1400x1050 to 1920x1200 (VGA or DVI)

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achat_2 · #1 Post by **achat_2** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 10:38 am

I am near to buy an external monitor with native resolution 1920x1200, 24".

Should I run in any problem connecting my old t41p with native 1400x1050 resolution to it via a VGA standard cable?
What about the quality of the image, would a USB to DVI connection be a better choice?
(I see the USB-DVI adapters are not cheap, by the way..)

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Brian10161 · #2 Post by **Brian10161** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 10:45 am

I'm not sure if the video processor will support that high of a resolution. If it does however, you may run into performance issues when scrolling webpages and that.

Might want to consider a different resolution/monitor.

achat_2 · #3 Post by **achat_2** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 11:03 am

Brian10161 wrote:I'm not sure if the video processor will support that high of a resolution. If it does however, you may run into performance issues when scrolling webpages and that.

Might want to consider a different resolution/monitor.

I should have searched before to write:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... 80&start=0

this should help me

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achat_2 · #4 Post by **achat_2** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 11:11 am

I am still more confused now..

Just checked in the options of my ATI Mobility Fire GL T2 and the 1600x1200 resolution is already listed.
Could it be I don't need nothing more?

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Brian10161 wrote:I'm not sure if the video processor will support that high of a resolution. If it does however, you may run into performance issues when scrolling webpages and that.

Might want to consider a different resolution/monitor.

dr_st · #5 Post by **dr_st** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 12:30 pm

You should be able to do 1920x1200 with no problems.

achat_2 · #6 Post by **achat_2** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 3:42 pm

dr_st wrote:You should be able to do 1920x1200 with no problems.

thnaks dr_st.
What about the quality of the connection?
is the VGA a good choice, or a USB-DVI would be infinitely better?

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#7 Post by **Harryc** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 4:29 pm

Actually, a better choice than any mentioned is to get a dock and run straight DVI to an external monitor.

achat_2 · #8 Post by **achat_2** » Sat Oct 08, 2011 5:08 pm

just realized I actually have a dock for the T41p, that I never used..

Is this "old" DVI still ok? (is the white one I supposed)

now, if only I could open this T41p to change the fan... (it has a trapped screw)

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Harryc wrote:Actually, a better choice than any mentioned is to get a dock and run straight DVI to an external monitor.

dr_st · #9 Post by **dr_st** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 12:41 am

What Harry says is correct. DVI through the dock is the best solution as far as quality goes. VGA is fine, but at such a high resolution you might already feel blurriness. USB is the worst possible solution, as it has nowhere near the required bandwidth for a smooth display at 1920x1200.

#10 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 6:04 am

achat_2 wrote:now, if only I could open this T41p to change the fan... (it has a trapped screw)

Here are some ideas to get that stripped screw out:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=81210
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=83630
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=27424

achat_2 · #11 Post by **achat_2** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 8:52 am

so this means that if I buy an X201s without a docking station, I risk the VGA connecton would not be fine..
that's bad, the docking cost a lot!

not to talk about the possibility to buy a X120e, that if I understand well does not have any docking solution...
is the convertion HDMI->DVI even to be avoided?

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dr_st wrote:What Harry says is correct. DVI through the dock is the best solution as far as quality goes. VGA is fine, but at such a high resolution you might already feel blurriness. USB is the worst possible solution, as it has nowhere near the required bandwidth for a smooth display at 1920x1200.

dr_st · #12 Post by **dr_st** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 10:01 am

HDMI-DVI is a trivial conversion (it's the same signal in different form).
DisplayPort-DVI may require an active converter but it's still fine, because both are high bandwidth digital video connections.

The problem with USB is its low speed (USB2 is 480Mbps compared to 1650Mbps for single-link DVI).

achat_2 · #13 Post by **achat_2** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 10:27 am

RealBlackStuff wrote: "now, if only I could open this T41p to change the fan... (it has a trapped screw)"

Here are some ideas to get that stripped screw out:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=81210
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=83630
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=27424

I thought to have good english skills until I followed those links with such "specific" english terms

Look interesting, just need a bit of time and an english dictionary beside me to get it all.

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achat_2 · #14 Post by **achat_2** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 10:52 am

just in case:

would buying this "complete set" be a right choice in view of the "driilling out" operation?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-ThinkPad-T4 ... 2eb7c0c5fb

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RealBlackStuff wrote: "now, if only I could open this T41p to change the fan... (it has a trapped screw)"

Here are some ideas to get that stripped screw out:
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=81210
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=83630
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=27424

#15 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 5:13 pm

Never hurts to have a few extra screws...

mdp · #16 Post by **mdp** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 8:10 am

Forgive my ignorance, but I've got minidock 2878 with T42-2373T64 and Win7. Can't get the external DVI monitor to activate. Please help me with the basics here. What am I missing?

#17 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 10:24 am

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9928

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