Configuring Multiple External Displays EliteBook 8470P

I have an EliteBook 8470P with the AMD Radeon 7570M display adapter. I am looking to use to external displays as well as the laptop display. Can I use both the VGA and Display port outputs to accomplish this without purchasing a docking station? And are there any settings that I need to change to do this?

Max,
Simply plug in two monitors out of the dock's DP and DVI port.
The third display connects to the laptop's DP port.
Best of luck, and enjoy!

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T530i multiple external displays without dock

Hello all,
I'm having an issue trying to set up a T530i with Intel HD Graphics 400 with multiple external displays. I have searched the forum and not found anything similar, it looks like most people are using docking stations with their configurations which I don't have. Here is what I'm trying to set up.
External + External + Laptop
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Hi Bret,
This is a user-to-user discussion forum so your frustration needs to be directed at Apple. Unfortunately, there's no word from Apple directly as to why they do not offer multiple monitor support (on their website that I could find).
Regrettably, the next best thing is to reach out via the appropriate feedback section:
http://www.apple.com/feedback
I'm with you, though, the option would be nice.

Will Thunderbolt allow multiple external displays?

The news about Thunderbolt mentions the ability to "daisy chain" up to 6 devices to the port.
Have there been any details released about the potential of driving multiple external monitors with Thunderbolt?
I have two 24" monitors that I'd like to use instead of the laptop display, but the Mini-Displayport only allows for a single external monitor (and yes, I've tried using both Dell's Multi Monitor Hub and Matrox's DualHead2Go devices with no luck).

What about this on the thunderbolt/mbp page?
http://www.apple.com/au/macbookpro/performance.html
"Thunderbolt technology has arrived — and MacBook Pro is the first notebook to have it. Now one connection carries both DisplayPort and PCI Express. With two 10-Gbps data channels, you can transfer data more than 12 times faster than with FireWire 800. And don’t worry about a single drive or peripheral tying up the Thunderbolt port: You can daisy-chain up to six devices, +*including up to two high-resolution displays.3*+ So with one tiny, streamlined port, you get lightning-fast transfer speeds and huge expansion capabilities."
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Message was edited by: astronomic

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Hello dljfield,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
If you'd like to use multiple external displays with a MacBook Pro with Retina display, then please take a look at the information outlined below. A 15" MacBook Pro mid-2014 can support up to two external displays using different outputs.
MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) - Technical Specifications
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Hello dljfield,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
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Take care,
Alex H.

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Kernel panic when trying to use spotlight with external display attached

