It's a cheap 4-port KVM switch that cost ~$25 a couple of years ago. Supposed to go up a decent resolution and I really only need 1920x1200. The unit looks like this one www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=MT-401UK&cat=NET though I didn't buy it there (same model number). The one to which I linked claims 1920x1440 max resolution so I realized I'm pushing the limit.
When I hook up the X300 to my Dell 24" monitor, it's seen as a "Generic Non-PnP Monitor". I'm not sure if that's different than when it's connected directly. I have it set to display only on the external monitor. Win 7 though I had similar trouble with Vista and XP. The monitor's native resolution is 1920x1200 but when I choose 1920x1200 on the X300 I get a blank screen except "D-Sub: Can not display this mode". The same for 1920x1080 and 1680x1050. I get a display (sometimes distorted, with ghosting characters, sometimes with a little cut off on the side) at 1600x1200, 1440x1900, 1400x1050, etc. My assumption was that the switch is poor quality, or the supplied cables, or both. Right now I've got a Dell desktop (Win XP) hooked up to it too. Though it has fewer resolution settings, the Dell displays at 1920x1200 though a bit blurry (and ghosting) and sometimes shifted left (if I switch between resolutions a few times, eventually I can get 1920x1200 without the shifting). To check for a bad port/bad cable, I switched the cables to the two machines at the machines' end, with the same result. While I may be expecting too much of a $25 KVM switch, is there something about the X300 that would cause the monitor to report it can't display its native 1920x1200, while a Dell using the same cable and same switch, will get a display (irrespective of the quality)? (e.g. is the X300 somehow recognizing that the display quality is substandard and refusing to show it). Right now I'd be happier with a 1920x display from the X300 through this switch, even if the sharpness and general quality were as low as from the Dell. Thanks! -- Andrew mailto:[email protected] _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
