Use both the DVI & VGA ports on docking station

Is there anyway on the T60 that you can use both the VGA and the DVI ports simultaneously with the laptop LCD (3 monitors). This T60 has the ATI FireGL card.

mbmpcpro, welcome to the forum,
sorry, it's not possible. There are various threads on this subject, here for example.
Andy ______________________________________
Please remember to come back and mark the post that you feel solved your question as the solution, it earns the member + points
Did you find a post helpfull? You can thank the member by clicking on the star to the left awarding them Kudos Please add your type, model number and OS to your signature, it helps to help you. Forum Search Option T430 2347-G7U W8 x64, Yoga 10 HD+, Tablet 1838-2BG, T61p 6460-67G W7 x64, T43p 2668-G2G XP, T23 2647-9LG XP, plus a few more. FYI Unsolicited Personal Messages will be ignored.
Deutsche Community Comunidad en Español English Community Русскоязычное Сообщество
PepperonI blog

Similar Messages

T420s Linux and the DVI+VGA port

Hi,
I currently have some problems with my graphic ports of my new ThinkPad T420s (4173-W1J). My problem is a bit complicate (I think) but I will do my best to explain it very detailed. Sorry in advance for any stupid mistakes I made with my configuration.
Problem 1:
I have ordered the notebook with the Intel graphic card, not the NVIDIA one. What I do not understand - If I look in the BIOS of the notebook, I find something with "OPTIMUS", what indicates to me that there is the NVIDIA card inside. Also, if I call "lspci" using my Linux (Kubuntu 11.04) system, I get the following TWO graphic cards:
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 1056 (rev a1)
running "lsmod", I get the following output (only relevant video modules, as I identify them to be relevant):
uvcvideo 72195 0
videodev 82052 1 uvcvideo
nvidia 10709116 0
nvram 14419 1 thinkpad_acpi
i915 515121 2 video 19438 1 i915
So I thought - "hey, maybe they made a mistake during configuration and send me the more expensive NVIDIA card included", so I tried to install the nvidia drivers "apt-get install nvidia-current nvidia-settings", but after this my KDE (x-server) does not boot up anymore. After removing the nvidia packages, X-Server booted up again without any problems. How can I find out either of the NVIDIA card is REALLY included, or only the Intel HD? If the NVIDIA is included, what do I have to take care about to enable the correct nvidia drivers?
Problem 2: The main reason why I came to problem 1 was, that I did not get the DVI port of my attached docking station to work. On the one hand, the VGA port works fine, on the other hand every time I attach the notebook to the docking station, I always have to reconfigure the screen resolution and position manually. Even if I say "save as default", he somehow forgets this configuration every time. Also, sometimes the VGA screen does not work, even if I use the same configuration like ever -- I then have to "exchange" the "left of, right of, clone, ..." a few times and it starts working.
For sure, no cable, monitor or whatever is broken - since e.g., I am using the internal and external monitor at the same time right now (in 2-monitor-mode).
So I wanted to solve this issue by using the DVI port - but this port does not work at all (at least I do not know how to enable it!). Using google I found out, that if the NVIDIA card is inside, and the "OPTIMUS"-"feature" is used, than one needs to use the NVIDIA card, otherwise the DVI port does not work. Sadly, as discribed in problem 1, I am neither sure if I have the NVIDIA card inside, nor know how to enable the DVI port at all.
Any help would be very appreciated. Thank you in advance.

Hi,
after I've forced the BIOS to use only the discrete graphic, I now have additional problems.
First, my system hangs every 2nd time before I even see the grub menu (which runs in graphic mode, thus the screen is blue). If it freezes, I only see a blue screen. If not, I see the blue screen with the normal grub menu. This seems to happen every 2nd boot-up.
A similar issue I had before, since I use full-disc-encryption and grub was unable to load the fonts from my hard-disc, so I copies all grub fonts to the boot partition (what is of course not encrypted).
Second problem, I've installed the NVIDIA drivers you suggested, worked without any problem. After restart, KDE showed the nvidia-logo correctly. But after the login, KDE initialises the user-settings, and there he again freezes my system completely (at about 2/3 of the user-settings-initialisation).
To be honest, I do not know how to proceed. :-(

How can I split the video port of an older Mac Mini so I can use both the 922-6199 DVI to RCA, S-Video Adapter and a Cinema Display?

How can I split the video port of an older Mac Mini so I can use both the 922-6199 DVI to RCA, S-Video Adapter and a Cinema Display?