Having an issue with my fairly new MacBook Pro (purchased in April). When it's connected to an external display, I will get a kernel panic 100% of the time if I click on the Spotlight icon. The same also happens sometimes when clicking Documents or Downloads in the dock, but that is infrequent. This only happens with an external display attached and I have tried multiple external displays and cables. Following is the kernel panic report. I don't really know how to read it, so if anyone has suggestions they would be much appreciated.
Mon Nov 15 19:13:33 2010
panic(cpu 2 caller 0xa7cbfa): NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xc0000000 0x7fc71000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P2/4
Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x5516a188 : 0x21b50c (0x5d42fc 0x5516a1bc 0x223974 0x0)
0x5516a1d8 : 0xa7cbfa (0xc922bc 0xd02940 0xca1424 0x0)
0x5516a278 : 0xb97640 (0x95db004 0x9875004 0x100 0xe3d7a00)
0x5516a2c8 : 0xb8e639 (0x9875004 0x100 0x5516a2f8 0xa6c6d7)
0x5516a2f8 : 0x170d9ce (0x9875004 0x100 0x438004ee 0x1)
0x5516a438 : 0xbb62bd (0x9875004 0x9865004 0x0 0x0)
0x5516a478 : 0xa85e63 (0x9875004 0x9865004 0x0 0x0)
0x5516a518 : 0xa8246f (0x0 0x9 0x0 0x0)
0x5516a6c8 : 0xa844a3 (0x0 0x600d600d 0x702b 0x5516a6f8)
0x5516a798 : 0xd47652 (0xc1d00041 0xbfef0033 0xbfee0034 0x857c)
0x5516a808 : 0xd56e38 (0xa09d000 0xa051d00 0x8 0x1)
0x5516a828 : 0xd7ba20 (0xa051d00 0xb 0x5516a848 0x3)
0x5516a858 : 0xd7c23b (0xa054000 0x1 0x5516a87c 0x0)
0x5516a888 : 0xd5c485 (0xa054000 0x7d3ef080 0x1 0x0)
0x5516a8d8 : 0xd1e68e (0x46559000 0x1 0x0 0x3)
0x5516a948 : 0xd1dd99 (0x46559000 0x1 0x2 0x3)
0x5516a978 : 0xd13ca7 (0x46559000 0x1 0x2 0x4654b000)
0x5516aab8 : 0xd4ccfe (0x4654b000 0x0 0x5516abcc 0x5516abc8)
0x5516ab68 : 0xd0fc93 (0x4654b000 0x0 0x5516abcc 0x5516abc8)
0x5516abe8 : 0x5659b8 (0x4654b000 0x0 0x5516ae3c 0x5516ac74)
0x5516ac38 : 0x566257 (0xd9de20 0x4654b000 0x97edf88 0x1)
0x5516ac88 : 0x566b0b (0x4654b000 0x10 0x5516acd0 0x0)
0x5516ada8 : 0x285bce (0x4654b000 0x10 0x97edf88 0x1)
0x5516be58 : 0x21d8ba (0x97edf60 0xa0d05a0 0x1fd7e8 0x5e43)
0x5516be98 : 0x210a3a (0x97edf00 0x0 0x9d4ba40 0xa0e9b60)
0x5516bef8 : 0x216c9d (0x97edf00 0x0 0x0 0x0)
0x5516bf78 : 0x295156 (0x9245328 0x0 0x0 0x0)
0x5516bfc8 : 0x2a148d (0x9245324 0x7fff 0x10 0x9245324)
Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.GeForce(6.2.4)@0xd04000->0xdb9fff
dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(6.2.4)@0xa16000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.2)@0xa09000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6)@0x908000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.2)@0x9e7000
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(6.2.4)@0x15d7000->0x19ebfff
dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(6.2.4)@0xa16000
com.apple.NVDAResman(6.2.4)@0xa16000->0xd03fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6)@0x908000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.2)@0xa09000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.2)@0x9e7000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer
Mac OS version:
10H574
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.5.0: Fri Nov 5 23:20:39 PDT 2010; root:xnu-1504.9.17~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 254626597586
unloaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI 4.1.5 (addr 0x1454000, size 0x65536) - last unloaded 196223967832
loaded kexts:
com.cisco.nke.ipsec 2.0.1 - last loaded 42574053426
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com.Logitech.Unifying.HID Driver 1.1.0
com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver 3.2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.3d0
com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothSCOAudioDriver 2.3.8f7
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Though it doesn't look like one of them is clearly responsible, it may be due to the presence of one or more of these kernel extensions:
com.cisco.nke.ipsec 2.0.1
com.parallels.kext.prl_vnic 5.0
com.parallels.kext.prl_netbridge 5.0
com.parallels.kext.prlusbconnect 5.0
com.parallels.kext.prlhidhook 5.0
com.jft.driver.PdaNetDrv 1.0.64
com.parallels.kext.prl_hypervisor 5.0
com.Logitech.Unifying.HID Driver 1.1.0
com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver 3.2.0
As a first debugging step, try rebooting in safe mode:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1455
and see if the panics occur then, though quite frankly it appears it may be an issue with your video card and/or drivers.

Howto 3 displays on Elitebook 8470p?

Hi,
I have an Elitebook 8470p (H4F82EP) running Win7 64bit, connected to docking station.
I have one DVI monitor, a VGA monitor, plus the notebook display.
How should I do to have all the three displays working at the same time?
By following traditional procedures I cannot turn on more than 2 displays at the same time (any combination, but max 2 displays on at the same time)?
Thanks in Advance,
Matteo

Matteo,
This really got to me, as I saw a colleague with the same equipment and three monitors functioning no problem.
I finally got my 3rd monitor in, so it was time to figure this out.
After struggling, the solution to get 3 displays on your 8470p with dock is:
DP and DVI out of the dock, and DP out of the laptop itself.
Enjoy!

X1 Carbon Gen 3 - maximum external display configuration?

Hello,
I am considering the X1 Carbon Gen 3 for purchase. However, I would like to know if it is possible to drive three external displays.
I currently have two running at 1920x1200 and one running at 2560x1440.
Looking at the notes on the OneLink Pro doc seems to indicate this is not possible with the X1 Carbon.
And while we are at it, same question for the T450S with the 90W Ultra Dock. Looks like it is no problem for that configuration but I just want to check and confirm before I buy another machine.
Thanks!

