Aero glass on T40 using Dock station 2?

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Donwx · #1 Post by **Donwx** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 4:40 pm

Hello, I have thinkpad T40 and I wanted to know if anyone has sucessfully runed vista's aero interference using a compatible video card such as the:

VisionTek X1550 256 MB PCI wich is vista capable and is copatible with the Thinkpad dock 2? Thanks.

jkahng · #2 Post by **jkahng** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 4:59 pm

What's your resolution of the monitor you will drive?
If what you suggest works,(there is no reason not to) I think the level of smoothness will be a factor of the resolution of your screen.
More pixels, more power needed. (xga will be smoother than sxga+)

You might have problems with a dual monitor setup as the limiting factor will be the t40's internal gpu...

gunston · #3 Post by **gunston** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 5:36 pm

i still think that this isn't the right time to use Vista as it might drain the power consumption as what we can see from T6x and X6x series thinkpads.

#4 Post by **bill bolton** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 7:30 pm

gunston wrote:as it might drain the power consumption

Please pay attention, this discussion is related to docked use of a Thinkpad!

Donwx · #5 Post by **Donwx** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 7:52 pm

So can anyone cofirm aero using a docking station and a vista capable pci card on the T40?

sgyin · #6 Post by **sgyin** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:23 pm

Can anyone help me? My video card is [mobility radeon 7500](32M).
Thanks a lot!

#7 Post by **bill bolton** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:45 pm

sgyin wrote:Can anyone help me? My video card is [mobility radeon 7500](32M).

Its highly unlikely that will support Aero.

Cheers,

Bill

Donwx · #8 Post by **Donwx** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:28 am

I just wanted to use the T40's native LCD screen and connect a Dock II with a compatible PCI card in it if I disabled my internal video card would I be able to have aero with a BFG Nvidia 6200(or any compatible card for that matter)?
I know it supports aero and some people say it's the most compatible card with the Dock II.Thanks

Donwx · #9 Post by **Donwx** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:57 am

Please can some one tell me if it would work? Thanks.

schimmi · #10 Post by **schimmi** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:41 pm

This won't work. The native display is connected to your T40's Radeon7500 GPU, no matter what kind of videocard you'll build in your docking station.

noetus · #11 Post by **noetus** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 11:35 pm

schimmi wrote:This won't work. The native display is connected to your T40's Radeon7500 GPU, no matter what kind of videocard you'll build in your docking station.

That's right. An external card is for running an external monitor. You MIGHT be able to get an external monitor running off that video card with Vista, but I predict troubles. I tried this with a T42, Dock II, and NVidia 6200 BFG and could not get Vista to work with it at all.

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