Which exact Mini?
At the Apple Icon at top left>About this Mac.
Then click on More Info>Hardware and report this upto but not including the Serial#...
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac7,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 6 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: IM71.007A.B03
SMC Version (system): 1.21f4

Using both the display ports on the new mac book pro

Hi, are there some one in Appel that can tell me if its possible to use both the display ports on the new mac book pro to show keynote on? or if its possible to make that possible? i would really like to be able to create a keynote with 5120 x 1600 pixels and get that output on two display ports, so that i can use my hardware to make a keynote with really nice reselution. its for use on a screen size of 18x4 meter.

Connect one display to the Mini-Displayport and the other to a USB port using an adapter like this:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/VIDU2DVIA/
Or buy a Matrox DualHead2Go DP Edition external video box and connect both displays to that, which in turn connects to the Mini-Displayport on the computer.
There are limitations either way. A USB-connected display will be less responsive than one connected to the MDP, because USB 2 is slow. To use two displays with the Matrox box, I believe the displays must be identical. Read and understand all the caveats about each alternative before making a decision about which way to go.

Need to use both the ports of PRIME-NCS-APL-K9

Hi all,
I am having NCS prime appliance. In that i have two Ethernet ports. I want to use both the ports for connectivity .
Can anyone please confirm that is it possible to bond these to ports and assign a single ip to these ports.
I wants to have redundancy in case of failure of links.
Thanks in advance ,
Selva

Hi Selva:
This isn't possible today. Whether a physical or virtual NCS/Prime Infrastructure appliance, the two NICs are separate and cannot be etherchanneled, NIC Teamed or combined in any other way with one IP address covering both of them. When both NICs are used, one will be for reaching the GUI for access and the other for sending SNMP traffic over to the managed devices, but most folks use just one.
If you need this functionality, please contact your Cisco SE, Cisco account team or Cisco authorized wireless reseller, and discuss it with them. The sales side of Cisco has procedures in place to accumulate customer inputs like this across all the customers they serve, and to get that input forwarded to the various business units within Cisco for possible inclusion in future releases of Cisco's products.

X230i VGA port while docked

Hi,
I was wondering if anyone can help me with a problem I'm having.
I have a Thinkpad X230i laptop which is used in a docking station. The monitor is plugged into the docking station using the VGA port. There seems to be a slight issue with the laptop's port that allows it to dock that is causing wavy lines to appear on the monitor. I've tried a different monitor, different cable and different docking station and it's definately that. There is a vga port on the side of the laptop, when the laptop is undocked I can use that port to connect the monitor and the picture is clear and there's no wany lines.
My problem is as soon as the laptop is back in the dock that port seems to become unavailable, the monitor is still plugged into it but it just won't display onto it. I've tried various different detecting of monitor and screen settings but I can't seem to get it to use that vga port instead of the one in the dock. Does anyone know a way to get it to use the laptop's internal vga port when docked? Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks,

try downloading the latest Omega Catalyst driver from the web.
If the vga port don't work, you can always get a Lenovo usb2dvi port to get an additional dvi port from your usb, or a dock (if portability is not a problem) which has a vga + dvi port.
Regards,
Jin Li
May this year, be the year of 'DO'!
I am a volunteer, and not a paid staff of Lenovo or Microsoft

Controlling the DVI/VGA output

Apologies if this seems off the Keynote topic. I couldn't find any mention of this in the posts.
Is there any way to turn on/off the DVI/VGA output to a projector from the keyboard, (iBook/Power Book)? With the wintel stuff I used to be able to F5/F7 (or whatever) to do this.
Cheers
Rich

I've never seen anything like that on a Mac. Are you SURE that key command on a Wintel actually turns OFF the port? No other port on a computer can be turned off, so that feature surprises me. I'd think it would make a projector suddenly put up a large NO SIGNAL message on your screen.
You can use F7 on a mac to turn on and off Video mirroring if you have a Powerbook, though if you're looking for a way to black the projector, I usually use the projector controls to do that, or freeze the screen. Another option is to make your desktop background BLACK, so when you exit a Keynote show, all the audience sees is black. This only works when NOT using mirroring though.

Would connecting the HDMI port of my 15 Macbook Pro Retina to the DVI input port on my Dell UltraSharp 2434 LED HD Monitor work?

Would connecting the HDMI port of my 15 Macbook Pro Retina to the DVI input port on my Dell UltraSharp 2434 LED HD Monitor work?

Hi Wizard0705,
If you have questions about connecting an external display to your MacBook Pro, you may find the following article helpful:
Apple Support: How to use multiple displays with your Mac
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5019
Regards,
- Brenden

Using both Dual Gigabit Ethernet Ports

Using both Dual Gigabit Ethernet Ports
If I plugged both of my ethernet ports into my LAN switch, that would double the bandwidth to and from my machine. A switch does not used shared bandwidth like a hub does. I realize that it won't speed up any of the other devices that are plugged into the switch. Regardless, I would have the capacity for double the bandwidth to my machine.
All LAN cables are CAT6 and the switch is 10/100/1000.
The question is, would Mac OS X 10.4.7 utilize both ports (soft of the way it uses multiple processors)?

