On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 05:20:26PM -0700, Elliott Mitchell wrote: > > From: Michael B Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > It is likely that the connector was only designed for 1280x1024 - which > > > requires a smaller bandwidth. If the person with this problem is into > > > hacking hardware he might try finding out which port replicator connector > > > pins are used for DVI and whether the problem is interconnect within port > > > replicator and/or interconnect within the notebook and/or noise from > > > something else. > > > > > > I would also suggest trying to disconnect any other devices that might use > > > port replicator connectors - especially USB ones. > > > > Well my dad's a TV repair man. > > > > Just kidding. Actually he is an EE and does a lot of DSP work (for which > > I've written a driver once) so your comments do interest me. Are you > > suggesting that the wires and connectors may just be too thin or made out > > of the wrong material and that creating a new connector between the laptop > > dock-out port to DVI-D in on the Monitor might be sufficient resolve the > > problem? I was under the impression it was a chip-output problem but > > that's pure speculation on my part. I wonder if I could even buy that male > > connector let alone identify it. > > > > PS: I found out the full-blown Docking Station II only supports > > low-profile PCI cards so that's out. So I'm basically wasting a 1600x1200 > > flat-panel (unless things get better with a DVI-A cable maybe). > > There are mentions of "single link" and "dual link" DVI-D cables. > Originally I had been thinking that was for dual monitors, but the > information I've got says that is for handling higher resolutions. > Specifically with single link cables the limit is suposed to be > 1280x1024, while dual link cables are suposed to handle 1920x1080.
But i guess you loose dual head DVI-D output then, don't you ? That is, in such dual link cables, the two TMDS cooperate to send data trough one DVI-D connector only, thus doubling the bandwith, and you cannot use DVI on the second head ? But analog on the second head would work fine. Friendly, Sven Luther _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