Received my X1 Gen3 and a OneLink Pro dock; here's what I found:
- The mini-DP connector on the X1 Gen3 can support two external monitors at full 2560x1600 resolution (Dell U3014), along with the built-in display, all active. And, my U3014 monitors are in portrait orientation and the trackpad orientation is fully correct. I didn't try using the HDMI at the same time.
- The OneLink Pro dock will connect to a single U3014 monitor, but the system will not support connecting to a second U3014 over the DP output on the OneLink Pro dock (neither via an external DP hub, nor via the DP hub built into the U3014). Seems the OneLink Pro dock has an internal DP hub and is using a DP terminal device to provide the DVI output, and this device seems like it can't be disabled even when not using the DVI output. One significant problem: with a U3014 in portrait orientation connected to the dock, the laptop trackpad orientation was incorrect for the two monitors!
- With the OneLink Pro dock connected (but no monitors connected to the dock), I can connect a separate mini-DP cable to the X1Gen3 and use the system on two U3014 monitors with the laptop closed. This gets me close to what I need, though I wish Lenovo had a dual-DP dock (or a dock with a single DP output, no additional outputs) - the current situation requires two cables to the X1Gen3, but at least the DP connection is much better than a USB3 connection.

10.4 and long waits configuring external displays

I have recently upgraded to 10.4.2. When I connect an external projector to my PB it takes at least 4 times longer than 10.3 for the PB to:
1. detect the external display
2. set the external display resolution
I am spending forever with "blue screens of wait" while the PB sorts itself out.
Anyone else had this experience? This delay is so bad I am considering going back to 10.3.

Your out of lick unless you have DVD Drive, (can't be split into CDs or such), or another PPC Mac around & use FW Target Mode...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58583
I'm with ya on the corporate profit Merry-Go-Round thing Robert.

Mid 2010 15" MBP becomes unresponsive with black screen while plugged into external display?

I have a mid 2010 Macbook Pro, which is 15" and has the 2.66GHZ i7 processor configuration.
Had it for almost a year: No problems
Until about a month ago, laptop began becoming slow to boot, crashing. checked the harddisks, were corrupted and it needed a complete re-install of Snow Leopard. Did this and it seems to be ok ALTHOUGH:
I recently purchased a TEAC LCD TV which i have been using as an external display for my macbook, but have found that while the LCD TV is plugged in and i am using a dual-screen setup my computer and BOTH displays will quite often go black, and macbook will become completely unresponive
This sometimes happens apparantly randomly, but mostly happens when i have been using the external display for a while (30mins+) and use the "Display all Windows" feature of OSX.
I am connecting the macbook to the LCD TV with an Apple Mini-DisplayPort to DVD-D adaptor, which is then plugged into a DVD-D to HDMI adaptor
(As TV has no DVD-D input and i didnt (at the time) want to spend $50 on a Mini-DisplayPort to HDMI adaptor) Could this multiple line of adaptors be causing a problem? surely it wouldnt cause the macbook to die...
Can anybody help me? i have looked all over the internet for anyone with a similar problem with no avail.

