Re: [GTALUG] Aging Dell monitor (U3011)

2018-03-12 Thread Lennart Sorensen via talk
On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 03:23:56PM -0400, Michael Hill via talk wrote: > Good to know. If I add a ThinkPad docking station, will anything stop > me from running *two* monitors at resolutions higher than 1920x1200? If the laptop is reasonably new it should handle 3 or 4 displays and should handle e

Re: [GTALUG] Aging Dell monitor (U3011)

2018-03-12 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
I've successfully run two external monitors plus the laptop screen using an IBM docking station and a fairly modern laptop. I don't think the resolution was 1920x1200, more likely 1600x1024. I've also tried running two external monitors on a docking station for my HP ProBook 6560b, but it supp

Re: [GTALUG] Aging Dell monitor (U3011)

2018-03-12 Thread Michael Hill via talk
On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 10:59 AM, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > Passive displayport to hdmi or DVI adapters are only single link, and > to use DVI to get 2560x1600@60Hz requires DVI dual link. > As you have found out, native displayport on the other hand works. > Another option with be an active di

Re: [GTALUG] Aging Dell monitor (U3011)

2018-03-12 Thread Lennart Sorensen via talk
On Fri, Mar 09, 2018 at 04:00:27PM -0500, Michael Hill via talk wrote: > I have a ThinkPad T450 with Intel 5500 graphics that I was happy connecting > to an inexpensive Samsung monitor at home and a Dell P2815Q at the office > using an HDMI-to-mini-DisplayPort adapter. The Dell just runs at 3840 >

Re: [GTALUG] Aging Dell monitor (U3011) - valve/tube amp digression

2018-03-11 Thread Stewart C. Russell via talk
On 2018-03-10 12:02 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > > BONUS > > If you want to be neo-retro, you can buy an audio amplifier with tubes AND > bluetooth … In the everything-old-is-new-again department, Korg recently announced a triode thermionic valve amplifier in a DIP package: the Nutu

Re: [GTALUG] Aging Dell monitor (U3011)

2018-03-10 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
| From: Michael Hill via talk | So I shouldn't be surprised that I get 3840x2160@30Hz on the newer | monitor at work | | | 1 DisplayPort | 1 Mini DisplayPort | 1 HDMI (MHL) | 1 DisplayPort out (MST) | | w

Re: [GTALUG] Aging Dell monitor (U3011)

2018-03-10 Thread Michael Hill via talk
On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at 12:02 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > A DP cable should be cheap and easy to acquire. Acquired: $14.99 from Canada Computers and it does the trick. > BONUS > > If you want to be neo-retro, you can buy an audio amplifier with tubes AND > bluetooth, triggering fre

Re: [GTALUG] Aging Dell monitor (U3011)

2018-03-10 Thread Michael Hill via talk
On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at 12:02 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > According to > > the monitor has > > DisplayPort, audio connectors (supports 5.1 channel audio > connection), two HDMI 1.3 and two DVI-D connectors with >

Re: [GTALUG] Aging Dell monitor (U3011)

2018-03-10 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
| From: Erich Welz via talk | Most DVI cables (single link) max out at 1920x1200. | | Older versions of the HDMI spec didn't support above 1920x1200, so that | could also be suspect. | | My guess is the only way to get 2560x1600 out of that monitor is via | DisplayPort or dual-link DVI cable Y

Re: [GTALUG] Aging Dell monitor (U3011)

2018-03-10 Thread Michael Hill via talk
On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 4:12 PM, Erich Welz wrote: Most DVI cables (single link) max out at 1920x1200. > > Older versions of the HDMI spec didn't support above 1920x1200, so that > could also be suspect. > > My guess is the only way to get 2560x1600 out of that monitor is via > DisplayPort or > T

Re: [GTALUG] Aging Dell monitor (U3011)

2018-03-09 Thread Erich Welz via talk
Most DVI cables (single link) max out at 1920x1200. Older versions of the HDMI spec didn't support above 1920x1200, so that could also be suspect. My guess is the only way to get 2560x1600 out of that monitor is via DisplayPort or dual-link DVI cable Erich On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 4:00 PM, Michae