It's easy to try... it's call "Link Aggregation"...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304120
You get to it by Network>Show>Network Port Configurations>New then Port in the popup, then you schould see Port Aggregation. Selt the two ports you wish to combine.

If you are traveling in Europe, do you need both an adapter AND a voltage regulator to charge the IPad2 and the iphone? Or, the reverse, will it hurt either if I use both the adapter AND the voltage convertor?

If you are traveling in Europe, do you need both an adapter AND a voltage convertoro charge the IPad2 and the iphone? Or, the reverse, will it hurt either if I use both the adapter AND the voltage convertor?

You may only need adapters for the different kind of sockets, depending of the country you want to travel. A voltage converter is not needed.
The Apple power units are multi voltage devices, supporting a range from 110 V to 240 V. as you can see on the labels. O.K. for most of the labels you need a magnifier, but its on them.
Have a pleasnt journey
Lupunus

HT201342 Can is use both the @icloud and @me email addresses?

Can is use both the @icloud and @me email addresses?

Yes, your previous @me email will continue to function as before.

Using both the output and the internal speakers?

Hello,
Is using both the internal speakers and the output speakers on new iMacs an absolutely-no-way thing or I just haven't found it yet?
It seems I've needed it a lot lately.

Sorry no, Sorry!
Have a look at these other threads:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2614499&#2614499
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2407649&#2407649
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5325737&#5325737
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4457343&#4457343
Dennis

Anyone use sccm to track user's HP docking station serial number and model?

i am only able to see whether the laptop is dock or not by registry key so far.
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\IDConfigDB\CurrentDockInfo
anyone manage or use sccm to track user's HP docking station serial number and model before?
thanks
This topic first appeared in the Spiceworks Community

The pin in picture looks liek a 5mm pin and one one on docking station is a smart pin. So you would need something like the one in picture in this link.
In the picture observe the component in left hand bottom corner.
http://www.amazon.com/HP-power-adapter-airplane-DV574A/dp/B0006VX07I/ref=pd_sim_sbs_pc_11?ie=UTF8&re...
I would say, take the adaptor to store and get one.
Wish you luck,
Karthik
--Say "Thanks" by clicking the Kudos (purple thumbs up icon in the lower right corner of a post)
--Please mark the post that solves your problem as "Accepted Solution"

How can i use the DVI-VGA adaptor under this particular circumstance?????

I got a LCD only has DVI-I port, while as u guys has noticed, the MBP only got DVI-I too. So, my first thought is to get another DVI-VGA adaptor. What i'm doing is to hook up the VGA port then plug each DVI port to LCD and MBP. Well, the problem comes out that MBP was able to indentify the Monitor but no image apears on Monitor. How can i solve this problem? Or do i need to buy any other accessaries to configure my MBP in order to make it work with the **** Monitor!

Right. You don't need a DVI-to-VGA adapter to connect DVI-to-DVI, obviously. The included DVI-to-VGA adapter is not meant to connect to the external display/projector, but merely to give you the proper connection to connect the VGA cable of the display/projector. I give a lot of presentations, everywhere I go there is a long VGA cable (at the podium, conference table, etc.); the short adapter is nice because I'd rather not carry a long cable with me...

Need expansion port 3 docking station for dv6-1211ax for home use .... suggestions please ...

i have a dv6-1211ax laptop and planning to get a hp expansion port 3 based docking station for home use ... can anyone suggest or comment on how they really perform ..

I have a pair of HP XB4 Notebook Media Docking Stations being used on two DV7s. I think they work quite well, unlike the current docking stations they use the expansion port 3 and you can power both the laptop and the docking stations from a single power supply. Speaker sound especially subwoofer is much better than the laptops (these are 2009 and 2010 model DV7s so they have the Altec Lansing speakers (as does the docking station) vs. the 2011 laptop Beats Audio.
I also like the way the docking station raises the laptop 6-8 inches above desk level.
Do make sure your system is using the expansion port 3 though since at least some of the 2011 systems no longer have the expansion port (the connection from the station to the laptop is via USB 2.0 hopefully at some time the new docking stations will be updated to use USB 3.0) along with the laptops.
For a laptop that is being used a Desktop replacement I would highly recommend the XB4
p.s since HP doesn't sell them anymore you may have to go to Ebay, Amazon or a wholeseller)

Use both the DVI & VGA ports on docking station

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for