UPDATE: This has happened to my macbook again while not plugged into my external monitor and with nothing else plugged in to it expect a USB mouse.
Here is a status report from when i rebooted about 15 minutes ago (Plugged into TEAC LDC, went to 'show all windows' crashhhh..) dont know if there are any clues in here:
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 55156 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          4
Anonymous UUID:                    FA994096-76F6-4198-ABA6-2B55C2074E1F
Wed Apr 27 23:52:45 2011
panic(cpu 2 caller 0x5b9efc8f): NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xc0000000 0x7e705000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P2/4
Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x5aa31c38 : 0x21b510 (0x5d9514 0x5aa31c6c 0x223978 0x0)
0x5aa31c88 : 0x5b9efc8f (0x5bc0523c 0x5bc75840 0x5bc143cc 0x0)
0x5aa31d28 : 0x5bb0a5d3 (0x90bd804 0x7424004 0x100 0x0)
0x5aa31d78 : 0x5bb015cc (0x7424004 0x100 0x5aa31da8 0x5b9df76c)
0x5aa31da8 : 0x5c224965 (0x7424004 0x100 0x438004ee 0x5afc4322)
0x5aa31ee8 : 0x5bb29250 (0x7424004 0x734d004 0x0 0x0)
0x5aa31f28 : 0x5b9f8e23 (0x7424004 0x734d004 0x0 0x0)
0x5aa31fc8 : 0x5b9f5502 (0x0 0x9 0x0 0x0)
0x5aa32178 : 0x5b9f768e (0x0 0x600d600d 0x7027 0x5aa321a8)
0x5aa32248 : 0x5afb9a25 (0xc1d00041 0xbeef0003 0x13b55680 0x71)
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0x5aa32328 : 0x5af91e0b (0x44ca4000 0x13b55680 0x7804804 0x0)
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0x5aa32398 : 0x5afb9f48 (0x44ca4000 0x7804800 0x2 0x2)
0x5aa323d8 : 0x5af947b9 (0x44ca4000 0x7804800 0x0 0x9ea1800)
0x5aa32418 : 0x5af92269 (0x44ca4000 0x44b86000 0x44e4a000 0x88aa700)
0x5aa32468 : 0x5afe4ddf (0x44ca4000 0x44b86000 0x44e4a000 0x88aa700)
0x5aa324f8 : 0x5afd65a9 (0x88aa700 0x9ea1800 0x0 0x1)
0x5aa32558 : 0x5afd6810 (0x44b86000 0x44b8677c 0x9ea1800 0x0)
0x5aa325a8 : 0x5afd6ce4 (0x44b86000 0x44b8677c 0x5aa328cc 0x5aa3286c)
0x5aa328e8 : 0x5afd3aaf (0x44b86000 0x44b8677c 0x1 0x220677)
0x5aa32908 : 0x5af9b5a1 (0x44b86000 0x44b8677c 0x13b8d940 0x5051f7)
0x5aa32938 : 0x5afd5572 (0x44b86000 0x5aa32a7c 0x5aa32968 0x5046b1)
0x5aa32978 : 0x5af9f8de (0x44b86000 0x5aa32a7c 0x5aa32a7c 0x5aa329e0)
0x5aa32ab8 : 0x5afd8ee6 (0x44b86000 0x0 0x5aa32bcc 0x5aa32bc8)
0x5aa32b68 : 0x5af9bc93 (0x44b86000 0x0 0x5aa32bcc 0x5aa32bc8)
0x5aa32be8 : 0x56a738 (0x44b86000 0x0 0x5aa32e3c 0x5aa32c74)
0x5aa32c38 : 0x56afd7 (0x5b02a020 0x44b86000 0xbc06088 0x1)
0x5aa32c88 : 0x56b88b (0x44b86000 0x10 0x5aa32cd0 0x0)
0x5aa32da8 : 0x285be0 (0x44b86000 0x10 0xbc06088 0x1)
0x5aa33e58 : 0x21d8be (0xbc06060 0x8c135a0 0x1fd7e8 0x5d43)
    Backtrace continues...
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
         com.apple.GeForce(6.2.6)@0x5af90000->0x5b045fff
            dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(6.2.6)@0x5b989000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.2)@0x5ac4d000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6)@0x5349e000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.2)@0x5b504000
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            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.2)@0x5ac4d000
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BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer
Mac OS version:
10J869
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.7.0: Sat Jan 29 15:17:16 PST 2011; root:xnu-1504.9.37~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 20724823936206
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Memory Module: global_name
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USB Device: Hub, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfd100000
USB Device: IR Receiver, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8242, 0xfd120000
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Two external displays on L430 (HD4000)

Hi,
I have L430 laptop (HD4000 gpu) and I wanted to connect two external monitors on it and to run with internal display as well. Originally HD4000 should support 3 independend displays, but maybe thinkpad construction does not allow for this. So first question is, is this even possible with L430?
Initially I've tried with one display connected on VGA, the other one on the mini display port, however, only two ouf of three displays can work at the single time. I'm using Linux but I've checked with windows 7 and it has the same problem. Can this particular configuration work with some driver tweaking or something, or I need to connect them somehow differently using some other cables?
Some of the users suggested that only T430u is capable of having 2 external displays, while some others succeedeed with docking stations where both external dispalys go on display ports, some suggested that using some specific cables might help.
So, is there are cables that can then put two displays on the same miniDP (two displays with different resolutions)?

You can use one of the DisplayLink USB adapters such as this one. It says you can add up to 6 monitors, but of course you'll need a USB port for each, and I'll bet a USB hub will not be ideal. Performance of the USB solutions is not as good as straight DisplayPort.
DisplayPort supports daisy-chaining, so theoretically, in the future you may find laptops driving multiple monitors off of the single built-in port. But first somebody needs to start selling DisplayPort monitors with daisy-chainable video ports on them. Dell is also pushing DisplayPort, so maybe they'll come out with one.

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