with a single set of peripherals.
The website (here) says I need to connect monitor to machine with a 10Gbps USB 3.1 type C cable, and that the machine outputting the video must be "USB Type-C devices with DisplayPort Alternate Mode Support". My work PC has this already, but my home PC is just a standard desktop and I don't think it does - despite the motherboard I/O having a USB-C, there's no mention of Alternate Mode on the spec sheet.
This is all new to me and I'm getting confused by google results,
1. Does the USB-C cable carry video as well as K/M info, in which case how would a motherboard output video anyway? (I have a discrete GPU and that doesn't have USB-C output).
2. Do I need to buy some new adapter or a PCI card to get my desktop to work with the USB-C Alternate Mode?
3. What is the cheapest way or is there something I'm missing here? Any info helpful as I'm just downright confused now
Edit - sorry I realise I didn't give much system detail. The motherboard is AsRock Fatal1ty B450 Gaming-ITX/ac, and the graphics cards are a 1070 soon to be upgraded to a 3080 (neither has USB-C output I believe).
Thanks
Michael
I have recently bought the Gigabyte M32Q KVM monitor which in theory allows me to press a button and switch between KVM of two different machines (work and home, for example), with a single set of peripherals.
The website (here) says I need to connect monitor to machine with a 10Gbps USB 3.1 type C cable, and that the machine outputting the video must be "USB Type-C devices with DisplayPort Alternate Mode Support". My work PC has this already, but my home PC is just a standard desktop and I don't think it does - despite the motherboard I/O having a USB-C, there's no mention of Alternate Mode on the spec sheet.
This is all new to me and I'm getting confused by google results,
1. Does the USB-C cable carry video as well as K/M info, in which case how would a motherboard output video anyway? (I have a discrete GPU and that doesn't have USB-C output).
2. Do I need to buy some new adapter or a PCI card to get my desktop to work with the USB-C Alternate Mode?
3. What is the cheapest way or is there something I'm missing here? Any info helpful as I'm just downright confused now
Edit - sorry I realise I didn't give much system detail. The motherboard is AsRock Fatal1ty B450 Gaming-ITX/ac, and the graphics cards are a 1070 soon to be upgraded to a 3080 (neither has USB-C output I believe).
Thanks
Michael