T520 - Supports 2 external displays?

I was wondering if could inform me if my Lenovo T520 (Intel HD 3000 GPU) laptop supports 2 external displays (inc. internal laptop display).
So the setup would be 2 LCD monitors, one using VGA (currently attached) and the second one will be connected via displayport to DVI convertor. Is this setup up feasible or do I need to turn off the laptop display to make it work?
Any advice would be much appreciated!

The T520 doesn't have a USB 3.0 port, so just get a USB 2.0 version. Alternatively you can split the displayport signal between 2 external LCD to make them as one LCD.
For example if you have 2 x 24 inch LCD 1920x1080, you can get a displayport splitter that treats these 2 LCD as one LCD of 3840 x 1080. The advantage of this is doesn't use much CPU performance like the USB displaylink technology.
Regards,
Jin Li
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